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What are you guys doing with old helmets?

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    What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Its time for a new lid for me but i really dont have the room for one. Ive got to get rid of 4 or 5 helmets that are taking up space. They arent worn anymore but they just are too nice to toss out. Cant sell them for someone to wear either. Anyone have any ideas for a use? I might strip the shells and part them out. Cant really display them anymore so thats out.

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    I have a display case. Ill take them off your hands if they are free.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Quote Originally Posted by tsorfas View Post
    I have a display case. Ill take them off your hands if they are free.
    Curious as to what you would do with them. Id really hate to see them on ebay.

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    If only the wife would let me.

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    I would line then up in the basement/workshop for fun...right by my beer bottle etc lineup. I just moved and built a new shed, I'd hang a few if there are extras kicking around. I wish I had the house before I got rid of all my misc car parts..I would have made more stuff out of them.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Op you don't have a room you could squeeze a shelf in say 16" from the ceiling for at least a few?

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    Quote Originally Posted by G21forme View Post
    Op you don't have a room you could squeeze a shelf in say 16" from the ceiling for at least a few?
    i do and i have done that. I collect video games so they go around an entire 15x15 room's edge. I can squeeze one up there but thats it. Truthfully im not sure they are worth it for me to keep around. It just seems a waste to toss them and i really dont have the room to store them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boosten lebaron View Post
    Curious as to what you would do with them. Id really hate to see them on ebay.

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    If only the wife would let me.
    No eBay my friend. I have two glass cases where I put my old helmets. I consider it decoration.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    I gave them to the neighborhood kids to play "spaceman" with.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jaynnus View Post
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    Yup. Same here. Wife made them

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Target practice to see what rounds penetrate and what won't.

    You'd be surprised what doesn't penetrate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcbell1007 View Post
    Target practice to see what rounds penetrate and what won't.

    You'd be surprised what doesn't penetrate.
    Do tell?? What won't penetrate a helmet?

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    I throw them away most of mine get ruined at the track. I have one Shoe that I have been wearing on the street for 20 yrs. Can't kill it.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Goldenchicken was looking for some a while back for sparring practice.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    I've heard of people donating them to Fire Departments to use in training (allowing people to learn how to properly remove them in crash situations).

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    I've owned both the RF700 and 800 Nobby replicas, the 700 I sold as it was too big. The 800 is in a case in the dining room.


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    throw them out

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    If i only had a gun. I think im gonna see what the dirt bike kids around me want since almost none wear helmets to begin with. I have a really nice shoei rf700 with a ruined liner and a rashed pheonix arai that i will probably give to one of you guys for your collection. Id love to keep them as decorations but i have better stuff to use as decorations.
    Now to buy a new helmet since i have that cleared up. Really want a shark but no dealers at all except online means no trial fit for me.

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    I think Justin at adrenaline has shark.
    Not 100%, but I think so.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Let me know what you want to give away when you decide

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Quote Originally Posted by breakdirt916 View Post
    throw them out
    Absolutely. They are not safe enough for me, they aren't safe for anyone else and it's a helmet not a work of fine art. I don't care what you think about the cool paint job, they made thousands more.

    I have enough junk in my house, I don't need to be storing an ugly, odd shaped piece of plastic and fiberglass. I cut the D-ring strap off and took it to the transfer station to get incinerated.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    Also have a collection. if the dirty kids don't want anything!

    Don't want to step on tsorfas toes*

    I'm starting a helmet wrapping shelf around my gym.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boosten lebaron View Post
    If only the wife would let me.
    Let you? I will never understand.

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    id take a few off of your hands also for display purposes!!

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    Re: What are you guys doing with old helmets?

    I sign my old helmets "Valentino Rossi" and sell them on Ebay for 1,000,000 Euros.

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