Need a new lid but on a budget?

**avgas** · 31st May 2011, 07:35

I am still loving my KBC VR1.
Its as good as my shoei was and better than my Shark RS2 was.

**Ratti** · 31st May 2011, 15:51

what size you need. I have a near new shoei multitec size small. White.

wont fit now that all my hair is in dreads- bugger it! had to go a size up.

**Fatt Max** · 31st May 2011, 17:15

Originally Posted by Ratti

what size you need. I have a near new shoei multitec size small. White.

wont fit now that all my hair is in dreads- bugger it! had to go a size up.

My bonce is an XL mate, sorry about that. Mind you, if I did take that lid off you it would mean I have a total of two small helmets.....

Cheers dude

**jaffaonajappa** · 31st May 2011, 17:30

Originally Posted by Fatt Max

I have a total of two small helmets.....

Cheers dude

LOL!!!

Yeah, but one would be White!

**slofox** · 31st May 2011, 18:52

Originally Posted by The End

Would it be worth getting a dark visor?

Yeah. For sure. Then everyone thinks you're a mean-arse motherfucker of a biker instead of a little old grampa man like me...

**Little Miss Trouble** · 31st May 2011, 19:19

I'm more than happy with my Sharp 4 star rated LS2 http://www.ls2helmets.co.nz/helmet/stealth_white noisier than the Shoei it replaced, but half the price too

**jaffaonajappa** · 31st May 2011, 19:27

Originally Posted by Little Miss Trouble

I'm more than happy with my Sharp 4 star rated LS2 http://www.ls2helmets.co.nz/helmet/stealth_white noisier than the Shoei it replaced, but half the price too

Yup, my missus has that helmet - but black and white, with brown checkered squares at the back. Not bad looking - decent visor. D ring buckle system was a first for her. And yeah - I tried it on at speed - its quite noisy.

**yod** · 31st May 2011, 19:30

I landed a AGV Stealth off ebay a couple of years ago for around $270 IIRC - 5 star safety

**Madness** · 31st May 2011, 19:42

I found AGV helmets simply don't fit my noggin - completely the wrong shape. I just landed a Suomy Vandal via ebay and it's great, it seems so much lighter & less buffeting compared to the Shark it's replaced. It too is noisy and I can see me starting to use an earplug when riding.

**Little Miss Trouble** · 31st May 2011, 19:44

Originally Posted by jaffaonajappa

Yup, my missus has that helmet - but black and white, with brown checkered squares at the back. Not bad looking - decent visor. D ring buckle system was a first for her. And yeah - I tried it on at speed - its quite noisy.

Noisy is nothing a pair of decent ear plugs (or earphones, just be careful listening to rock and metal - tends to up the pace a bit

) won't fix.

The internal sun visor saves the headaches sunglasses cause on longer trips but you're never caught out after dark with only a tinted visor either

**jaffaonajappa** · 31st May 2011, 19:58

Originally Posted by Little Miss Trouble

Noisy is nothing a pair of decent ear plugs (or earphones, just be careful listening to rock and metal - tends to up the pace a bit

) won't fix.

The internal sun visor saves the headaches sunglasses cause on longer trips but you're never caught out after dark with only a tinted visor either

Yeah, Ive seen a few posts lately where people comment about sunglasses being annoying or etc. I dont get it....always worn sunnies - but yeah some types fit a helmet better than others. But having a tinted visor and riding on open roads at night - no thanks!

**Richard Mc F** · 31st May 2011, 20:02

If you out east tamaki way come see richard at Botany Honda, the HJC helmets are good value.

Avoid gee gaws and fluff flip fronts and built in sun visors add weight, I do not like this

.

Tinted visors are for sprot bike riders so no one can see them cry

**Little Miss Trouble** · 31st May 2011, 20:09

Originally Posted by jaffaonajappa

Yeah, Ive seen a few posts lately where people comment about sunglasses being annoying or etc. I dont get it....always worn sunnies - but yeah some types fit a helmet better than others. But having a tinted visor and riding on open roads at night - no thanks!

The arms of the sunnies pressed into my head, after a few hours and gave me head aches. Not to mention I broke a couple of cheap pairs when they fell off the seat while I was doing the glasses off-helmet on-glasses on thing

**jaffaonajappa** · 31st May 2011, 20:15

Originally Posted by Little Miss Trouble

Not to mention I broke a couple of cheap pairs when they fell off the seat while I was doing the glasses off-helmet on-glasses on thing

Wait.
Actually, no. Im not going to mention mutli tasking.....that would be Cheap of me...as a bloke.

But yeah - the arms of the sunnies are the key. Too long and they poke the back of the helmet. Too curved, and its an odd fit. I have an old scratched pair of oakleys - flexible, short, but skinny Arms ont hem. Works perfectly.

**Little Miss Trouble** · 31st May 2011, 20:23

Originally Posted by jaffaonajappa

Wait.
Actually, no. Im not going to mention mutli tasking.....that would be Cheap of me...as a bloke.

But yeah - the arms of the sunnies are the key. Too long and they poke the back of the helmet. Too curved, and its an odd fit. I have an old scratched pair of oakleys - flexible, short, but skinny Arms ont hem. Works perfectly.

They slid off in the wind, lucky they were only the $20 gas station kind.