Saw someone wearing a Simpson Star Wars yesterday ........

[graham22]

while riding a R9T.

Is this the biking equivalent of ' a dead head sticker on a Cadillac'?


One for the '80s hooligans.

[Lee540]

Sorry, what is a Simpson Star Wars?

[bogie]

A helmet that looks like a Stormtrooper from Star Wars...popular with hooligans on streetfighters ....at least that was the stereotype

[Lee540]

Cheers, was he also wearing short perforated tan leather gloves and jeans with the bottoms turned up?

[Steve Bass]

Possibly the worst helmet ever made.
Friend bought one back in the day in white to use on his new 350LC

Noisy, drafty and ill fitting. Cool as f*&k but he eventually binned it because it was just a nightmare

[poo at Paul's]

Simpson Bandit, wasn't it?

[bogie]

Yeah a model of the Bandit ....usually worn with camo trousers with turn ups

[bimsb6]

I have a super bandit 8 , fit is ok but is noisy and visibility is not great , looks cool though .

[graham22]

Lee540 said:

Cheers, was he also wearing short perforated tan leather gloves and jeans with the bottoms turned up?

On the Zelah by-pass, late'ish pm, I was in my wagon heading East?

poo at Paul's said:

Simpson Bandit, wasn't it?

The Star Wars was the model before the Bandit but I see they are remaking them - not sure how I feel about that, part of me wants one but like above, I remember how noisy & draughty they were.

Edited by graham22 on Tuesday 11th May 18:44

[blade7]

Form over function weren't they? I don't think they were ever mean't to be a bike helmet. Poseurs delight.

[Jazoli]

Almost as bad as those stupid predator helmets, made in China and offering less protection than a colander, typically worn by a camo wearing fat bloke on a bandit 600 with twin aftermarket headlamps.

[Steve Bass]

Jazoli said:

......... typically worn by a camo wearing fat bloke on a bandit 600 with twin aftermarket headlamps.

You called??

If I remember correctly, weren't they meant to be a drag racing helmet??

[Lee540]

graham22 said:

Lee540 said:

Cheers, was he also wearing short perforated tan leather gloves and jeans with the bottoms turned up?

On the Zelah by-pass, late'ish pm, I was in my wagon heading East?

poo at Paul's said:

Simpson Bandit, wasn't it?

The Star Wars was the model before the Bandit but I see they are remaking them - not sure how I feel about that, part of me wants one but like above, I remember how noisy & draughty they were.

Edited by graham22 on Tuesday 11th May 18:44

Spotted one of these BMW on Camborne bypass last week, went past me when I was in the car.

[graham22]

Steve Bass said:

You called??

If I remember correctly, weren't they meant to be a drag racing helmet??

I think they were meant to be a car helmet, tested for banging against roll cages instead of skidding down the road.

[bimsb6]

Steve Bass said:

Jazoli said:

......... typically worn by a camo wearing fat bloke on a bandit 600 with twin aftermarket headlamps.

You called??

If I remember correctly, weren't they meant to be a drag racing helmet??

Used for racing as they met the highest standard at the time ( and looked cool)

[1602Mark]

Lad I used to know rode his tuned Yamaha FS1E wearing one with 'The number of the beast' album cover on the back. He graduated to a 250LC on L plates. In fairness we all thought they were super cool at the time. They were just so different to everything else. I had a Bell Star but used to lust after the Simpson. In fact, I still have a Bandit now.

[bimsb6]

Lee540 said:

graham22 said:

Lee540 said:

Cheers, was he also wearing short perforated tan leather gloves and jeans with the bottoms turned up?

On the Zelah by-pass, late'ish pm, I was in my wagon heading East?

poo at Paul's said:

Simpson Bandit, wasn't it?

The Star Wars was the model before the Bandit but I see they are remaking them - not sure how I feel about that, part of me wants one but like above, I remember how noisy & draughty they were.

Edited by graham22 on Tuesday 11th May 18:44

Spotted one of these BMW on Camborne bypass last week, went past me when I was in the car.

I’m not sure simpson ever called it the “star wars “ it’s just what it became known as seeing as it came out before the film !

Edited by bimsb6 on Tuesday 11th May 20:20

[1602Mark]

Lee540 said:

Spotted one of these BMW on Camborne bypass last week, went past me when I was in the car.

I saw that too now you mention it.

[rigga]

Latest Simpson's (venom) are made under licence by vemar I believe, look good and are comfortable, but are incredibly noisy, so plugs are mandatory.
Old Simpson's were never road legal due to the narrow visor, which restricted peripheral vision, this venom is very good in that respect, and its far better than the previous AGV I had.

[bimsb6]

rigga said:

Latest Simpson's (venom) are made under licence by vemar I believe, look good and are comfortable, but are incredibly noisy, so plugs are mandatory.
Old Simpson's were never road legal due to the narrow visor, which restricted peripheral vision, this venom is very good in that respect, and its far better than the previous AGV I had.

Legal since 2003.