Thinking a head

I have decided the next set of helmets I am going to buy will be an online
purchase.

Can anyone suggest any good sites to shop from?

 

Harvey Nor... No wait. ;^)

You might be able to, but I couldn't buy helmets online - too much
difference in fit, even within brands, for my melon.

....and I'm sure you wouldn't try them on in a shop and buy online,
because that's pretty low.

Tony F

 

No, the only way to buy a helmet which will fit properly, is in the shop
where you can try them on

 

He could send his avatar into an online shop and do a virtual try-on,
no?


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Onya bike

Gerry

 

Don't forget you will probably not have the sticker on the side that
says they are Australian Standards compliant. Even though they almost
certainly exactly the same as ones that do have the little magic
sticker.

 

If you are after something expensive like an arai it is probably cheaper to buy
online then buy an aus standard cheapy and move the sticker with the help of a
hairdryer.

Fraser

 

What would make even better sense would be to buy an Australian cheapie
(from a dealer) and wear it.

 

Why? I would prefer a Shoei to a Lucky Number One manufacturing company
Shanghai.

Fraser

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:48:49 +0800

Why? They pass the same tests. Except you can be fairly sure the
Chinese one you buy locally *did* pass the tests, as it's pretty damn
hard to import and label ones that don't in any quantity whereas you
can't be as sure with ones bought on line, name brand or no.

The biggie is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the more
expensive ones are better protection. There is some small evidence
that the latest Snell is *worse* in some crashes, and as far as I know
none that it's better. (relative to AS1698)

Pretty much when you buy an expensive name brand you pay for better
quality fittings - the lid will last longer under normal use. It may
be worth doing as the MUARC study found no difference between a new
lid and a lid 10 or more years old, but that was a case control study
and there were some methodology difficulties.

On the whole, I prefer to buy a cheap lid and replace it every couple
of years.

Large companies have large advertising budgets and sponsor race teams
for a reason.

Zebee

 

Exactly. And I'm not convinced the fittings are any better either. What
you pay for with a name brand is the graphics and, as you say, the name.

 

I bought one of the first Shoei full face helmets in Victoria
still got it

 

I'll bet it doesn't have an AS1698 sticker, so it's not legal.

Theo

 

Having a sticker attached is no certainty of legality either

 

The idea I had was to find an online shop in Australia that sold helmets
so I could purchase another of what I have and another of what my wife
had (that she really liked) in the same sizes we had.

Why do we need to try them on...... again?

Also, I was told once by a sales rep in a store that helmets only come
in a couple of sizes and it is the lining inside that determines the
fit?

Not sure about the helmets you wear but mine takes a couple of days for
the fit to adjust and never be the same again and then a couple of
months before the helmet is like an old sock.

If I can save the hassle and a couple of dollars shopping online instead
of going from shop to shop looking at small ranges with big variations
in price why would anybody suggest this is a bad thing?

I do not want to purchase outside of Australia as I understand how a
little sticker can save trouble later on.

I also assume if I can find a site (yet to do the Google thing) that I
should be able to purchase replacement visors 12+ months later and maybe
even liners sooner.

I replace my helmet every 12-24 months though we have had to replace
them in shorter periods due knocks or being knocked off.

 

What? You think George would fudge the legality of his 40 year old helmet?

Theo

 

Bastard, you just made me walk out in the rain to one of the sheds to find
it and see.
Well, it doesn't have the sticker, but you can see where it useter be

 

Theo, do you really think that I would fudge figures on anything ???

 

Your head shrinks and expands depending on what you are saying at the time,
or whatever someone is saying to you.

Not so sure about that one
a sales bloke told me that helmets come in very small, small large, bigger
than large, bigheaded, and extra large, for those with extra large opinions
of themself.

Stickers are stickers and can be transferred from any helmet to another

or you can make your own

Don't think you can buy new liners for helmets
a few helmets I have out in the shed, most of the lining has disintegrated
and you can't buy new ones

 

Hmmm. I don't remember the brand of the first helmet I bought in 1964, but I
think I had a Shoei around 1970-2. I replaced it a few years later when the
an AS was made a legal requirement. This was not AS1698. Probably AS
E33-1959. AS1698 final version was released in 1988. Recently revised to
AS/NZS 1698:2006.
http://www.saiglobal.com/PDFTemp/Previews/OSH/as/as1000/1600/1698-2006.pdf
I suspect Shoei was also selling pre AS1698 helmets in Vic.

Theo

 

As I said, it was one of the first offered for sale in Victoria,
I was in Peter Stevens and this character came in and offered them to
Peter, but he said no, then I looked at the sample and said okay I will have
two.
I had tried a full face one day when it was bloody freezing and wondered why
they hadn't come out before


Don't know what sticker was on it, but it was about 2" long and about 3/4
inch high
that is going by the mark on the helmet where it useter be