Favourite helmet?

[Motu]

I have a $10 head - I'll take a dozen please,don't bother to wrap them.

I really like to have a peak,great when the sun gets low.My Nolan N70 suits me just fine - but I 'd like a MX helmet as a spare...a removeable liner would be nice,I'd like to be able to clean my helmet with the water blaster.

Those Davida's are a beautiful helmet Jack,I'd love one just to look at it.Maybe I'll get one if they bring out a Phill Read model.

[FROSTY:Me]

I used to love the arai helmets but they're just too darn expensive.
nowadays I mostly use shoei's
current lid is a HJC .
Bugger it I just loooked in the gear closet- My 4 year old son baby bikie has better bike gear that me -A new shoei helmet (size50) new gloves and a new leather jacket --sheesh

[Lou Girardin]

I went to Dolds last week, they're Arai dealers and they showed us some cut away helmets. I hate to say it, but having seen inside an AGV I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. The Shoei was almost as good as the Arai, but major dollars less.
It's still amazing that people will spend a couple of grand on leathers and skimp on a helmet. After all, you can cope without a limb, but not without a brain.
The funniest are guys that want a cheap helmet because their bike's not worth much.

[sparrow_34]

I just bought an Arai RX7 Corsair. Landed in NZ $820. I think I got lucky and didn't get stung with duty, just the normal gst. I was expecting to pay 17% duty, so I was stoked. Here is the link to the ladies Ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/DM-Shopper-Se...enameZl2QQtZkm , very good to deal with and the helmet was new in the box, she even checks them visually before shipping to check for blemishes etc. The exchange rate has come down a bit since I bought,but still a cheaper option than NZ prices.

[Joni]

Guys & gurls,

As motorcyclists we all squeeze our heads inside the ball! :raghead: I just purchased a brand new helmet, it was one of those spur of the moment buys - just too good to miss. I was at this guys house thru TradeMe (Motoracers mate) on Tuesday looking at some Tecnic leathers which were advertised. I asked him if he had any other bike stuff for sale and he pulled out this helmet which he said was the only one he had available, so I tried it on. Well you couldn't ask for better- the fit was excellent, the colour scheme suits my new bike down to a T, and the price was only 200 buckeroos!! Pics attached.

Now I have 4 helmets 2 x HJC's, a Nolan, and this beasty thang.

What do you wear on your head? Please post any available pics for everyones viewing pleasure.


Zed

AGV all the way....

[Devil]

Am on first bike and helmet. Got an HJC CL-14, black. Seems to be a good shape for my head. Easy to get visor on and off, plenty of ventilation.

[jrandom]

I hate to say it, but having seen inside an AGV I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

Yup. I've spoken to a guy who managed a Hein Gericke shop in the UK, and he had some *real* horror stories to tell about AGV design and build quality.

Of course, they're Italian and expensive and some people find them comfortable, so they MUST be good, right? Wrong. I'd rather trust my skull to an HJC at a fifth of the price than an AGV.

As it stands I'm wearing a Shoei Raid, which is pretty nice for a $600 helmet. I can wear it all day without any discomfort and the visors swap in 10 seconds flat, which is handy because I ride in sunlight as well as after dark on most winter work days.

[tz tony]

Hey Lou was that helmet a Rossi replica? If so it was my old one that got damaged when we crashed the side car at Paeroa this year, and of cousre not selling AGV helmets they would have to say that woudnt they?.

[Coldkiwi]

I'm using KBC which is anotehr irp off brand but pretty decent quality apart at a good price. I just saw the funkiest helmet ever on Tuesday... the UVEX one at Mt Eden... makes Darth Vader look like a wimp!

I'll try and find some photos but DAMN- what a cool helmet!

[Coldkiwi]

I'm using KBC which is anotehr irp off brand but pretty decent quality apart at a good price. I just saw the funkiest helmet ever on Tuesday... the UVEX one at Mt Eden... makes Darth Vader look like a wimp!

I'll try and find some photos but DAMN- what a cool helmet!

here we go.. its the Species 21... looks even better with the iridium visor! $799 for you at the moment sir..
The photo doesn't really show how tall it is (or how light.. 1200gms!) but its definitely wicked

[750Y]

My 4 year old son baby bikie has better bike gear that me -A new shoei helmet (size50)

holy bighead batman, your 4 yr old has a size 50????(i hope that's not a 50cm cos i wear a 55-56cm). dam shows how small my brain must be eh lol.

[Cajun]

ya don't need one of those 750y all ya need is a big hand for the gas and big nuts to keep it nailed all way there
hehehe

[Hitcher]

Oh to be so fortunate as to have a choice of manufacturers, styles and colours...

[750Y]

ya don't need one of those 750y all ya need is a big hand for the gas and big nuts to keep it nailed all way there
hehehe

lol, dunno about big nuts, but does big guts count? the only thing i'm nailing lately is the wire on the chicken coup, after the dam steers have charged through it once again. i swear the ring leaders going in the freezer one of these days...

[matthewt]

Shoei helmets fit my noggin the best. I had an AGV for a while but went back with Shoei again.

I "stress" tested a shoei while in the South Island last year and can say I was very happy that I paid the extra $'s for a good lid.