Dropped helmet

[DangerMice]

This is why you only ever put your helmet where it can't fall. You know, the ground.

yeah, I learnt my lesson

[Kickaha]

If a helmet really is fucked after being dropped such a short distance I wouldn't have any faith in it protecting anyone's head in a crash

[James Deuce]

If a helmet really is fucked after being dropped such a short distance I wouldn't have any faith in it protecting anyone's head in a crash

They're a single use consumable, not a battleship.

[DangerMice]

exactly, they're fucked for a second impact, not during the first one

[Kickaha]

Apparently there's a lot of fear mongering about dropped helmets

What if you drop your helmet?
There is also a lot of fear mongering about dropped helmets.

This is a problem because no one can ever guarantee that a helmet has not sustained any damage in a drop. How many 'little' drops affect the helmet' s ability to protect the wearer in the event of that one major impact?

Manufacturers and safety authorities are bound to err on the side of caution and to advise that the helmet should be replaced if it has sustained an impact. This is because they cannot take the risk of saying 'that it is alright to re-use it after the drop'.

Use common sense
If you drop your helmet or it fell off your bike (stationary), then there would be little chance of damaging the outer shell or the inner shell which actually absorbs the energy on impact. However, if you throw your helmet against a wall or down the road in a fit of rage, then you could damage the outer shell and affected the helmet’s ability to protect you

[Usarka]

What about when you come home from the pub stewed off your moose, put your helmet on, and your mate smacks you around the head with a cricket bat? DAMHIK dammit.

[FJRider]

What about when you come home from the pub stewed off your moose, put your helmet on, and your mate smacks you around the head with a cricket bat? DAMHIK dammit.

THAT's just NOT cricket ...

[Furyos J]

suggest that in future, don't show up on a fancy bike to collect debt

Get yourself a little Toyota starlet, so you look like a poor dude who is just doing his job.

yea, ive already got a beaten up POS ute that would do that job just fine. But on the bike is the only was to do this job and enjoy it! lssons lerned and im shure this situation wont happen again

You have contents insurance ... ??? If so claim ...

And ... send a bill for a NEW helmet to the "kicker" ... give it a week or so ... If they dont pay (betting they wont) ... then pass it on to Baycorp ... even if you DONT get paid, it will be an (another) unpaid account AGAINST their name ....

yes i have contents insurance, but the excess is more then the helmet. i do work for one of baycorps oponents, so would be easy to try to recover the $140, but the reality is the time needed, and paperwork to do, my time would be better spent earning cash to buy a good helmet

i will keep using the helmet in the short term, but will go for a ride to wellington motorcycles this week to look at better helmets and maybe put two away on laybuy or somthing, i think mine and my partners heads arer worth more then these $140 helmets we both wear

[jaffaonajappa]

i think mine and my partners heads arer worth more then these $140 helmets we both wear

Do you both wear them at the same time?

You are a debt collector...I had to ask.

[FJRider]

... but the reality is the time needed, and paperwork to do, my time would be better spent earning cash to buy a good helmet

The aim is not reinbursement for the helmet ... it is putting a blight on THEIR financial record ... FOR ALL TO SEE ... WHO LOOKS ...

[Furyos J]

Do you both wear them at the same time?

You are a debt collector...I had to ask.

yes.........when i pillion her into the CBD everymorn and back home every evening, we both wear helmets. we have the same model helmet, got a discount for buying two.
And debt collecting is only a part time job for extra $$, during the day i am self employed painter/plasterer

The aim is not reinbursement for the helmet ... it is putting a blight on THEIR financial record ... FOR ALL TO SEE ... WHO LOOKS ...

It would be a drop in the ocean on this one mate, the papers are for his bankrupcy anyway, thats why they are so agitated. But we will be looking into what can be done to get this guy in a bit more trouble.

[schrodingers cat]

This is why you only ever put your helmet where it can't fall. You know, the ground.

Where it can be mistaken for a football...

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[James Deuce]

Where it can be mistaken for a football...

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It will be mistaken for a football. Once. Take perp to get foot checked at Doc. Replace helmet.

Bear in mind that they're designed to take an impact with something in them. Their structural rigidity is helped by your skull.

Of more concern than small drops is sticking your helmet on your mirror or stuffing armoured gloves into the helmet. Damaging the inner shell is worse than the outer. The inner shell helps with the non-mushification of your brain on the inside of your skull.

[steve_t]

It will be mistaken for a football. Once. Take perp to get foot checked at Doc. Replace helmet.

Bear in mind that they're designed to take an impact with something in them. Their structural rigidity is helped by your skull.

Of more concern than small drops is sticking your helmet on your mirror or stuffing armoured gloves into the helmet. Damaging the inner shell is worse than the outer. The inner shell helps with the non-mushification of your brain on the inside of your skull.

Yes, the EPS liner could easily be damaged by the pressure of a mirror

As for the structural rigidity, if the design is to minimise transmission of forces to your head, shouldn't it be designed to not matter whether there's something in there or not?

[James Deuce]

Yes, the EPS liner could easily be damaged by the pressure of a mirror

As for the structural rigidity, if the design is to minimise transmission of forces to your head, shouldn't it be designed to not matter whether there's something in there or not?

It disperses force around the shell and around the inner liner in a non-penetration blow. With nothing in it, the outer shell deforms more at the point of impact which prevents the force from radiating as much. It's designed to prevent the transmission of force in one spot and spread the load as much as possible. My carbon fibre helmet split in my last accident and the liner was compressed almost flat across the brow and around the left temple and ear zone.