Average cost - licence + gear

Gamefreak501 · 23 Feb 2018 at 12:58

Diddums said:
You trust your brains to a £35 lid?

It was cheap, and a gamble, and although it wasn't a system model, I wouldn't do it again. My Nolan N87 is far better and I'm more confident riding with it. Makes me wonder what to do with my Duchinni now because it's probably not a very safe 'spare'.

IC3 · 23 Feb 2018 at 13:57

Gamefreak501 said:
It was cheap, and a gamble, and although it wasn't a system model, I wouldn't do it again. My Nolan N87 is far better and I'm more confident riding with it. Makes me wonder what to do with my Duchinni now because it's probably not a very safe 'spare'.

Find a an empty car park, throw it up as hard, as you can... run away and see what happens.

.one. · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:05

IC3 said:
My mate was given a Duchini lid as a replacement, don't wear it unless when you go down, you don't want to get up again... The lid dropped from shoe shelf onto a fluffy carpet and it cracked...

Cracked what ?

tom_e · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:19

.one. said:
Cracked what ?

The fluffy carpet.

.one. · 23 Feb 2018 at 20:32

tom_e said:
The fluffy carpet.

I know for sure it would not be the lid.

Gamefreak501 · 23 Feb 2018 at 23:04

IC3 said:
Find a an empty car park, throw it up as hard, as you can... run away and see what happens.

Probably hit me on my head haha

Chuk_Chuk · 24 Feb 2018 at 23:40

InvaderGIR said:
Tried J&S ( https://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/ ) ? If they have a store local to you it's worth popping in, makes trying things on much easier to work out what sort of things fit and are comfortable for you etc. You don't have to buy from them, can just try stuff on then buy elsewhere online if cheaper, to be honest, same goes for any physical local store really.

Thanks. It does seem like my option for helmets are either a really basic helmet for £150 or top of the range £300+.
would the lack of pinlock give me any problems during my DAS?

Karl · 26 Feb 2018 at 09:41

Chuk_Chuk said:
Thanks. It does seem like my option for helmets are either a really basic helmet for £150 or top of the range £300+.
would the lack of pinlock give me any problems during my DAS?

https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.s...oducts/Scorpion-Exo-510-Air-Guard-Helmet-0010 - pinlock, built-in sun visor thing that flicks down, vents up the yazoo, £167 and far from basic. Any good?

Freeman · 27 Feb 2018 at 11:27

I thought all helmets had to pass a certain EU safety standard? Meaning a £30 lid is similar to a £300 lid.

For example, this £21 helmet comes with all the features (pinlock, removable lining) and Sharp safety rating (4/5) as my £250 Shoei - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Agrius-Ra...76790420?&clk_rvr_id=1446943972232&rmvSB=true

.one. · 27 Feb 2018 at 13:02

They are your just paying more for comfort unfortunately the internet exists you can guess the rest.

Karl · 27 Feb 2018 at 14:51

Freeman said:
I thought all helmets had to pass a certain EU safety standard? Meaning a £30 lid is similar to a £300 lid.

For example, this £21 helmet comes with all the features (pinlock, removable lining) and Sharp safety rating (4/5) as my £250 Shoei - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Agrius-Ra...76790420?&clk_rvr_id=1446943972232&rmvSB=true

Similar to a £300 lid, but not of a more granular safety standard, which is why this exists: https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/

That's not the same as ECE 22.05, which is the standard you may (or may not) be referring to.

Freeman · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:08

Karl said:
Similar to a £300 lid, but not of a more granular safety standard, which is why this exists: https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/

That's not the same as ECE 22.05, which is the standard you may (or may not) be referring to.

Not too sure what you're trying to say but the helmet I linked has a 4/5 Sharp rating and ECE 22.05 as I mentioned in my previous comment.

IC3 · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:20

Here's a quick pic of a helmet you can get for £100-150, its a Shark S700.

I'm lucky to be alive, as I went up in the air with the bike... Just don't spend less than £100 on a lid.

Karl · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:31

Freeman said:
Not too sure what you're trying to say but the helmet I linked has a 4/5 Sharp rating and ECE 22.05 as I mentioned in my previous comment.

Oh. I read the comment that said "a certain eu safety standard", not mentioning Sharp or ECE.

Freeman · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:34

Karl said:
Oh. I read the comment that said "a certain eu safety standard", not mentioning Sharp or ECE.

Yeah my bad with the wording.

Either way, I was pretty impressed for a £21 helmet. Might get one as a spare for any pillions I take.

Karl · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:42

Freeman said:
Yeah my bad with the wording.

Either way, I was pretty impressed for a £21 helmet. Might get one as a spare for any pillions I take.

No worries, with you now!

Yeah it's very impressive. The only thing that worries me about eBay is authenticity and fit, but that could be mitigated by shopping around and seeing if prices and stuff roughly match.

Freeman · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:47

Karl said:
No worries, with you now!

Yeah it's very impressive. The only thing that worries me about eBay is authenticity and fit, but that could be mitigated by shopping around and seeing if prices and stuff roughly match.

It comes from https://www.ghostbikes.com/ - a well respected bike kit company

It's just their Ebay store.

Chuk_Chuk · 3 Mar 2018 at 13:34

arfoll said:
Pinlock is nice to have, but to be honest on brand new visors the antifog layer ttreatment works ok - for a while. Neither is going to be a problem for a DAS, it's nice to have not at all obligatory stuff!

I'd recommend something like a Nolan N87 which goes for 150/200 depending on graphics, nice helmet with a pinlock, comes in 3XL sizing, just use the free returns from Sportsbikeshop for example.

Tried another Nolan helmet that said 3XL but it felt like it was falling off and was generally uncomfrotable

Karl said:
https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.s...oducts/Scorpion-Exo-510-Air-Guard-Helmet-0010 - pinlock, built-in sun visor thing that flicks down, vents up the yazoo, £167 and far from basic. Any good?

Tried a scorpion helmet in 3XL and same deal, doesn't fit.

Guess beggars can't be choosers. Will pick up the HJC sometime this week. Now its time to find size 13 boots

. Anyone know of companies that sell boots that are reasonably wide? All the ones of tried have all been too narrow.

InvaderGIR said:
Tried J&S ( https://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/ ) ? If they have a store local to you it's worth popping in, makes trying things on much easier to work out what sort of things fit and are comfortable for you etc. You don't have to buy from them, can just try stuff on then buy elsewhere online if cheaper, to be honest, same goes for any physical local store really.

I'll see if can visit one. Thanks