GhostBikes - Is this right?

[Davie_GLA]

On looking for a helmet, i stumbled across this:

http://www.ghostbikes.com/pp/HELMETS/Nitro-Full-Fa...

Now it isn't what i searched for, but check the prices! Sounds way too cheap.!

Thoughts?

[m3psm]

Thought is; order a couple in different sizes for pillions

[12joe340]

my friend works at the shop an he said that they are the largest importer in the UK so thats why they can sell them so cheap, as for the quality they cant be that bad because he uses one for racing

[Davie_GLA]

Don't suppose you could ask him if the have the braveheart one in stock?

[hiccy]

I'm tempted to buy one just out of curiosity at that price!




ETA: Aren't polycarbonate lids a bit poo though?

Edited by hiccy on Tuesday 3rd June 20:48

[12joe340]

Davie_GLA said:

Don't suppose you could ask him if the have the braveheart one in stock?

yeah ill ask him tomoz

[Hooli]

m3psm said:

Thought is; order a couple in different sizes for pillions

that sounds like a plan, i know a few girls who say they'd come out but no lid.

[Brummmie]

Do you have a £24.95 head?

[Hughesie]

Brummmie said:

Do you have a £24.95 head?

Exactly what i was thinking, Gold badge or not, would i really want to pop my nut into something that costs so little.

[hugoagogo]

Hughesie said:

Brummmie said:

Do you have a £24.95 head?

Exactly what i was thinking, Gold badge or not, would i really want to pop my nut into something that costs so little.

you 'pop your nuts' wherever you like

[m3psm]

Brummmie said:

Do you have a £24.95 head?

Some of my pillions have a £7.95 head so it shouldn't be a problem

[Dakkon]

If it is gold badged, it must have passed the regulations for track use?

[Fire99]

Ok chaps don't worry.. i'll buy the lot and then flog em to you for £200 each if it will make you feel safer.

Not wishing to be pedantic but it's not always the case that just cause you're not paying through the nose for something that its rubbish..

lets be honest here.. Us in the UK have been paying vastly over the odds for things for years anyway..

Be interested to hear of any tests on this 'Lid'

[RemaL]

Dakkon said:

If it is gold badged, it must have passed the regulations for track use?

gold badge means nothing as you can get them on e-bay

[freddytin]

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/

This site will soon be able to verify whether or not we have been foolish spending hundreds of pounds on supposedly superior head protection.

I have used a wide variety of lids over the years, and the most important features for me have been fit , noise and misting.

Edited by freddytin on Wednesday 4th June 11:24

[Graham]

freddytin said:

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/

This site will soon be able to verify whether or not we have been foolish spending hundreds of pounds on supposedly superior head protection.

Soon there will either be some very smug or very grumpy owners of expensive helmets !! these graded tests cant come soon enough....

G

[black-k1]

freddytin said:

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/

This site will soon be able to verify whether or not we have been foolish spending hundreds of pounds on supposedly superior head protection.

Ride magazine did a test a few years ago and while there were no really cheap helmets in their test they did show that price was definitely not an indication of level of protection.

http://www.ridetriangles.com/pdf/643/221609.pdf

You also have to ask if a new £50 helmet every year is going to be safer than a 5 year old £300 helmet!

freddytin said:

I have used a wide variety of lids over the years, and the most important features for me have been fit, noise and misting.

Fit is by far the most important thing when it comes to safety. In my experience, the only issue with cheaper helmets is that the lining/padding tends to ‘give’ more from new so what was originally a tight fitting helmet is more likely to become a loose fitting helmet after some wear.

[Davie_GLA]

Well, they didn't have the one i wanted, so ended up paying £80 for it from the local Honda dealer.

Stand by for tests.

[Laird]

Brummmie said:

Do you have a £24.95 head?

hadn't thought of it like that.... I can get 2 then!

[12joe340]

12joe340 said:

Davie_GLA said:

Don't suppose you could ask him if the have the braveheart one in stock?

yeah ill ask him tomoz

he said that if it says its in stock online then it is, but if its not in stock online they wont be getting any in stock (this year anyway)