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Helmet shopping

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I agree with bwringer about use of earplugs. I always wear earplugs, (have for many years). Earplugs, along with my full face lid, remove all the extraneous noise that is bothersome and fatiguing.

I get mine at the sporting goods department of my local Walmart. Cheap and they work very well. They're orange in color -- I forget the brand.

The earplugs also allow me to not care whether my antiquated Shoei RF-105 is or is not a "quiet" helmet.

All that road noise, mechanical clatter on top of the air-cooled engine, the wind, all that is taken care of by my WallyMart earplugs. I have no problem hearing vehicle horns, sirens, the basic sound of the engine, or any other necessary sounds.

Never heard of full-face helmets breaking a person's collarbone. Sounds like an urban legend to me...
 
Dont ever buy a Z1R helmet whatever you do!! I have one and it falls apart. I called the manufacturer to send me replacement side pieces and screws. They broke too. If i turn my head while riding, the visor flips up. Very bad design.
 
Tarbash 27 said:
Dont ever buy a Z1R helmet whatever you do!! I have one and it falls apart. I called the manufacturer to send me replacement side pieces and screws. They broke too. If i turn my head while riding, the visor flips up. Very bad design.
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Did you notice it's made with HJC parts? :lol:
 
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BentRod,


When you decide what helmet you want, make sure you visit........

http://www.newenough.com/product_department_helmets.htm They've got good prices on new stuff, and offer great customer service. I got two of these last year............

http://www.newenough.com/hjc_clmax_solid_helmet_page.htm

I went with a "flip front" because I wear eyeglasses. Plus I've got to talk to a lot of people each night when I use my GS for delivering court docs. Not having to take off my helmet to talk to 'em is a real bonus.

Stevie D
 
Get a Scorpion Helmet

Get a Scorpion Helmet

I have bought four Scorpion Helmets, two for my Katana (EXO-400 Octane with silver graphic design) and two for my GS1100E (EXO-700 Raider with red graphic design). They have excellent quality, excellent fit and finish and low noise. They also have great ventilation, a removable and washable liner and built-in anti-fog in the face shield. The face shield can be changed in 10 to 20 seconds without tools and they even have a light sensitive face shield that goes from light to dark depending on the amount of environmental light. Go down and try one on, their top of the is $200.00 and is comparable to models by Shoei and Arai that cost twice that amount and more. I got my Scorpion Raider helmets from metricbikes.com for $471.00 with two optional dark smoke face shields, which were $34.95 each. Shipping was free and there was no tax either. Here are pics of the models I bought and below are two other models that they have. They have more as well.

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Scorpion Website:

http://www.scorpionusa.com/

Scorpion EXO-400 Octane:

http://www.metricbikes-superstore.com/index.php?cPath=1631

Scorpion EXO-700 Raider:

http://www.metricbikes-superstore.com/index.php?cPath=1623

Sandhills is also a great place to shop and has great prices...

http://www.sandhillspowersports.com/sandhills/OnlineStore.do?

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I think at this point, I need to just go in and try on a ton of helmets, walk around the store, may be borrow a couple and stick my head out the window on a side road somewhere...

I've done some reading up on DOT Only, and Snell, and the European one (can't remember the name) and I'll have to debate the merrits of each my self, and just how much it really matters.

I'm probably not going to be hitting up many online stores for the actual purchase. one, i dont; trust them. I like to inspect that ACTUAL product i am buying, not one just like it, before i hand over my cash, 2, I usualy pay out the A$$ for shipping (which is both costly and annoying), and 3) if i ever want to buy anything else from my local store, after spending time walking aroun in their helmets, i should probably buy form them.. well, from one of them I suppose.

Thank you all again!
 
as nice as some of these helmets are, I would like to have SOME money left over for stuff like, ya know, food, untilities, RENT, emergency domes and the like.

a few extra ounces of weight, or ugly grafix, or non important garbage like that really doesn't matter to me. And sadly, the fact of the matter is I am on a budget, and I cannot afford high end stuff. Ie, thats why i attempted to turn my own brake disks on my dad's lathe. (which by the way, if you ever try, MAKE sure you're not trying to turn an 11in disk on a 10 inch lathe... 3 hours of sanding later.....)

So I am looking more at helmets like the CL and CS models. and the KBC VR-1
 
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