Half Shell Helmets
- StMarks
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
Fwiw D41 is a really top bloke IMHO, despite what some may suggest.dogbot wrote:So, he's a bullshitter and I'm a sweary twit, but we sound the same in text on a forum??
Only, not in content, I hope!
However his life has come off the rails completely, poor lad, and he is offline big time at the moment.
I still consider him a good friend (but don't hold that against him.)
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
Glad to hear you say that, brother from another mother. But I do like to pull his pisser!StMarks wrote:Fwiw D41 is a really top bloke IMHO, despite what some may suggest.dogbot wrote:So, he's a bullshitter and I'm a sweary twit, but we sound the same in text on a forum??
Only, not in content, I hope!
However his life has come off the rails completely, poor lad, and he is offline big time at the moment.
I still consider him a good friend (but don't hold that against him.)
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
I had a lot of time for D41 but he just got very hard to handle, and got really random. I'm sure you've seen another side to him St Marks.StMarks wrote:Fwiw D41 is a really top bloke IMHO, despite what some may suggest.dogbot wrote:So, he's a bullshitter and I'm a sweary twit, but we sound the same in text on a forum??
Only, not in content, I hope!
However his life has come off the rails completely, poor lad, and he is offline big time at the moment.
I still consider him a good friend (but don't hold that against him.)
Dogbot, you're posting isn't similar at all imo, you have some consistency for a start!
As for the cruiser and half lid, not my thing, but your bike stable seems to have all the bases covered so full credit to you! The OP helmet, I always wonder with those if the flared lip would act as a pivot point and cause more neck hypo extension than an convential helmet? Plus in Oz you'd have a diet of forced feed bugs wearing an open face!
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
It really must be very difficult for anyone joining this forum to jet a handle on anything we say. The only thing I'll add is I'm 99.99% certain that 99.99% is said with 99.99% integrity! The rest is total bull excrement!
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
I have to put this forum in Google translator just to try and figure out what type of washing machine we are talking about.Monty wrote:It really must be very difficult for anyone joining this forum to jet a handle on anything we say. The only thing I'll add is I'm 99.99% certain that 99.99% is said with 99.99% integrity! The rest is total bull excrement!
P.S i Think those helmets look cool for that type of bike. You would look wired with a full lid in race colours. However in this climate would your face not freeze off. Surely you would end up wearing a balaclava / neckerchief so the shark looks in-between and offers some protection. Although I'm sure I've seen a review of one of those lids and said it was quite windy and fogged up guess it depends how much style you want over comfort or protection.
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
Well, here too, I think. But I usually ride with a buff up over my nose even in a full face helmet anyway, so that and sunglasses would be the plan.kiwikrasher wrote:Dogbot, you're posting isn't similar at all imo, you have some consistency for a start!
As for the cruiser and half lid, not my thing, but your bike stable seems to have all the bases covered so full credit to you! The OP helmet, I always wonder with those if the flared lip would act as a pivot point and cause more neck hypo extension than an convential helmet? Plus in Oz you'd have a diet of forced feed bugs wearing an open face!
Don't worry, though... I won't be getting leather chaps, no matter what.
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
How about this one?
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
erm, yeah, sure, why not? They're almost as impressive as they fooking idiotic Predator helmets you see
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
Yeah, I'm guessing that one might not have a kite mark, eh?
A couple of people have suggested those Predator or Iron Man looking ones. Obviously, they are no longer my friends.
A couple of people have suggested those Predator or Iron Man looking ones. Obviously, they are no longer my friends.
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
I don't know what surprises me more; that you've got friends or that you can afford to lose any
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
LOL not quite sure what I meant by that, was a little bit p!ssed on vodka.rocket wrote:I have to put this forum in Google translator just to try and figure out what type of washing machine we are talking about.Monty wrote:It really must be very difficult for anyone joining this forum to jet a handle on anything we say. The only thing I'll add is I'm 99.99% certain that 99.99% is said with 99.99% integrity! The rest is total bull excrement!
P.S i Think those helmets look cool for that type of bike. You would look wired with a full lid in race colours. However in this climate would your face not freeze off. Surely you would end up wearing a balaclava / neckerchief so the shark looks in-between and offers some protection. Although I'm sure I've seen a review of one of those lids and said it was quite windy and fogged up guess it depends how much style you want over comfort or protection.
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Re: Half Shell Helmets
My mate bought a Shark lid a few years back and it was honestly one of the most poorly constructed helmets I have ever encountered. From a reputable dealer, too, who then had all sorts of problems getting a replacement.
They ended up just giving him a refund and he bought an Arai (for £50 more, which is what he should have done in the first place). Hard not to be put off by that. Also, I looked at that specific lid a while back with a young mate of mine who thought it was cool, and... well, I didn't. I want something simple.
I'll probably just end up with something dull as, like this...
They ended up just giving him a refund and he bought an Arai (for £50 more, which is what he should have done in the first place). Hard not to be put off by that. Also, I looked at that specific lid a while back with a young mate of mine who thought it was cool, and... well, I didn't. I want something simple.
I'll probably just end up with something dull as, like this...