What is the best helmet that you have used?

**bmz2** · 2nd May 2007, 21:54

what is the best helmet you have used , wind noise, road noise, and does it lift at high speeds,value for money , and the how well does it protect your head.

**Blackadda** · 2nd May 2007, 21:56

Haven't used a hemet before?

Sometimes put a lid on before I ride my bikickal

**bmz2** · 2nd May 2007, 21:57

tried to edit the title

should be helmet

**98tls** · 2nd May 2007, 21:59

KBC........VR1..........awsome

**bmz2** · 2nd May 2007, 22:00

show me the pics dude, graphics and colour

**Hitcher** · 2nd May 2007, 22:01

Originally Posted by bmz2

tried to edit the title. Should be helmet

It is now. And there can be only one. Bless you Mr Shoei! And I have now destroyed two of these with my head inside and they seem to do the business pretty well.

**unclfkgbully** · 2nd May 2007, 22:05

shark rsr. primo fit, comfy, not too noisey untill the ipod is rarked up a bit., very light also which is a +
daza

**enigma51** · 2nd May 2007, 22:10

shoei xr1000
Fucking loud get some earplugs

And they are not badly priced either.

Dont lift at high speed dont get affected much by turning your head at high speed either

ventilation is pretty good expect that it gets a bit foggy in the winter but havent had a helmet that dont suffer from that

**enigma51** · 2nd May 2007, 22:11

The best advice i can give is to first fit on a few helmets and make sure they fit one hundred percent then come back with a couple of brands and get people opinion of the different models in that brand

All helmets are not equal when it comes to sizes

**James Deuce** · 2nd May 2007, 22:11

You've got a bunch of mutually exclusive things in your wish list.

In my experience if it doesn't lift at speed, it will be relatively noisy.

I've only destroyed one helmet in an accident and it was an Arai. A person fell on it from about 20 feet and then a car drove over it. Comfortable but noisy at speed, and difficult to get on and off.

I can still type so it may well have worked.

The most easy to live with helmet was a Nolan N100. Supremely comfortable and the flip front meant you didn't need to take your helmet on and off all the time. The pinlock anti-fog system is the best motorcycle helmet related invention ever. The visor leaked like a sieve though. Flip fronts are a bit "nerdy" though. So I got contacts and I don't need one now.

My current HJC HQ-1 "Lordship" is very cool. It fits better than anything I've owned, the visor system works, it comes with a free breath guard, it's made of Carbon Fibre and it has Dragons on. It is a bit noisy but earplugs fix that.

I've got REALLY big ears and they are really comfortable in the HJC.

Review here: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=HJC+HQ-1

**bmz2** · 2nd May 2007, 22:12

got to have music in my helmet to , you use the ipod, what about using your cell phone as your music player.

**Hitcher** · 2nd May 2007, 22:15

I've got a pair of TBR carbons as my music system.

**bmz2** · 2nd May 2007, 22:16

jim2, just got a new schuberth s1 sweet helmet

**avgas** · 2nd May 2007, 22:17

Shoei. Saved my head when it when into a 4wd wheel (headfirst) @ 70kph.
Barely damaged the helmet.
must be made out of hopes and dreams as carbon fibre would have cracked.
Im slowly savin up for a new 1