Motorcycle Solutions

[2Beers]

Fireman has an Arai and I've got a flip lid Scorpion. I can't do the solid helmet, but am pretty happy with the modular one. Lanix just be like Goldielocks and try a variety to see what works for you.

[Lanix]

Good advice 2Beers!!!

[smoker guy]

(07-12-2012 08:31 PM)2Beers Wrote:  Fireman has an Arai and I've got a flip lid Scorpion. I can't do the solid helmet, but am pretty happy with the modular one. Lanix just be like Goldielocks and try a variety to see what works for you.

I have an HJC Sy-Max ll modular. Works decent enough for higway/pavement, but l`m getting a Dual-Sport for my off road adventures.

[Scooter Britches]

We had a perfect example of helmet quality here a couple weeks ago. One of the girls in the local race series here had a NASTY...like, call the tower for clearance...high-side coming out of a corner doing about 60-70mph. NASTY. Right in front of her parents too. Ugh. Anyway, she cracked her head pretty hard on the tarmac and knocked herself out for about 2-3 min. Woke up and had lost about an hours worth of memory. My buddy with the shop was able to grab her helmet and take a look at it. In his experience, usually these lids will have a nice dent in the foam and maybe even a crack in the shell with some good gouges in the paint. This girl's helmet, which was a mid-level street helmet, had no foam damage, no cracks, and just a few small rubs in the paint.

You might think, wow, that's good! No...that means her head took ALL of the force of the impact. It's been almost 3 weeks and she still can't stand for more than a few minutes without getting dizzy. She still has headaches. This was a very healthy, athletic, mid-20's girl who knew what she was doing. A couple of the other racer dudes I know who have gone through crashes like this have gotten up and were fine a day or two later. Not because they're dudes, but because they had the best helmets they could buy.

I know we probably don't take the same risks these folks do, and I acknowledge something is better than nothing (got a story about that, too, but that's for another day). So, how much is YOUR head worth to you? Just my 2 cents.

Definitely shop around...different brands have different fits. Wear it, fastened up, around the shop for 15 min at least.

Ok, off my soapbox now...

[2Beers]

(good advice CD) A few years back when we were starting to look for replacement gear, Fireman was at the spring motorcycle shindig in CHitown and was looking at helmets. He stopped at one of the booths(I forget the company)and tried on one of their helmets, he told the Rep that it was a bit tight in a few places and the Rep said--this isn't a joke---" Oh just take the liner apart and use a cereal spoon to crush the impact material until it fits". Needless to say he made some comment about safe good gear and walked away wondering just how many people listened to the idot.

[Boomer]

Thats about the same as what the folks at Ginas BMW told me when I got the Scorpion Modular. Of course, they wanted me to buy the Shoei, but I just dont have that kind of dinero.

The fact there was NO foam damage tells me the manufacturer used helmet foam that was too hard, and thus transferred the shock directly to the riders head. Its going to be a few weeks before she is fully recovered, but good advice there.

[Scooter Britches]

2B, I'd heard that advice before too...unbelievable, ain't it?

Yeah, Boomie...she's definitely having some issues, but she's starting to want to get back out there, so that parts good. Another good thing is that her BF is keeping the proverbial leash on her and won't let her do anything before its time.

[Lanix]

Thanks CD, 2Beers, and Boomer. Excellent advice.

[Fireman]

Be VERY Careful!! Mrs. 2Beers appeared fine but about 6 months after our crash She had dizzy spells and vertigo.

Keep an eye on her!!

[Scooter Britches]

She's got great friends keeping an eye on her. She had an MRI today and it came back normal, so things are healing well. She's still taking it way easy, tho...dizziness and vertigo have no place on the track!