Helmet rental please?

[MadDuck]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=113632

If you need the use of a helmet and it fits its all yours. I am kind of close to Auckland. No rental fee required.

I dont intend giving it to DB for what he has offered.

[Danae]

Ahahahaaaaa, bling awarded! DB, you got massively pwned.

[paddy]

. . .I'll be the girl with no helmet, wearing a bikini on the back of the Gixxer 1000 driven by the newbie biker going 220km on the wrong side of the road - haha! lol!

Don't mind DB - his hearts in the right place, his delivery is just lacking. KB can get a get vitriolic at times, but that's just part of it's charm. I do feel the need to pull out the "traditional" KiwiBiker battle cry though: pics or it didn't happen. :-)

I hope you have a great holiday and be safe on our roads. As a vast over-generalisation, you will find NZ drivers somewhat less "advanced" than the the equivalent in the UK.

Out of curiosity, what's you and yours' backgrounds in "emergency"?

[Laxi]

Ahahahaaaaa, bling awarded! DB, you got massively pwned.

[marigami]

Well I don't want to fuel this thread but... i just want to say that my first reaction while reading the first post was atonishment:who on earth would actually rent a helmet?!!!
Might be because I am french and english is not my mother tongue..
Of course I understood your concern and your problem after your other post but I just want to say I can understand what Dangerous Bastard first wrote (though a bit grumpily, is that correct in english?) cause he was wondering about safety which is right to do in a way.
Anyhow as i will come over to ride in NZ (some days sigh very soon I hope) I would buy a helmet or at least try to take it with me (mostly because I am XXS so not easy to find).
But if you do rent a helmet I would be interesting knowing where and how.

[Kwaka14]

Did no-one else think that she was coming from the UK and a helmet's not an easy luggage item?

[Hawkeye]

did no-one else think that she was coming from the uk and a helmet's not an easy luggage item?

+1


I also agree with marigami in that I would not contemplate using a hired hemet. I would feel much safer with buying a new çheaper helmet that I know is OK than using something that you have no idea how it has been looked after. And let's face it, who ever looks after a rental as if it's their own.

I bought a helmet off CNELL on trademe for my daughter. Couldn't justify spending huge amounts of dosh on an expensive helmet that she was going to grow out of. It has the required safety standards and only cost me $90. She only comes on the bike occasionally (Toy runs, ambulance runs etc) so not running at race speeds when she is with me. I would fully recommend looking at these. As a helmet to be used for a short period or the occasional use, they do the job.

[The Stranger:Me]

Did no-one else think that she was coming from the UK and a helmet's not an easy luggage item?

Sure, and there are many reasons why she may not have a helmet, but what I don't get is who's business is it anyway.
To be sure, that's not a swipe at you, but at those questioning the OP. It was a simple bloody question and only needed a simple answer.

[Grubber]

Are you going to borrow gloves, jacket, boots, and pants as well?

You are a mug getting on the back of some hot-boys bike with no safety gear on except a helmet.

Sorry, but it doesnt work that way.

Steve

OMG Sucha dick! All she said was she wanted to rent a helmet.....

[theblacksmith]

I have a helmet you can borrow. Actually I now have 2 cos my bike shit itself on the way back up from the Burt Munroe Challenge. That s another story.
PM me if u want.

[Ms Piggy]

Any help much appreciated!!
Thanks
Lindsay

Hi Lindsay - sorry I haven't read the entire thread so this may be a repeat but you can buy helmets quite cheap, i.e. $100-. I would assume for safety reasons (as well as hygiene) no-one will hire helmets.

[Madness]

Give us a nod/wave when you pass us - I'll be the girl with no helmet, wearing a bikini on the back of the Gixxer 1000 driven by the newbie biker going 220km on the wrong side of the road -

Sorry Lindsay but you're going to have to be a little more specific than that if we're going to pick you out of the Coromandel crowd. Besides, how did you & Carver meet in the first place?.

[scracha]

We are both experienced bikers and members of the Advanced Bikers (UK). We are also both emergency staff and have dealt with more than our fair share of accident victims.

No offence but being emergency staff, in the IAM and having done your CBT and full license, it should have been drummed into you to not have any dealings with second hand helmets.

Just buy a $100 helmet. Won't have a removable lining and all the fancy features but who cares.

[graememcg]

Let me tell you from experience, I hit as stone on the highway last weekend, destroyed my dryrider gear (pants, jacket and gloves) helmut Shoei was a mess, and the bike, well I am waiting to hear.

Please please, have good gear, you never know what is around the corner.

I was told when I was purchasing my gear I had expensive tastes, I told the salesman this morning, if it wasnt for my expensive tastes I wouldnt be here today.

I survvived the accident, let alone walk(hobble) out the hospital the next day.

I was doing about 80kmph when I impacted. Hit the cliff face, slid down the road following my bike. Yes I was very very lucky.

Cheers

Graeme