Show us your Lid!

[George29]

julian64 said:

I hope your bikes worth a gazillion quid, either that or your brain is a work of art.

Failing that I would agree with above poster.

What does it matter what my bike is worth? If you ride a cheap bike do you have to wear a cheap helmet?

A helmet isn't somewhere that I'd want to be saving money anyway...

[Fleegle]

George29 said:

julian64 said:

I hope your bikes worth a gazillion quid, either that or your brain is a work of art.

Failing that I would agree with above poster.

What does it matter what my bike is worth? If you ride a cheap bike do you have to wear a cheap helmet?

A helmet isn't somewhere that I'd want to be saving money anyway...

Nicer put than the first time around

[julian64]

George29 said:

What does it matter what my bike is worth? If you ride a cheap bike do you have to wear a cheap helmet?

A helmet isn't somewhere that I'd want to be saving money anyway...

I hear this a lot on biker banter, but actually its not true. I don't believe your near £1000 helmet will protect you any better than the nolan I've been wearing for the last twenty years. Even dafter if you ride a cheap bike with an expensive helmet, as you could have a better handling bike so you wouldn't need to test your head against the pavement so much.

I don't care which way the latest test stabs the helmet and how the manufacturers have designed strengthening at that point to fool everyone that their helmat is an evolution in design, when actually its an evolution in money extraction.

Buy the pretty graphics if you like the graphics, call it a circular oil painting, but trying to convince me you are safer wearing it will require a demonstration ......... or two.

Possibly I may need more coffee today.

[Prof Prolapse]

I know it's a dirty word to some, but SHARP testing has proved that the amount you spend has little, if anything, to do with the level of protection.

As well as looks however, quality, fit and finish, and longevity of product however I'd wager coincide with price. All of which are important in my opinion.

[Rat_Fink_67]

julian64 said:

I hear this a lot on biker banter, but actually its not true. I don't believe your near £1000 helmet will protect you any better than the nolan I've been wearing for the last twenty years. Even dafter if you ride a cheap bike with an expensive helmet, as you could have a better handling bike so you wouldn't need to test your head against the pavement so much.

I don't care which way the latest test stabs the helmet and how the manufacturers have designed strengthening at that point to fool everyone that their helmat is an evolution in design, when actually its an evolution in money extraction.

Buy the pretty graphics if you like the graphics, call it a circular oil painting, but trying to convince me you are safer wearing it will require a demonstration ......... or two.

Possibly I may need more coffee today.

You'll be saying countersteering is a myth next. Oh.....

[topsprayer]

julian64 said:

I hear this a lot on biker banter, but actually its not true. I don't believe your near £1000 helmet will protect you any better than the nolan I've been wearing for the last twenty years. Even dafter if you ride a cheap bike with an expensive helmet, as you could have a better handling bike so you wouldn't need to test your head against the pavement so much.

I don't care which way the latest test stabs the helmet and how the manufacturers have designed strengthening at that point to fool everyone that their helmat is an evolution in design, when actually its an evolution in money extraction.

Buy the pretty graphics if you like the graphics, call it a circular oil painting, but trying to convince me you are safer wearing it will require a demonstration ......... or two.

Possibly I may need more coffee today.

what has bike handling got to do with some one not seeing you or being in an unavoidable accident?

[George29]

Fleegle said:

Nicer put than the first time around

The comment brought up a lot of anger towards my Pista GP being delayed over a year!

[julian64]

topsprayer said:

julian64 said:

I hear this a lot on biker banter, but actually its not true. I don't believe your near £1000 helmet will protect you any better than the nolan I've been wearing for the last twenty years. Even dafter if you ride a cheap bike with an expensive helmet, as you could have a better handling bike so you wouldn't need to test your head against the pavement so much.

I don't care which way the latest test stabs the helmet and how the manufacturers have designed strengthening at that point to fool everyone that their helmat is an evolution in design, when actually its an evolution in money extraction.

Buy the pretty graphics if you like the graphics, call it a circular oil painting, but trying to convince me you are safer wearing it will require a demonstration ......... or two.

Possibly I may need more coffee today.

what has bike handling got to do with some one not seeing you or being in an unavoidable accident?

What has bike handling got to do with not being in an unavaoidable accident

hmmm,
[deep thought mode]
tricky
[\deep thought mode)

[eddd1e]

[moanthebairns]

julian64 said:

I hear this a lot on biker banter, but actually its not true. I don't believe your near £1000 helmet will protect you any better than the nolan I've been wearing for the last twenty years. Even dafter if you ride a cheap bike with an expensive helmet, as you could have a better handling bike so you wouldn't need to test your head against the pavement so much.

I don't care which way the latest test stabs the helmet and how the manufacturers have designed strengthening at that point to fool everyone that their helmat is an evolution in design, when actually its an evolution in money extraction.

Buy the pretty graphics if you like the graphics, call it a circular oil painting, but trying to convince me you are safer wearing it will require a demonstration ......... or two.

Possibly I may need more coffee today.

spoken like fred dibnah

when I wer a lad, helmets were made ti last ‘By ‘eck it were grand.’, ive came off many a time lad and im still with it tiday, honestly. I cant do a stubborn Yorkshire accent very well over the internet.

by all means keep wearing your 20 year old Nolan, its your head. But to think that a 20 year old lid will perform just as good as a current equivalent lid is nonsense. or buy a cheap crap one from lidl that's been booted about the shop or from a manufacture who spends little money on R and D while trying to replicate the design and testing that arai etc spend its your head.

[Prof Prolapse]

If you mention you worked in materials testing again Peacock I swear I'm going to sock you in the puss...

[mackmeister]

Little off topic, but are the savings that large at the bike shows?

When and where is the next one? Starting to loose confidence in the padding in my lid as its getting a bit soft

[Superhoop]

This is mine.

[EvoBarry]

Charlie Foxtrot said:

I look at these pictures and ask myself "why can't Shoei do some nice graphics to?" I need a new lid, but they don't so any pretty ones at the moment.

I picked up one of these at the NEC in November, my first Shoei but also one of the few that I liked the look of.. so they can do it if they want to IMO

[CoolHands]

Superhoop said:

This is mine.

very nice. I l ove BELL helmets. I can't understand why they don't capitalise on their great name and bring more helmets out - there's hardly any available.

[Simes205]

Mine

Arai Quantum ST
Dark visor for summer.

[Mastodon2]

Nice and bright, fits like a glove too. I can't wait to get out and get some miles done with it.

[LiamB]

I forgot I started this thread.. I still have the same stty lid.
Hoping to replace it with a Shark Raw in matte green soon!

[Charlie Foxtrot]

EvoBarry said:

I picked up one of these at the NEC in November, my first Shoei but also one of the few that I liked the look of.. so they can do it if they want to IMO

My shoei is on the first page. It's a similar B&W design. I need a new one and I want some colour but they're really lacking in style compared to AGV and Arai.

[Clinton Baptiste]

Just ordered an hjc fg 15 carbon for £143.99 from lids direct.

They've dropped the price to £159.99 and if you use discount code SALE10 at the checkout you get another 10 % off!