Show your.....Helmets!!!

[mede8er]

Well, I bought my last Bell back in 1985....I think that rating has expired........

Looking around...what do you put on your head????

[juanbenae]

my helmet? thats rather personal, plus i think that image might get removed.

[ChrisBennet]

Here's mine.

-Chris

[Porsche virgin]

I like my Bell. It is very comfortable. Snell 95, I think.

Just a thought in full-face vs. open. There is a warning out in the latest Sports Car mag. (from the SCCA) about the danger of wearing a full-face helmet when an air bag detonates. Broken jaws are possible.

Mine being used:

[robfike]

Bell helmets, and Hinchman drivers suits are the only way to go.

[Jgordon]

I'd show you mine, but it's being polished at the moment.

[126coupe]

Simpson Shark, 5-6 years old, I think it was 800-900, 250 for the paint job

[rdane]

Arai with Blowvision paint.

[126coupe]

Hey nice suit! Im sold on Stand 21. Have you ever felt how light their helmets are?. Suits breathe better than any other.
Maybe a stand 21 helmet when mine expires. I dont even no when mine ( helmet) expires............

[mede8er]

I'm leaning towards Stand 21 also....

I brought this up because I saw in another form that SA 95 will expire in about a year and a half for PCA and SA 2000 takes over.....

[Fritz]

When I took the car in to get painted I took the helmet along too...

Simpson!!!!

[Emission]

Originally posted by Porsche virgin
Just a thought in full-face vs. open. There is a warning out in the latest Sports Car mag. (from the SCCA) about the danger of wearing a full-face helmet when an air bag detonates. Broken jaws are possible.

Can you post that article? I can't image how you can get a broken jaw from a full-face helmet / airbag incident.

[juanbenae]

Originally posted by Jgordon
I'd show you mine, but it's being polished at the moment.

[copper]

Having been an M/C rider for 18 years, and also having investigated many, many accidents involving M/C's I can't imagine a full face helmet being able to break a jaw from an airbag impact. I've seen riders after direct faceplants with both vehicles and pavements and never have I seen a full face cause this type of injury. Could certainly see it happening with an openface, or worse.

That's just my opinion of course. If there's been a study, as a full face wearer myself, I'd be quite interested in seeing it.

Now I could see an improperly fitted helmet moving on impact, thus causing unnecessary injury, and this may be part of the basis for the claims, but a properly fitted and adjusted full face should and would provide more protection.

Jim

[Plavan]

Here are some old crappy pictures..... I'm now due for a SA 2000 this is a 95.

[Porsche virgin]

Emission and copper,

I will start a new thread so I don't hijack this one.

PV

[Emission]

Originally posted by Porsche virgin
Emission and copper,

I will start a new thread so I don't hijack this one.

PV

Thanks!

[Rot 911]

Originally posted by ChrisBennet
Here's mine.

-Chris

Chris are you telling us you are a cuckold?

[}{arlequin]

have any of you attempted painting their own? what kind of surface prep work (other than taking off all the hardware) is necessary?

[Weaver]

Here is my SA90 Bell M3EC. Painted by Corby Concepts here in Indy. As you see, I didn't have my shifter out at all this summer, the visor is very dusty.



Not to be anal but, shouldn't this thread be in the autoracing forum? And don't even get me started on the use of an open face helmet!

Take care