Posted by Jennifer Konig on April 5, 2005, 8:36 pm
I'm a new rider and am looking for a full-faced helmet. My head
circumference above the eyebrows is just about 25 inches, so, according to
all size charts, a XXXL helmet should fit. However, my head also seems to be
longer than usual, so even the Vega Datana XXXXXL (yes, that's 5 Xs) has two
pressure points on my forehead and less so in the back.
Any recommendations? Websites I have overlooked? Snell-approved tinkerers
that can make a mold of my head? Help!
(I live in the NYC area.)
Florian König
Posted by Timberwoof on April 5, 2005, 10:46 pm
wrote:
> I'm a new rider and am looking for a full-faced helmet. My head
> circumference above the eyebrows is just about 25 inches, so, according to
> all size charts, a XXXL helmet should fit. However, my head also seems to be
> longer than usual, so even the Vega Datana XXXXXL (yes, that's 5 Xs) has two
> pressure points on my forehead and less so in the back.
>
> Any recommendations? Websites I have overlooked? Snell-approved tinkerers
> that can make a mold of my head? Help!
> (I live in the NYC area.)
>
> Florian König
Visit a motorcycle shop and try on some helmets. That's much more reliable than
trying other people's suggestions off a newsgroup.
And if the sales guy smashes down on the styrofoam to get a helmet to fit you
better, call him a stupid-head and go to a different shop.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
If Macintosh is a luxury cruise ship,
then Linux is a freighter with wood paneling in the officers' quarters.
Posted by Monique Y. Mudama on April 6, 2005, 12:28 am
On 2005-04-06, Timberwoof penned:
> Visit a motorcycle shop and try on some helmets. That's much more
> reliable than trying other people's suggestions off a newsgroup.
> And if the sales guy smashes down on the styrofoam to get a helmet
> to fit you better, call him a stupid-head and go to a different
> shop.
People don't really do that, do they?
Oh, nevermind, I'm sure I know the answer =/
--
monique
newbie rider
'96 bmw r1100r
Posted by Timberwoof on April 6, 2005, 1:26 am
> On 2005-04-06, Timberwoof penned:
> >
> > Visit a motorcycle shop and try on some helmets. That's much more
> > reliable than trying other people's suggestions off a newsgroup.
> >
> > And if the sales guy smashes down on the styrofoam to get a helmet
> > to fit you better, call him a stupid-head and go to a different
> > shop.
>
> People don't really do that, do they?
>
> Oh, nevermind, I'm sure I know the answer =/
I've never seen it done, but on my trip last fall to the Snell Labs, someone in
the group of us mentioned it, and the Snell folks said they'd heard of the
practice.
It made everyone shudder ... we'd seen (and heard and felt) the results of a
helmet impact on a spot where the styrofoam had been smashed down by previous
impacts. They demonstrated the device that smashes a helmet onto an anvil. They
had already shown that this particular helmet could safely protect the wearer
from three rated impacts in the same spot, but since we were there, they went on
testing it some more. At about the fifth drop onto the anvil, it made a
tremendous noise and, unlike previous impacts, we could feel it through our
feet. The styrofoam had been so compacted that it could no longer protect
against impact. Just for the record: That's a dumb thing to do. So is hanging
your helmet on a rear-view mirror.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml
Posted by Ken on April 6, 2005, 1:07 pm
I see everyone hanging a helmet on a rearview mirror, why is that bad?? does
it smash the foam inside?? is it better to hang it by its strap?
Ken
> > On 2005-04-06, Timberwoof penned:
> > >
> > > Visit a motorcycle shop and try on some helmets. That's much more
> > > reliable than trying other people's suggestions off a newsgroup.
> > >
> > > And if the sales guy smashes down on the styrofoam to get a helmet
> > > to fit you better, call him a stupid-head and go to a different
> > > shop.
> >
> > People don't really do that, do they?
> >
> > Oh, nevermind, I'm sure I know the answer =/
> I've never seen it done, but on my trip last fall to the Snell Labs,
someone in
> the group of us mentioned it, and the Snell folks said they'd heard of the
> practice.
> It made everyone shudder ... we'd seen (and heard and felt) the results of
a
> helmet impact on a spot where the styrofoam had been smashed down by
previous
> impacts. They demonstrated the device that smashes a helmet onto an anvil.
They
> had already shown that this particular helmet could safely protect the
wearer
> from three rated impacts in the same spot, but since we were there, they
went on
> testing it some more. At about the fifth drop onto the anvil, it made a
> tremendous noise and, unlike previous impacts, we could feel it through
our
> feet. The styrofoam had been so compacted that it could no longer protect
> against impact. Just for the record: That's a dumb thing to do. So is
hanging
> your helmet on a rear-view mirror.
> --
> Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
> faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml
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> circumference above the eyebrows is just about 25 inches, so, according to
> all size charts, a XXXL helmet should fit. However, my head also seems to be
> longer than usual, so even the Vega Datana XXXXXL (yes, that's 5 Xs) has two
> pressure points on my forehead and less so in the back.
>
> Any recommendations? Websites I have overlooked? Snell-approved tinkerers
> that can make a mold of my head? Help!
> (I live in the NYC area.)
>
> Florian König