The Show Us Your Helmet Thread

wazza300 · 9 Apr 2015 at 13:31

Whip Out Your Helmet Lads :eek:

mine's the cheap airoh miro,bought on the 9/12/10 for £79.99,been pretty decent helmet tbh,moderate wind noise but not too bad,very light aswell

removable/washable liner and built in sunvisor

ttaskmaster · 9 Apr 2015 at 13:39

Using this one at the minute: http://www.nolanhelmets.com/nolan-n90-n-com-helmets.htm

Captain · 9 Apr 2015 at 14:25

Got myself a Frank Thomas Helmet for my first one, wasn't too expensive and a nice fit, also really light too!

Kreeeee · 9 Apr 2015 at 14:38

Shimmy · 9 Apr 2015 at 15:49

Shoei Qwest, my first helmet. Had it 18 months now, very happy with it.

ShakenNstirred · 9 Apr 2015 at 21:02

4 star sharp rated, £39, had it 2 years and it still like new
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wazza300 · 9 Apr 2015 at 21:05

that's good for £39,also like clovis's helmet

Participant · 9 Apr 2015 at 21:33

I'm using an HJC IS-17, which I've had since I passed my text back in October.

I'm really pleased with it so far. It's got two vents, internal visor, chin guard, chin curtain, pinlock with quick visor removal, and it's really comfortable.

Just mulling over a tinted visor for the summer. What tint levels do people recommend?

ElliorR · 9 Apr 2015 at 21:38

I like HJC, I have 3 of them, and they fit me perfectly. It's like they have a copy of my head at their R&D site.

I mainly use my Shoei now though.

Maccapacca · 9 Apr 2015 at 22:08

You lot should be grateful you have a choice of helmet. 8 just ended up with the biggest shoei they called 'the bucket' xr1100 nothing else was big enough.

Saying that it's fantastic.

benji182 · 9 Apr 2015 at 22:12

GT Air - Matte-Black

TallPaul_S · 9 Apr 2015 at 22:19

Arai Axcess II, with the Arai Pro-shade visor. And a £35 bluetooth headset.

@Participant - get a dark tint. If it's sunny and I'm not going to be out in the dark/early morning I put on my dark tint Arai visor, it's perfect for bright sunny weather.

Stovepipes · 10 Apr 2015 at 02:31

maccapacca said:
You lot should be grateful you have a choice of helmet. 8 just ended up with the biggest shoei they called 'the bucket' xr1100 nothing else was big enough.

Saying that it's fantastic.

Honestly you're pretty lucky too, you almost certainly have more choice of helmets than I do, assuming you're 2 or 3XL. I have a 4XL head, I've never been able to find a 3XL helmet that goes past my forehead and that means in the whole world there's like 10 4XL helmets (that I can find) and maybe 3 of them are road legal in the UK. I imported my first one from America and paid not far off £200 for a £90 helmet that didn't really fit that well, which I didn't notice til I passed my test hit 70mph and the thing smooshes my face or feels like it wants to fly off lol.
Thankfully after my recent minor accident I noticed 1 company in the whole of the UK has imported the other 4XL road legal helmet and it seems to be a nice tighter fit, not that I have much choice if I want to ride.

My retired AFX Magnus

Yaayuh! · 10 Apr 2015 at 08:09

Shark S900 Creed

I was sceptical of Shark, but i tried a few on and they fit very nicely and are of much better general build quality than i thought.

Fireskull · 10 Apr 2015 at 09:33

Ignore the flies, carbon fibre goodness

danny77 · 10 Apr 2015 at 15:41

Shoei Raid 2 , had it a few years now and apart from a couple of small stone chips its in really good condition, will probably look at getting a new lid towards the end of the year when I get another bike .

Sandycheeks · 11 Apr 2015 at 01:13

I'm looking for a new helmet, mine is a shark and gets a bit noisy.

CircleFaust · 15 Apr 2015 at 12:26

Participant said:
I'm using an HJC IS-17, which I've had since I passed my text back in October.

I'm really pleased with it so far. It's got two vents, internal visor, chin guard, chin curtain, pinlock with quick visor removal, and it's really comfortable.

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Just mulling over a tinted visor for the summer. What tint levels do people recommend?

I have this but it's the Lorenzo decal one
http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/206426
it's a good helmet, happy with it

TripleT · 15 Apr 2015 at 13:43

Cruiser said:
I have this but it's the Lorenzo decal one
http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/206426
it's a good helmet, happy with it

I have it in Osiris:

http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/107061

4T5 · 15 Apr 2015 at 18:44

HJC-FJ15

About £170 when I bought one but I got 50 quid off so £120.
Tried on much more expensive helmets but this & other HJC's were the only ones that fit properly, The others made me feel like I had lumps in my head but this lid I can wear all day long. :cool:

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