WTB: Road helmet for a 5 and 7 year old

[p.dath]

I have two young children interested in coming on the bike with me as pillions (one at a time of course), but I don't want to splash out and buy new helmets unless I know they want to do it more than a couple of times.

So any parents out there with a crash helmet suited to a young child for road use that perhaps your own child has grown out of, that your interested in selling?

Would also be interested in strap on armour.

[danchop]

ive got a hjc xxs which i got for my 4 year old but his mum wont let him ride with me,you can borrow it for a few weeks to see if they like riding,pm me or my ph is 5280414,0272755860

[Latte]

Let us know how it goes - although My daughters are too young right now, I'm interested in what age people consider their children old enough to pillion (My girls are a little immature, like their dad, so it will be a while haha - apart from up and down the drive, and around the back lawn).

[p.dath]

Let us know how it goes - although My daughters are too young right now, I'm interested in what age people consider their children old enough to pillion (My girls are a little immature, like their dad, so it will be a while haha - apart from up and down the drive, and around the back lawn).

I spoke informally to a Police officer about the matter. He said that as long as they can put both of their feet on the pillion pegs (which you must have) then it is fine.

Last year my four year old couldn't really firmly plant his feet on both of the pegs. This year (he is 5 turning 6 in a month or two) he can.

Took him for a ride up and down my street yesterday (with a borrowed helmet), just at low speeds, and he seemed to like it and had no problems holding on.

So I think I'll look to get a helmet of our own, and then work up to riding around the block at 50km/h, and then maybe try a 5 or 10 minute ride to begin with to check his stamina.

[p.dath]

ive got a hjc xxs which i got for my 4 year old but his mum wont let him ride with me,you can borrow it for a few weeks to see if they like riding,pm me or my ph is 5280414,0272755860

Thanks for the offer to borrow it. Managed to borrow one in the end from a friend.

Are you buy chance interested in selling that helmet?

[rie]

is the xxs the same as the hjc youth (http://motomail.co.nz/eStore/Style/HJHECL14YB.aspx)helmets? the hjc youth helmets come in M and L so i wonder if you can go even smaller than xxs. they are at motomail

[FROSTY]

In my experience for the real littlies you'll be better off finding a kids MX lid andf using goggles.
You're moren welcolm to come over and try on the range of lids I've got here for my tribe .

[rustyrobot]

In my experience for the real littlies you'll be better off finding a kids MX lid andf using goggles.

Why do you say that? I'm also looking at getting a helmet for a 7 year old and was deciding between finding a full-face or going with the more common option and getting a MX helmet and goggles. Not too loud/cold for a long ride?

[FROSTY]

Why do you say that? I'm also looking at getting a helmet for a 7 year old and was decided between finding a full-face or going with the more common option and getting a MX helmet and goggles. Not too loud/cold for a long ride?
Basicly because you have a couple of issues with kids.--getting a lid that fits propperly. ina full face lid The youth small HJC was the tiniest lid I could find except for a (just) second hand shoei. Fit is important for the odvious reason that in an accident its fuck all use if its twisted on their head or worse has flown off.
For the real littlies MX lids are available right down to tiny because we have mini MX
I must say I did look at Jet type lids and you can get really big visors but I shuddered at the thought of a kids chin hitting the deck.
The second issue with useing "grown up" helmets is neck damage in a crash.
A "normal" full face is about 1.5 kg which is a fair bit of weight for a four year olds neck to cope with.
There is a third reason. A littlie who gets to ride with dad will often hanker after their own lil trail bike.-so convincing er indoors its a good plan is made easier when you remind her the kid already had a helmet so "thats a savin innit??"
==Ive got 5 kids from 7-14 all riding so I have a tiny bit of experience with this :-)

Incidently.--DUCT TAPE over the chin vents helps heaps

[Latte]

Using an MX helmet + goggles for the kids, I'm guessing you have to remove the peak?