Buying a helmet in NZ, then taking back home to Aus...

[shonofear]

hey,
been searching net for last few hours about the safety standards with motorcycle helmets in both NZ/AUS.
currently working in Auckland and about to buy a 250cc bike and wanted to get a helmet that i could take home and use quiet easily.
so i really need a helmet thats already got the AS/NZ 1698 sticker, but seems lots of the helmets in NZ are UN/ECE Regulation No. 22. way more easy on standards over here which is great, but a hassle to take back home to Oz.

Any tips, ideas if some shops get their helmets from Australia already with the AS/NZS stickers?

cheers

[YellowDog]

What does the VTAU say?

VTNZ is happy with NZ/AU/US/EU/JPN standards.

OR just get onto eBay.com.au to buy an Aussie one

[steve_t]

ECE 22-05 is approved for use in NZ and AU AFAIK

[shonofear]

ECE 22-05 is approved for use in NZ and AU AFAIK

mmm having trouble finding info on that for Aus.
may just buy 1 online in Oz and get it shipped over.

cheers

[FJRider]

I have never heard of ANYBODY ever getting their helmet checked for standards complience ... just buy a quality helmet that FITS you ..

[steve_t]

mmm having trouble finding info on that for Aus.
may just buy 1 online in Oz and get it shipped over.

cheers

Might be cheaper that way anyway. Funny cos I just checked my Shoei and I can't see an compliance sticker on it. My old FFM from a NZ retailer has an E4 symbol saying it's certified to meet ECE 22-05 standards in Luxemburg

[pritch]

I have never heard of ANYBODY ever getting their helmet checked for standards complience ...

Well here you are...

Happened to me a few months back when the were doing their little blitz on bikes. The asked me to take my helmet off and rummaged around inside it with obviously no idea what he was doing.

If my helmet had looked like something left over from WWII I could have understood, but it was a Shoei in nice condition. I'd have been extremely reluctant to hand him one of my expensive hats.

[FJRider]

Well here you are...

Happened to me a few months back when the were doing their little blitz on bikes. The asked me to take my helmet off and rummaged around inside it with obviously no idea what he was doing.

If my helmet had looked like something left over from WWII I could have understood, but it was a Shoei in nice condition. I'd have been extremely reluctant to hand him one of my expensive hats.

Maybe it was your FACE he wanted to check out ...

[Madness]

My old Shark helmet came with the AU standards label. Good helmets too - provided it fits your noggin well, of course.

[shonofear]

yea they do check ya helmets more in Oz, heard Melbourne is the worst case though. quiet a few threads on Netriders about the whole standards thing and how Aus is probably the more serious about it. Guys a=were actually just buying the stickers and wacking them on imported helmets, think also needs to be sewn into insides as well.
yea, those Sharks def are the goods. any medium helmet should fit my head. found a few good websites with hald decent sales going on.
http://www.bikebiz.com.au/products/S...tt-Helmet.html
chow

[Hitcher]

You're going to Australia. The standards compliance rating for helmets isn't the issue. Nor is the reality that you can buy exactly the same helmets here as you can there.

The issue is the Australian Standards compliance sticker. If your helmet hasn't got one of those affixed, then potentially you're in big trouble if the constabulary apprehending you is feeling a bit sniffy or besotted with compliance. It's unlikely you would get stopped for a helmet check but not beyond the realms of possibility that once stopped for some other reason your Kiwi-bought helmet gets checked and failed because it hasn't got a little chrome sticker on it.

Argue until you're blue that your lid meets exactly the same standards as its Australian counterpart. If it hasn't got that sticker, you're shut out of luck.

[Owl]

you're shut out of luck.

Is that a typo Hitcher?

[Hitcher]

Is that a typo Hitcher?

Not this side of the dutch.

[Pussy]

You're going to Australia. The standards compliance rating for helmets isn't the issue. Nor is the reality that you can buy exactly the same helmets here as you can there.

The issue is the Australian Standards compliance sticker. If your helmet hasn't got one of those affixed, then potentially you're in big trouble if the constabulary apprehending you is feeling a bit sniffy or besotted with compliance. It's unlikely you would get stopped for a helmet check but not beyond the realms of possibility that once stopped for some other reason your Kiwi-bought helmet gets checked and failed because it hasn't got a little chrome sticker on it.

Argue until you're blue that your lid meets exactly the same standards as its Australian counterpart. If it hasn't got that sticker, you're shut out of luck.

Hutcher is dead right! No chrome compliance sticker... no legal in Oz

[pritch]

Maybe it was your FACE he wanted to check out ...

Nah - Fat bastard on a moped?

When I took the hat off the sgt saw who it was and came over for a chat. They were checking standards but had no idea what they were looking for.

Guess someone had thought checking standard stickers was a good idea at some meeting of the underemployed?