Davida helmet opinions?

[ital916]

Back to topic.

Davida Racing Series helmets here ->

Believe it or not aj, people used to race in those helmets, they were quick racers. A few are actual race rep paint jobs I believe. Its funny how you all poke fun at me for the helmet choice I undertook but all aspire to own bikes that can do 300km/h and can kill you stupidly quick. Especially with the riding manner a lot of you have.

[PirateJafa]

No I asked for opinons on the helmet, all I got was you will die, you will lose you face etc etc not on the helmet itself. The thread was aimed at people who had worn them who could tell me about the longevity of the leather liner, conditiong for the interior of the helmet, the comfyness of the different jet styles *modern or classic* etc. All you brought to the thread was childish remarks and a narrow minded view on a great product. I have never dissed anyones choice of helmets *except for the crappy chinese rip off ones..pieces of shit they are*, even with kyles new shark helmets, which I have had bad experiences with the brand shark but in the end congratulated him on the purchase and think it's a fine helmet. One that he likes and fits him well.

Sorry, you're getting a tad personal here Dushy. Please show me exactly where I was bringing to this thread childish "remarks and a narrow minded view on a great product".

My sole posts in this thread was in direct reply to Andrew, a reply to Rachprice and the one just above.

Your emotions are clouding your mind and getting you rarked up. Take a chill pill and come back with some rational arguments.

[ital916]

Me and several SMC member have given our opinion on the fact that a helmet with no face protection is useless. We didn't bring the fight, you are fighting once again because you somehow think that we shouldn't be allowed to give valid, statistically based opinions.

Why make a thread asking for opinions if you can't handle being told them?

So once again, my opinion : I, Robert Hollier, solemnly believe that if you are wearing a Davida helmet and are involved in a crash not matter what the speed or conditions, there is a 100% chance that if you hit the road (or anything) face first, then the road (or anything) will destroy your face.

This opinion is based on the fact that if one smashes their face on the ground it hurts, and if one smashes their face on the ground while wearing a Davida helmet it hurts just as much, if not more from the added weight.

PS : If a helmet fits so nicely when you have first bought it, does that not mean that it will soften out and end up being too big for you after a few weeks?

If you don't even listen to the opinions of your friends, then why the fuck have you posted up a thread asking for the opinions of total strangers?

I got a very experienced friend to fit it for me. I did listen, then I came to the conclusion I wanted one, so i asked for opinions on a specific helmet that I like. Thats why. I decided a after the smc thread I wanted one so I took my choice out of that cess pit of a forum and posted this nice friendly genuine one in the gear forum. Oh for fucks sake, some moderator please lock this thread too. I have been thinking boys and girls, and thought that the smc isn't for me has started to cross my mind. Haha jafa I'm very chilled mate, takes more than this to get me even slightly annoyed.

[NordieBoy]

You'd think a congrats on your new helmet would be ok. Your still my friend though...

I love my open face helmet.
I also love my flip-front, other flip-front, full face, MX and other MX helmets.

[EJK]

This thread is getting a bit off-topic...

[Ragingrob]

This thread is getting a bit off-topic...

I tried to put it back onto the Davida helmet topic, but Dushi can't take anything impersonally. When I give him my honest opinion on the safety of this helmet, he hands out red rep telling me to "get fucked". And no Dushi, there is no nice way of telling someone to get fucked.

[NordieBoy]

Me and several SMC member have given our opinion on the fact that a helmet with no face protection is useless.

And you could be wrong.

How about 50kph around town with an open face? Safe or not?

[Ragingrob]

And you could be wrong.

How about 50kph around town with an open face? Safe or not?

I dunno, that van pulling infront of you, forcing you to go face first into the panel or window may not be too friendly.

If it was for an experienced rider sure around town and even for sunday cruises I would not be so opinionated. But for someone on their L-plate who hasn't exactly been non-crash-prone...?

[PirateJafa]

I dunno, that van pulling infront of you, forcing you to go face first into the panel or window may not be too friendly.

If it was for an experienced rider sure around town and even for sunday cruises I would not be so opinionated. But for someone on their L-plate who hasn't exactly been non-crash-prone...?

Hell, even Ross has been taken out a couple of times now around town.

50km/h faceplant with a openface helmet is still going to scar more than a 50km/h faceplant in a fullface.

I know that if I was wearing a openface helmet in my crash I would not only have a fucked elbow, but a more disfigured face/be dead to boot.

[NordieBoy]

I dunno, that van pulling infront of you, forcing you to go face first into the panel or window may not be too friendly.

If it was for an experienced rider sure around town and even for sunday cruises I would not be so opinionated. But for someone on their L-plate who hasn't exactly been non-crash-prone...?

Wonder how all the cyclists do it with even less protection and being even more invisible.

With a head-on you're usually impacting the forehead/top of the head anyway.
Unless you come down onto the boot of a sedan.

For a learner I'd reccommend a cheap fullface until they have the experience to knowledgeably choose what type of helmet they'd like to use in whatever situations.

On AdvRider at the moment is a large thread bashing the shit out of flip-fronts saying they're worse than open-face.

[Ragingrob]

Once again I will chuck this image on. According to this study (see attached picture), 44.5% of all crashes would affect the non-protected area of an open-faced helmet.

That means that every crash you are involved in, there is almost half a chance that you face and jaw will be involved, even at 20kph that is gonna hurt a lot!

Experienced riders will have a much lower crash rate, but even then, unfortunately we have to share the road with others.

I don't see how an ATGATT man like you Dushi can't see the importance of this fact. And no, I wouldn't give an opinion much thought from someone who says one thing and does another, makes it hard to believe that they mean what they say.

[Squiggles]

Wonder how all the cyclists do it with even less protection and being even more invisible

I have to use an electric shaver coz of the scar from when i fell off me skateboard, fuck that hurt

nice helmet, not for me, but yer gunna need some clipons and big megaphone exhaust to match You going to get leathers or stick with cordura?

im not here to preach, but keep my baby (the smc) out of this thread, what some members say has nothing to do with the smc

[xwhatsit]

Oh whoops I went and bought it, and it fits me and its the most comfy helmet I've worn and I'm happy with it

Yeah, I really like my leather flatcap, it fits me really well and is really warm in weather like this. Haven't crash tested it yet, as I don't tend to fall off when walking down the road in a leather cap, but I'm sure as it fits so nicely and is so comfortable it'll do a great job.

[zeocen]

By the looks of the tags, it seems the SMC club has started to leak into other forums... a sad day :<

[motorbyclist]

Fair enough. I hope sincerely that you don't live to regret it, as you could have had a super-fandangled full face for the price of your stylish but ineffective lid.

please tell me i'm reading that wrong

Thats a stupid thing to say about the davida helmet, I take it you've crashed with one then. You know nothing about them, nor have you ever tried them on or had a look at them in the store.

FFS sake man you aren't listening. we don't give a shit how good a quality the helmet is, infact no-one has denied the fact - the issue is that quality doesn't make up for a complete absence of face protection

clearly you're yet to see someone crash face first in open face

and as i said before, you want it and there's nothing we can do to change that, but you are getting awfully defensive about it. stop trying to argue that quality makes up for lack of face protection when we all assume you're buying a quality helmet open or full face anyway and wake up man!

you, yet again, asked for an opinion, didn't like it, and then go off at us for simply stating the facts and out opinions.

we're all voicing these concerns as, considering your accident rate (which should go down with the new bike) and typical auckland drivers, we are concerned for your safety

will comment on how nice it looks when i/we see it