Helmet thread

Simpson RX

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HJC Carbon

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Morbius said:
I'm a novice rider and looking for a helmet at the moment. Are there any that are better for riders that wear glasses?
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I've never had any trouble with my glasses, had a few different road lids and a few different MX lids, plus borrowed a couple of my dad's, my glasses have fit under all of them. If you're unsure just try a few on but honestly I wouldn't expect you to have any trouble :)
 
When I was learning I had a Raid II, nice legal visor and Oakley why 8.0s or some crap poking into the padding behind my ears, but normal glasses go down behind the ears innit. Then I passed and my first purchase was a race visor yaaay. :p
 
When I was first riding I had a cheapo Box lid, which is now consigned to the cupboard for when I park up at heathrow and sod all else.

I then had an Arai RX7-Corsair which I bought in Japan for the princely sum of £200 brand new, I had a few offs (nothing where I hit my noggin that I remembered) dropped it down a concrete staircase and then had it stolen...

I now own an RX7-GP in black with a dark tint visor, I want to get a mirrored one eventually :)

Oh and I also need to get an MX lid at some point
 
I've got an AGV Stealth now, and I do find it a good helmet, but that said, I'm sure I can get much better. It's quite noisy, but fits well over all.

Shame the thing just rusts like a *****. The front & side vents have all rusted on mine, I've cleaned them up as much as I can and applied ACF50, but I'd have expected them not to rust in the first place for the price I paid.
Had to replace the clear visor twice for it as it scratched extremely easily, the one I got now seems much better. Weird thing is the one that came on it, and the replacement I got from the store didn't have AGV Stamp on it, the one I bought online did, so not sure what went on there heh.
 
VFR_KID said:
I think all sellers of motorcycle helmets should have a bike in a wind tunnel so you can find out how noisy they are before buying them.
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Not sure that'll work tbh, naked bikes will have more noise than faired bikes, also will make a difference as to what position you're in as the wind paths will be different.

the only way it's be of any use would be a dumbed down version with stars like the sharp tests, even then that could be unreliable.
 
VFR_KID said:
I think all sellers of motorcycle helmets should have a bike in a wind tunnel so you can find out how noisy they are before buying them.
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It's all so hard to work out though. My Mille at a tuck was quietish, at full upright was quietish, as were most positions, but at a certain point around halfway was a full on, head battering thrumming at an unbearable frequency. Drop or raise my head just an inch or so and it went.

Bike + Helmet + Speed + Height of rider + Wind + Position of rider = noisy or quiet

Too many variables.
 
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