Hi there - I had a minor off on the weekend and smacked my helmet a bit. I should probably get it professionally checked to see if the polysterene has been crushed. Anybody know of a professional place to get helmets checked?
Thanks
Hardcore Biker
Hi there - I had a minor off on the weekend and smacked my helmet a bit. I should probably get it professionally checked to see if the polysterene has been crushed. Anybody know of a professional place to get helmets checked?
Thanks
Forum whore
Dood! I wouldn't waste my time or money going down that road...
Get a new one! What's your brains worth?
human
what about a lowside and just a bit of a scrape?? with no real drop damage?Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK
Hardcore Biker
Replace helmet - no other alternative.
A helmet is designed to take 1 impact. Replace it!!!! Even though it may not appear to have been damaged, you are relying on its integrity of strength.
Any impact will compromise this.
Forum whore
Well, it all depends I guess.. A helmet that has been 'smacked' on the ground sounds a bit more than what you describe, but who's to know what impact the helmet had before it 'scraped' along the ground?
It's ultimately up to the owner of the helmet, but if I had impact damage on my helmet any more than a scratch, I'd be in the market for a new one. I value my brains and I've heard too many horror stories of brain damaged people to not buy a new one.
But, as you were....
Forum whore
But most of them were probably like that before their helmets ever hit the road.
mini meeeeeee
I lahk to moove eet moove eet...
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Forum whore
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Bitch from Hell
I am so with you on this one ... helmets are there for one reason and once that one reason has eventuated you replace it. House and contents insurance will cover it if you bike insurance doesn't.
Gotta think ... what is it worth to me to be able to think.
Life is a gift that we have all been given. Live life to the full and ensure that you have absolutely no
regrets.
For your parts needs:
http://www.motorcycleparts.co.nz/
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what nasty said or try this
Hardcore Biker
polysterene? what about those motorcycle gangsters with nothing but a tin, open face helmet lol. splat
Thats whats up.
Highway Biker
You origanally bought your helmet to protect your head, it has now done it's job. It's only designed to do it once so dont muck around. Replace it
Rick.
Forum whore
Ah, you do realise that this is KB eh?
parting of the sensory
Do we need to find that thread that has the link to the Arai guy talking to Jay Leno?
Basically, he said that if a helmet is toast after say, falling on the ground from your bike, then it was no good to start with. Helemts are designed to retain their integrity in very severe crashes, such as in a MotoGP race at a bazillion km/h. So if you had a lowside, and there was no real impact with the road, and the "bit of a scrape" is only superficial damage (i.e., only the paint is scuffed, but the shell isn't cracked or otherwise compromised), then keep it.
But it's all academic/epidemic/pandemic. I've had a helmet that was never dropped or involved in an altercation with the road, but cracked just from daily use. I had another that had a very slight scuff on the visor as its only sign of me falling on the road. I had mild concussion for three days from that, so I replaced the helmet. My last helmet was involved in a faceplant onto the footpath, but only the top of the visor and brow vents contacted the concrete, and I was doing less than walking speed, so I've kept it as a spare helmet for pillions, and have no problem with my loved ones wearing it.
Use your brains (unless they're faulty from falling on the road?)
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
BogOff-Cant you see I'm busy?
What does a scraped or slightly damaged helmet say to others about you?
Get a new one.
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