How good is your helmet?

**orangeback** · 8th June 2011, 07:58

A friend showed me this site, Here i was thinking that i had a good helmet, till it put it in this site, and looked a some if its week points in a crash,
Shoei xr1000 , I have 2 of them one for me and the wife , among some others Icon and and 661 for the motard and dirt bike.
Put you hat in the the drop down box and see how well you rate. there is some cheep lid that rate very well. and high end lids that you'll be surprised how crap they are.

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/home

lets see some of your results, price is not always a good indication on quality or brand

**CRF119** · 8th June 2011, 08:22

After getting concussion 3 times now in motor x i have managed to work out what protects my head the most. Alot comes down to the hardness of the polystyrine inside. My VFX-W has some of the softest. To bad they don't test MX helmets.

As for my road bike helmets they both got 5 stars XR1100 and X Spirit II.

**Ronin** · 8th June 2011, 08:58

Mine was removed at birth. Bastards.

**King_Pickle** · 8th June 2011, 10:09

I have a Shark S900, which according to that site gets a 4 star rating.

**Jackal** · 8th June 2011, 10:28

Mine is a HJC IS16 (2 stars) and my wife has a HJC MS Max (3 Stars) Very surprising. So much for the sales pitch at the shop!!!

**ac3_snow** · 8th June 2011, 10:35

I got a shark RSI, (which I'm very happy with!!) that site gives it four stars, and interestingly the RSX which is listed as a cheaper helmet gets five stars.
So you don't always get what you pay for. But that doesn't account for lightness, aerodynamics, noise, venting etc...

**imdying** · 8th June 2011, 10:36

This is all assuming that you believe what some governmental propaganda machine has to say about rating helmets.

**Chancebmx25** · 8th June 2011, 10:40

Originally Posted by imdying

This is all assuming that you believe what some governmental propaganda machine has to say about rating helmets.

yer true that....

**Scuba_Steve** · 8th June 2011, 10:44

Originally Posted by imdying

This is all assuming that you believe what some governmental propaganda machine has to say about rating helmets.

I don't believe there is a better system, other than trying each one your self (which would get very expensive).
I think this site is a good idea as for once they're not trying to push the propaganda machine & just testing safety for the "greater good" (assuming of course they're not getting "kick-backs" from the helmet companies)

**onearmedbandit** · 8th June 2011, 10:47

From what I have read Sharp conduct their tests in a different manner than most, concentrating on side impacts over front and back impacts. Not saying this is better or worse, just different.

**imdying** · 8th June 2011, 11:25

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

I think this site is a good idea as for once they're not trying to push the propaganda machine & just testing safety for the "greater good" (assuming of course they're not getting "kick-backs" from the helmet companies)

Seems good on the face of it, but a government site doing something upfront and honest? Properly? Really? Reeeealy? Given past history, it seems unlikely.

**Scuba_Steve** · 8th June 2011, 11:36

Originally Posted by imdying

Seems good on the face of it, but a government site doing something upfront and honest? Properly? Really? Reeeealy? Given past history, it seems unlikely.

true, but theres always the chance this is the "sweet" to "soften" them before they give the UK people the wrong end of the stick.

**Bren** · 8th June 2011, 11:37

My Nolan got 4 stars...Happy with that...the HJC got 2 stars.....I use the Nolan on my sports bike and HJC on commuter...

**jaffaonajappa** · 8th June 2011, 11:47

Using an older Shoei, and a new LS2.
Prefer the shoei - its quiet.

Lots and lots of talk about the SHARP site here...in fact...its a sticky.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...tings-released