Cheap helmet recommendations?

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

My brother has the identical helmet and it fits his massive melon very comfortably.

Fits my big head pretty good. The opening is wide enough that I can put my glasses on with no problem. This helmets is way better than the helmet I had back in the 70's. Much better protection. its hot here most of the year and I can't stand having a face shield. The bar across the front keeps the bugs out of my teeth.

[pistolclass]

Originally Posted by Mudflap

I hit a moose in Alaska on my touring bike a few years ago and went down hard. My $39 Walmart helmet wasn't even scratched. Mooses are soft!

Isn't it Meeses?

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by pistolclass

Isn't it Meeses?

I think that is "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks".

[Rail32]

To each their own serves me well.
I will never wear a " cheap" helmet .
MY head and being alive is well worth every penny I spend on all my safety gear.
Have many scars to prove my point from my learning curve .
HJC Is bottom line lower cost helmet that's worth the money in my opinion. I wear Nolan's ,Aries, and HJC .
But again it's your choice and do not preach to anybody .
Ride safely and ride often .
Rail

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

Snell was one of my clients here in North Highlands. Interesting, yet small lab in a strip mall and still basically family run, at least last time I was there. They may have moved to somewhere bigger by now, I don't know. They have very stringent specifications, improve them constantly and have some pretty wacky testing procedures....such as, if you ever plan on ramming the top of your head into a long steel spike at extremely high speeds, you better have a Snell approved helmet.

My feeling has always been regarding time and thrashing, is that most helmet manufacturers say to replace them in a certain amount of time or if you drop it off your handlebars, is to save themselves from litigation and to sell more helmets, than anything else. Of course, with your head, what precautions you take are up to you.

I had the same MX open faced helmet for more than two decades that had been thrashed, dropped, crashed and generally abused. It never failed me and I just threw it away about three months ago.

Helmets are like oil, everyone has their own opinion because it's your dome your making decisions on. If I remember right, Snell himself was killed rolling an open top race car. I kind of doubt even an "his approved" helmet would have saved him.

That is the Snell the lab is named for. It was set up after he was killed to research ways to improve helmets, at which they have been very successful. A Snell approved helmet is about as good as it gets...ARH

[Azhule]

DOT, SNELL, and ECE certified helmets for me please!

Here is a example of tim's helmet





... spend the little bit of $$ and protect what few brain cells are left

[Biker_Andy]

Doesn't your insurance company buy you a new helmet when you have an accident?

Here you give them your old helmet after an accident and a receipt for the replacement, same as child car seats - no questions asked. It doesn't matter if the helmet suffered any damage or not, even if it didn't touch the ground! The reasoning is that the insurance company cannot guarantee the helmet is still "safe" so they replace it to avoid possible liability if later a head injury occurred from the same helmet. Therefore my least expensive helmet at the time gets replaced for the most expensive model available. Out with the Walmart and in with the Schuberth, Arai & AGV

[timcosby]

Originally Posted by Azhule

DOT, SNELL, and ECE certified helmets for me please!

Here is a example of tim's helmet





... spend the little bit of $$ and protect what few brain cells are left

way too much leather!