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Doesn't really seem like anything we haven't heard already from other sources, but I just spotted this on the LRRS homepage & figured i'd post it up for those that haven't seen it yet:
Hi Gang,
Looks like I am rich! Matty G bought an Arai! I really hope that most of you realize that I don't make a dime no matter what helmet that you buy. I make my living selling old motorcycles and houses.
I read some of the long engineer dissertations about helmet studies. Here is the deal, the helmets in question failed my study! Some of you might remember that one of the first faces that you see after a crash is me. I want to know why you are hurt and if we can do anything about it.
Your helmet is supposed to protect your head when you bonk it on the ground. I understand that no helmet can protect you in all cases, but they should work most of the time and when they do not work there should be exceptional circumstances. In the last five head injuries, the only exceptional circumstances were that the crashes were not a big deal and there should not have been a brain injury if the helmet did it's job.
Plastic helmets were never Snell approved before and to tell you the truth, I didn't know that they were now. Anyhow, they are not working despite the engineer studies. John Ulrich did extensive research as usual and found that other racing groups may be having similar problems. I also found that the problem extends to motocross. I spoke with helmet distributors and helmet manufactures and they would like racers to use fiberglass helmets. You might see this spelled out better in future material from them. I think that it unreasonable to assume that a $150 product will work as good as a $500 product. Will a 29 cent screwdriver do the same job as a Snap On?
If you check out RRW, you will find a statement from HJC about what they recommend for racing and that is fiberglass.
This is serious issue and although Don has agreed to allow a 1 race grace period, John Ulrich and I do not recommend racing in them at all.
Please use old tires if you have to, but make the investment to protect the most valuable asset that you have.
I understand that the NEAR group is small, so please help spread the word. I read it here:Snell 2000 fiberglass good - plastic no good!
Jerry