How much?!

Soon to be buried and forgotten?

In that case I'll party with absent friends.

 

I couldn't GAF one way or the other what he puts on his head, he could
use a porcelain potty for all I care.

I was just making the point that I wouldn't personally protect my head
in a cut price open face lid.

For the record I also wouldn't buy a £300 Arai, but I have been known
to lay out £170 on a Shoei.

Cheers

Paul.

 

Ah. I think I need to be heavier than 105Kg for that. More pies
required.

I'll find out when I die. I keep an open mind (no ear plugs and an
open-face helmet help this) because nobody's proved it one way or the
other to me.

 

In message

Noise induced hearing loss is all about the 'dose' of noise. The period
of exposure is relevant as well as the sound pressure level. The
frequency of the noise is also important - although a simple db(A) level
is usually enough to indicate a potential problem.

An interesting snippet here:
http://www.jehr-online.org/volume2/issue1/6/index.asp

I once helped a student do some tests on hand-arm vibration level
exposure from motorcycle handlebars. They were a bit rough and ready
without exactly the right equipment, but they confirmed why my poor old
digits tingle after a good thrash on the Morini,

Those old police A65s must have been perilously close to giving
patrolmen 'white finger'.


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<shrug>

Suit yourself. Personally, I couldn't give a monkeys if you go deaf.

Next!
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Well said, mate!

 

If you insist.

 

De Reynaud's Syndrome (spelling? have I got the name right?) is a nasty
thing here. A friend suffers from it. The combination of cold and even
minor vibration was enough to turn her fingers quite white.

 

In message

Correct. It can be brought on by hand-arm vibration but can also be
associated with arthritis type disease without exposure to vibration.

Being subject to a bit of incipient hip seizure, brought on in part I
suspect by a hefty thwack falling off over the finish line of Hartland
Quay hill climb many years ago, I reckon my hand problems are probably
more down to arthritis. A daily dose of Glucosamine + Chondroitin keeps
things moving fortunately - highly recommended! Had to get rid of the
Saturno because I couldn't cope with the clip-ons and rear-sets any
longer and thought carpal tunnel syndrome might be setting in.


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Depends on the shell material. As a rule of thumb, cheap polycarbonate
helmets are good for about 2 years of regular use, fibreglass or
composite ones for 5 years. It's all down to decomposition of the
plastic in sunlight, so if you keep it in a box those numbers don't
really apply.

I've just bought a new (99 quid) Nitro lid to replace my 5 year old (450
quid) Arai partly because it's time for a new one, but mostly because
the inside of the old one is absolutely fucking disgusting, doesn't have
a removable lining and the visor's scratched to buggery.

 

....and the ashtrays are full.

 

I think you've forgotten significant differences such as noise
reduction and build quality (which I don't think "mechanism quality"
and "longevity" completely covers).

 

Noise? My top of the range Arai was the noisiest helmet I'd had for
years, but I'll agree build quality is usually better in the more
expensive helmets.

I've just bought a Caberg open-face to replace my Nolan N40 that was
showing its age. It does what I need.

I'll admit the Arai open-face helmets at two or three times the price
were nice. However, I usually ride with the visor up unless it's
raining and the Arai visors with their more pronounced prow didn't
look designed for that treatment. Also I liked the drop-down sun visor
of the Caberg, which the Arais didn't offer.

The other offerings I tried were the wrong shape for my head.

 

I suppose by most people's standards here I do ride slowly, but not
the way you meant.

Think of a big cruiser with a huge yoke-mounted windscreen that I can
just see over the top of,

http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/5549/iow1a3hv.jpg

and an open-face helmet with a visor that acts like a peak, covering
from the top of the screen upwards depending on how I tilt my head,
plus turbulence that causes most of the wind to come from behind my
head rather than in front.

It's not uncomfortable to ride with the visor up unless it's raining
hard or very cold. Hail can hurt. I have occasionally got crud in my
eye, but not often enough to worry about it.

 

I wouldn't worry about it.

Aaaah, yes, of course, I see what you mean now. I get it. It's not for
me (I don't have a screen or fairing) but I can see how it works. Thanks
for explaining, you really didn't have to go into all that detail, the
first paragraph was enough!

Just hope that's not you on the Hardly!

 

One advantage to being a speccy. Best to wear plastic lenses rather
than glass though.

 

It is me (in the front), and Gertrude is not a Hardly.

 

But I have a £300 Arai and it's the loudest, crappiest thing I've ever
had. I think I would take my chance with his £20 Lidl lid and keep
wearing the earplugs!

 

I've got a s/h Nolan that I'm using as a plant pot. Wanna swap?

 

snip>

Tell her to take an aspirin a day and that'll sort it out. A guy I
used to work with had spent about 20 years working as an underground
fitter using pneumatic tools every day and he swears by it.