View Poll Results: Keep a possibly damaged good helmet or buy a cheapie?

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  • Yes bin it and buy the cheapie

    16 42.11%
  • Keep it and take the risk

    11 28.95%
  • Stop riding 'til you can buy another goodie

    11 28.95%
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Thread: Replace helmet or keep? (part 2)

  1. #16
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    19th June 2007 - 21:09
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    I had a fairly big off last november and kept my head from hitting the ground (with the thought that i did not have insureance at the time and my helmet was freakern expensive) and ive not replaced it as of yet ,despite people telling me i should bin it ,i disagree.As Im confident that it did not make impact with anything ,i dont need to pay any professional to tell me this ,i was the guy that slid along the tarmac


    May be "risky" to some, but in my case i dont have any doubts in the helmet and its structural ability and protection...But if i had hit me head on the ground what so ever with the helmet i wouldve replaced it fyi
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  2. #17
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    5th November 2007 - 14:46
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    a couple of light scuffs is fine! i love new helmets so it would be an excuse to get another one haha

  3. #18
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    5th November 2007 - 14:46
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    looking at the poll results most people would recommend getting a shitty plastic helmet if there arai has a few scuffs not actually impact damage just scuffing? im thinking you guys prob have the shit helmet in the first place!

  4. #19
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    1st February 2008 - 14:20
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    2004 Yamaha YZFR6
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    Rotorua
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    I try and replace my helmet every few years no matter what condition it looks like and thinking back to the good old days a cheep one was all i could afford. but you will find going from a good helmet to a cheep one will be hard to do. they are just not the same.
    I may be slow at getting things but..... no wait I'm just slow.

  5. #20
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    16th June 2008 - 16:13
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    I wore mine after it was in a scrape, until the house and contents paid up and I got a replacement. $150 excess on my H&C so no big expense.

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