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GENERAL => DRAG RACING => Topic started by: Jeremygg1283 on December 10, 2015, 12:55:05 PM
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Hello all,
I am going helmet shopping tomorrow at chapperell and need a helmet to pass tech at a NHRA drag race track.
Anyone have a good understanding of what is the correct snell rated helmet to use at the track so I can avoid hassles.
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Snell is a rather inexpensive helmet and I, for one, would not wear one...............try a Arai or a Shoei. Unless you do not value your noggin'. Just IMO.
Spend 100 or spend 500.............what is your head really worth to you? I would hope more than 400 clams. :mrgreen:
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Snell is a rather inexpensive helmet and I, for one, would not wear one...............try a Arai or a Shoei. Unless you do not value your noggin'. Just IMO.
Spend 100 or spend 500.............what is your head really worth to you? I would hope more than 400 clams. :mrgreen:
Snell is a rating I need to race at the track. Lol
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Snell is a rather inexpensive helmet and I, for one, would not wear one...............try a Arai or a Shoei. Unless you do not value your noggin'. Just IMO.
Seriously uncle dave? :hys: :hys: :hys:
Jeremey,Ive had Arai,Shoei and Bell helmets over the years. Arai helmets have different models to fit different shaped noggins';I've tried 3 different Arais and was never really comfortable with with them so I went back to Shoei. I have an RF1200,has both ratings and most important: passes tech w no issues. :tu:
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Yeah, many options, but the thing has to fit your head in the end. Do you have a pinhead, or does your head have it's own weather system?
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Yeah, many options, but the thing has to fit your head in the end. Do you have a pinhead, or does your head have it's own weather system?
One of the best quotes ever lmfao! Kid has a head like Sputnik :hys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmLGYSc0XQ
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Snell is a rather inexpensive helmet and I, for one, would not wear one...............try a Arai or a Shoei. Unless you do not value your noggin'. Just IMO.
Seriously uncle dave? :hys: :hys: :hys:
Jeremey,Ive had Arai,Shoei and Bell helmets over the years. Arai helmets have different models to fit different shaped noggins';I've tried 3 different Arais and was never really comfortable with with them so I went back to Shoei. I have an RF1200,has both ratings and most important: passes tech w no issues. :tu:
I also have an RF 1200 XXL............550 clams...........flat black. Great vents and super comfy fit and good sound deadening up to 150 or so.
I just have never had a Snell full face helmet, they make too many cheap ass ones for my taste.
I compare Snell to Shoei like I would compare a Fiat to a Merz. There is no comparison and there is no substitute for quality.
After all, that Foundation was started in 1957. For me, it is now and forever a Shoei.
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Yeah, many options, but the thing has to fit your head in the end. Do you have a pinhead, or does your head have it's own weather system?
I have an 7 3/4 hat size.................large cranium................overflowing with a lifetime of "stuff". :lol:
I overstated it the first time, just now checked out the size inside my Stetson. It is 7 3/4.
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I would like more members to post their hat sizes...
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Dave I think we have the same helmet....but I find mine very noisy,it will whistle at around-town speeds with the visor open 1/2" and it drives me nits
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Yes we do..............mine is a 2014 model; But I only hear whistling when I have the visor on its' first click from fully closed position which is less than 1/4 inch. When fully closed in traffic I just hear my own breathing and snorting and occasional comment about some other folks I have to share the road with. That's about it.
Mine has no Kanji on the back and the visor for mine has a lift/close tab about 1/2 the size of yours and shaped like the outer edge of an aircraft wing........long section to a point then a shorter, steeper "back of the wing", basically looks like a thin triangle.
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I only hear whistling when wife is on the back. :D
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My wife = no ride = just fly = every-friggin'-place!!!! While I have to take care of the bills, garden, grounds and zoo (3 cats, 1 dog and 1 rabbit).
She thinks we hit the lottery ever since I got my disability upgrade - sheesh!!!! (Although it is tax free money)
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Size 7. I wear HJC, I have crashed twice, wearing HJC, once at 210 and once 150. No head problems. Other than those associated with age and a misspent youth. :hys:
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I only hear whistling when wife is on the back. :D
Then you are not going fast enough. That gets drowned out after 150. :D :D :D
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Yes we do..............mine is a 2014 model; But I only hear whistling when I have the visor on its' first click from fully closed position which is less than 1/4 inch.
Same here...it's annoying as all hell....
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I only hear whistling when wife is on the back. :D
Then you are not going fast enough. That gets drowned out after 150. :D :D :D
LOL!
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Size 7. I wear HJC, I have crashed twice, wearing HJC, once at 210 and once 150. No head problems. Other than those associated with age and a misspent youth. :hys:
What did the bike look like after the 210 get off??
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Pretty good. It went down on the right side and just slid, it never flopped. It was at Bonneville, I walked away. The 150'was at the inaugerel Colorado Mile. The bike, again just slid, a little more damage than Bonneville, but still just cosmetic. I got roughed up a little but nothing broken.
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I went with the HJC CL-17 size small. It is rated snell M2015 and the price was something I could afford.
Very happy with it.
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Good choice! I will be getting a new HJC soon. One crash per helmet. :hys:
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Fred, our preference is that you let them time out rather than wear them out.... had to buy a couple lately haven't you... keep the shiny side up
Us old guys should not work as Snell testers. :tu: :bike:
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It was timing out this year anyway. :hys: :hys:
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It was timing out this year anyway. :hys: :hys:
HJC is a good helmet - but a one-crash only helmet. Shoei will x-ray their shit after you crash and see if the inside protective liner has been cracked and if not, you can re-use it. Just paint it again and put a new shield on it.
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Being kind of old school, :hys:, i still think one crash one helmet! At about 150$ big deal. A paint job will cost you that much.
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Fred is so old school the teacher was called a "schoolmarm".
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LOL
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Being kind of old school, :hys:, i still think one crash one helmet! At about 150$ big deal. A paint job will cost you that much.
Not on a flat black helmet...................that is a tree-hanger paint job in my back yard.............actually, my buddy Kelly, who runs "Kelley's Bars and Grills" for aftermarket truck and car stuff, he can spray my helmet with the bed-liner protectant they use for truck beds. That would be an awesome look, IMO. Think I will do that anyways, now that the thought has surfaced in my brain. :tu: :bike:
Just called Kelly and he said they do a lot of bike helmets.................now I just gotta figure out how to remove the face shield.
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That stuff might buffet your head a little compared to smooth... 'Less you're riding slow :hys:
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Had not thought of that...............Then again, it just might stabilize my head cuz the wind won't know where to go. So it will just go on by.
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Go with the golf ball dimple effect. You'll pick up speed and distance, as long as you don't hook or slice.
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Good thinkin".
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And The Winner Is..............The Winner
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Yeah, many options, but the thing has to fit your head in the end. Do you have a pinhead, or does your head have it's own weather system?
Administrators are not supposed to have a sense of humor, but thats not bad :lol:
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He is out of his element..............musta been smokin' sumthin' green and stinky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08zZ1xW9Yw
Now that is funny, IMO. Old funny, but funny.