What's your favourite helmet of all time?

What's your favourite helmet of all time?

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Exasperated

116 posts

14 months

A993LAD said:
Always wanted one of those
Weirdly enough, I hadn't seen one for years, and then saw a pillion using one this morning! Not sure I'd still be using a helmet that old, but damn it looked good!

916

27 posts

86 months

A993LAD said:
Always wanted one of those

To go with this.....

I had one, but in white, also my favourite helmet, like this (not my pic)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AN...

It got smoke damaged due to a small house fire, the importers of Arai’s (at the time, maybe they were called three cross or something - might have changed) were brilliant. You posted it to them and included about £8 to post it back and they would do a free full check on it.
Got it back with a watermarked letter detailing the tests they had done and the results with “do not use” in bold letters.

Gave it to the lost adjuster and got a full payout.
Cant remember what I did with the money, probably spent it on beer.

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R TOY

1,715 posts

231 months

Yesterday (08:51)
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I know this is something of a contradiction, Union Jack style with the Italian AGV sticker ( and probably made in Bangladesh ) .
I thought I needed something a little brighter on my head as opposed to my black Scorpion . Also I seem to be between L & XL , large being slightly tight across my Neanderthal forehead and XL being comfortable but maybe slightly to big . I noticed the Agv K6 has a slightly larger L dimension than other lids and the shell size is M/L so I’m avoiding going up to the largest shell size .
Helmet arrived ( I did try to use my local bike shop but he just seemed intent on selling me a £600 Arai . Lovely helmet but I’d already said I had a £350 limit)
Anyway ‘bingo’ ! The helmet is a nice snug fit , incredibly light and much more compact than the Scorpion (XL) .
I’ve lost the drop down sun visor which was a nice feature of the Scorpion but I’ve changed the pinlock to light tint and that seems a good compromise.

Exasperated

116 posts

14 months

Yesterday (08:53)
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I forgot to mention this Ruroc lid. I don't use it because it's really not that great for riding, but bought it on a whim because of how cool it looks.