I got a new bike now for the rest. Which helmet should I get?

**Kendog** · 9th November 2006, 10:23

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

Donde está el pollo?

Kendog (or Mrs Kendog, it's hard to tell these days) is on the mark. Fit and comfort are the most important features.

I know, sometimes I think we're the same person. You can normally tell the difference, Kendog makes sense and I just talk crap!
Mrs KD.

**Squeak the Rat** · 9th November 2006, 12:44

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Shoei Raid II

Good value helmet. The XR100somethingorother also gets good reviews. But if you're like me and Shoeis don't fit right (give me a headache) then Arai's are bloody comfortable but expensive.

Goce de sus ovejas antes de desayuno

**jimdaworm** · 9th November 2006, 21:08

Thanks heaps for all your replies if maby some of them were a bit strange

¿Donde está el pollo?
Where is the chicken?

Goce de sus ovejas antes de desayuno
Enjoy your sheep before breakfast

I think I am going to try some helmets out, hopefully today or tomorrow. I can´t really tell you guys what its like riding around Spain as I haven´t started yet! Just got the bike.

I promise to send lots of pics once I get the camera out!

Is there any reason that fliptop helmets might be less safe?

Thanks again, I will keep you guys informed

**XP@** · 10th November 2006, 08:13

Originally Posted by jimdaworm

Thanks heaps for all your replies if maby some of them were a bit strange

¿Donde está el pollo?
Where is the chicken?

Dunno, but the price of chicken is set to go up here because of the australian drought.

Originally Posted by jimdaworm

Is there any reason that fliptop helmets might be less safe?

Thanks again, I will keep you guys informed

Flip tops are a lot better than they used to be. They do meet the same standards as the fixed lids. In theory, where a normal lid will save you, so will a flip up.

**Roj** · 10th November 2006, 08:29

Originally Posted by jimdaworm

Is there any reason that fliptop helmets might be less safe?

There are a few different levels as with all helmets, my lady and I use them and have had no issues, my lady was involved in and accident recently, the helmet took alot of damage to the point the visor was ripped off. She sustained no head injuries even though it was almost head on against a car at 100 kph, (idiot turned directly accross her path) so from our point of view it was a very good helmet.

**Lil_Byte** · 10th November 2006, 18:38

My Shoei got dragged over the seal at about 100kph last weekend and I am still sitting here typing this weekend. The helmet is now stuffed but I am here. So any good helmet gets my vote. Some of the cheaper helmets I have owned in the past may not have done so well.

The Shoei fitted me really well and was comfortable light strong and quiet all of which are important

**jimdaworm** · 10th November 2006, 18:50

Ok, thanks again for all your ideas/info. One last thing as I am going shopping today. I would like to buy good leathers. Any tips? I am going to spend up to around 500 euros (Around 1000 nz) depending what there is.

Cheers

**Coyote** · 10th November 2006, 19:09

My plain jane HJC CS-10 has done me alright. It survived my fall on your RG

I'd like a fog free iridium visor though on my next helmet (this current helmet is 5 crashes overdue for replacement)

**James Deuce** · 11th November 2006, 01:25

This is jimdaworm.

He can't make up his mind about what helmet to buy.

Harden the fuck up jimdaworm.

**jimdaworm** · 11th November 2006, 19:33

I am hard as marbles

Today I am off to buy all this stuff anyway. So I will tell you all about it and you can tell me how crap all the stuff I have bought is

**XP@** · 4th December 2006, 09:46

So, WTF did you buy?

reply with pics of you in sunny spain!

**jimdaworm** · 6th December 2006, 05:35

Fair comment:

I ended up getting a Shoei Raid II helmet, a plain metallic blue. A Spidi Viper touring two piece suite and some nice thin but supposidly protective kangaroo skin gloves.

Sorry no real photos yet and its pretty damb cold here and been raining quite a lot. As soon as I go on a trip I will take photos, I have only been around the city so far.

**Lou Girardin** · 6th December 2006, 06:02

Get the best you can afford and make sure it fits properly.

**klingon** · 6th December 2006, 13:11

Originally Posted by jimdaworm

I ended up getting a Shoei Raid II helmet, a plain metallic blue. A Spidi Viper touring two piece suite and some nice thin but supposidly protective kangaroo skin gloves.

But Jim.... the helmet and the leathers are two different shades of blue?!?

What a disaster! You're going to have to return one of them and get something black.