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Vehicles & Servicing Best Posts in Thread: quality motorcycle helmet?

  1. Show Pony

    Show Pony DI Forum Patron Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

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    I have a spyder helmet from the shop on the second floor at Robinson. The Chin guard flips up to become like an open face helmet that's a nice feature when the traffic is slow. I paid about 4000 pesos.
     
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  2. MikeP64

    MikeP64 DI Forum Adept Veteran Marines

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    Hear is a fitment guide you might find interesting. Motorcycle Helmet Fitment 101
    Some quotes from it.
    "The DOT also regulates helmet size and it makes clear in FMVSS 218 that the testing is only valid for a properly sized helmet."
    "You read that correctly. If your helmet is out of the size range for your matching headform, all bets are off."
    My suspicion is what's comfortable and what is the correct fit might be two different things.
     
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  3. Rye83

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    $75 for a helmet is not expensive. That is definitely on the lower end for a helmet that passes any kind of safety rating.

    Are more expensive motorcycle helmets safer? · blm.io
     
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  4. jim787

    jim787 DI Senior Member

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    That's expensive, the Spyder helmet. But then, the cost of a helment (or no-helmet) correlates with the value of one's head.
     
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    jim787 DI Senior Member

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    I like the Index helmet, because the clasp is metal and not plastic. I found it in the sporting goods shop at Hypermart.
     
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    Spider, or Spyder, are decent helmets. They used to have a shop in Robinsons top floor towards Globe.
     
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