pingpongpo Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Looked at some helmets today and although its probably completely the wrong thing to say, I can't afford to spend £400 notes on one. I have seen a Caberg lid for £100. I think it is the 'trip' model? Are these any good or is there something better at this price range. I don't want to spend any more money but obviously will go the other way if there is a better lid at a cheaper price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Simon, how much is your head worth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted March 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Thats why I said it was probably the wrong thing to say. What I'm asking is that I know all these helmets are tested to certain standards. At what point does the extra money go towards the brand rather than the manufacturing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Caberg actually look good value this link has a good range of helmets and comments on it bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Hopefully this isn't taking the subject off topic, but would a Snell 2005 standard approved helmet be ok for using on a bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Simon, how much is your head worth ? [/ QUOTE ] My sentiments entirely. When I was looking for my lid i couldn't afford £400 either but decided to wait until I could as I only have 1 head. You never plan to test how good they are in action but I will say one thing, when I came off I was glad that I waited and bought the Arai as it was by far the best fit etc. It went back to Arai to be inspected and came back as perfectly safe to use as it was just cosmetic damage. An MCN roadtester came off about a week later in identical circumstances but in a £100ish lid. That one broke in half. You pay the premium for a reason, admittedly you never plan to need it. Don't buy on price alone, try on as many different lids as you can and compare the comfort, weight but most importantly the fit. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Totally agree with the comments already made, you should buy the best helemt you can afford. Personally, I'm a big fn of Arai helmets although the colour schemes are pretty cr@p these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Hopefully this isn't taking the subject off topic, but would a Snell 2005 standard approved helmet be ok for using on a bike? [/ QUOTE ] Yes & no as far as I know. To be sold in Europe for use on the road it needs to have a white BS Kitemark or the UN ECE equivalent, for racing use it needs to have one of those gold ACU stickers on it. Snell is the US equivalent to the kitemarks so whilst they couldn't be sold for road use & for a long time were considered illegal to use on the road the actual law states "the helmet must conform to BS nnnn or its equivalent" so this allows the use of a non BS helmet on the road so visitors aren't breaking the law. I would be a bit worried about the age of a Snell 85 helmet now however as could well be 20 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Completely agree with what Jon has said - I spent about an hour in the shop with a really experienced person. I said I didn't care about the price, I wanted the right skid-lid that fitted right and was going to make as much difference as possible if I had a smash. £399 later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 My arguement is that all these helmets are built to a certain standard. When I bought a car for the missus to transport herself and the bairn around in I couldn't afford to buy her a brand new vehicle which had a 5* NCAP rating etc etc so I purchased the best I could for the money. This is the same arguement here tbh. I look at the kitemarks and standards labels on the helmets and they all have the same. The £40 Takachi to the £400 shoei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brabus Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 That's partly true but the Arai's, Shoei's and Sharks have another level of fit/safety and comfort that cheaper helmets wont have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Did you get shown the different types of helmets on your cbt day when they do the talk? Explaining the cheaper ones are made of two halves glued together whereas the more expensive ones are made of different materials and formed as one complete shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Forgive me if I'm wrong but I thought you couldn't buy new helmets which were constructed in the two piece manner these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Agree with everyone here, IT'S YOUR HEAD. However, not everyone has £400 to spend on the latest Arai, Shoei, BMW lid. I would always go for one that has the GOLD ACU seal, as these have had further tests for use in racing, where your often found on your arse, skidding down the black stuff. Different manufacturers have a different shape, I'm an ARAI fit, the missus a SHOEI. I really like the new BMW ENDURO helmets, but not ried one on to see if my head fits properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinks Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Haven't got anything else to add but once you've been and tried on a load and assuming something like this fits then helmetcity maybe worth considering. helmet city I think the website is down but they had some shoei xr1000 at around the £200 mark accident report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 AGV are high quality & usually good value helmets as mentioned before the gold sticker is worth looking for as means OK for racing use so good protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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