helmets for the track...

[The Magician]

i have a new helmet i just bought but it cost me almost $600 and i dont feel like wasting it at the track haha. What helmets can I use? I wa sthinking about getting a standard black KBC .. but not sure what the rules for helmets are besides snell/DOT because i think i heard that some helmets are banned? can someone elaborate? thanks!

Rob

[s a x m a n]

wasting it at the track?

wtf??


dude you are going to be racing ... probably one of the times where you might want the best helmet you can buy (my spec-1r saved my life).

to answer your question (or you can just read the rule book)

Helmets

Polycarbonate helmets are not allowed.

Helmets may not be more than 5 years old as determined by the date of manufacture in or on the helmet. Helmets must be full coverage with an attached face shield. Tear-off's are not allowed. Quick release helmet straps are also not allowed unless original equipment. The helmet must meet DOT plus Snell approval or the British Blue Label standard BSI 6658 Type A helmet standard or the European ECE22-04 & ECE22-05 P standard. The appropriate stickers must be attached. Any helmet that has been damaged or suffered a severe impact must be replaced or sent to the manufacturer to be inspected. All helmets must pass tech inspection. The riders number must be displayed on the helmet.

[JohnnyV]

i have a new helmet i just bought but it cost me almost $600 and i dont feel like wasting it at the track haha. What helmets can I use? I wa sthinking about getting a standard black KBC .. but not sure what the rules for helmets are besides snell/DOT because i think i heard that some helmets are banned? can someone elaborate? thanks!

Rob

Yea I don't understand the wasting it at the track comment... if you go down and happen to hit your head, how would that be considered a waste?

[akira700]

its your head and your money...

You can waste one or the other how you want !

Me I'd waste the money. Work a bit more and you get it back.

[The Magician]

its your head and your money...

You can waste one or the other how you want !

Me I'd waste the money. Work a bit more and you get it back.

i got one with all the fancy graphics. iwant to get another helmet with plain colors. Not going to the cheapest ones on the market, just going to look for something else. I've gone down in low dollar helmets and high dollar helmets. Only thing i know i want to steer clear of is the HJC cs/cl and the scorpions. my scorpion helmet didnt work too well lol. May look at an rf-1000 or something.

[OreoGaborio]

RF1k is a good lid. I loved mine, saved my head/face a couple times.

As long as you stick to the rulebook you'll have a safe lid.

[akira700]

Only thing i know i want to steer clear of is the HJC cs/cl and the scorpions. my scorpion helmet didnt work too well lol. May look at an rf-1000 or something.

So you already know the deal with the cheap plastic ones ! good!

Not to be giving you a hard time but the way you worded the
original post it sounded like you just wanted to save money.

[s a x m a n]

Not to be giving you a hard time but the way you worded the
original post it sounded like you just wanted to save money.

[The Magician]

nah ive crashed enough to know the benefit of a good lid. not looking for cheapest, just not worth as much to me haha. a good 300 dollar helmet with no graphics is what id probably be lookin at! lol

[Punjistick]

Just get a solid color rf1000. You can get them for like $300. A lot of places have closeouts on some of the graphics ones, like the Buckmaster replica, which no one seems to want also. Just make sure that the date of manufacture isn't that old.

[Kitt]

i have a new helmet i just bought but it cost me almost $600 and i dont feel like wasting it at the track haha. What helmets can I use? I wa sthinking about getting a standard black KBC .. but not sure what the rules for helmets are besides snell/DOT because i think i heard that some helmets are banned? can someone elaborate? thanks!

Rob

I told you 2 weeks ago about this