Helmets

[prateek2210]

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Yes, for the price is 2k, that's all one can expect I guess. Primarily for city riding. Not for Touring.

I have a different take. Daily comute or touring, safety is utmost important. Accidents doesnt happen with prior information.
I still suggest people to invest in SMK, Shifter if they are on budget, somehow Vega and Axor doesnt give me confidence from safety pov.

[MidnightEvil Parth]

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I have a different take. Daily comute or touring, safety is utmost important. Accidents doesnt happen with prior information.
I still suggest people to invest in SMK, Shifter if they are on budget, somehow Vega and Axor doesnt give me confidence from safety pov.

I will totally support this thought. Accidents don't happen without prior notice and staying safe is your choice not a mandate.

Also, I believe in wearing safety gears works like adding a fashion dimension to me.

[hemanta]

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Anyone here has a smk force?

[Biswajeet Patra]

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Best helmet under 10k.? I'm thinking of Mt Thunder 3 Sv.

[MidnightEvil Parth]

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Best helmet under 10k.? I'm thinking of Mt Thunder 3 Sv.

HJC CL17 without a doubt, Snell 2015 certified and passes ECE r22.05 too.

[Siddhanth Paul]

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Best helmet under 10k.? I'm thinking of Mt Thunder 3 Sv.

Check Airoh Valor. I saw a deal @ 9775/- from bikersdna insta page. I'm not promoting the page, but just informing

[Biswajeet Patra]

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HJC CL17 without a doubt, Snell 2015 certified and passes ECE r22.05 too.

Check Airoh Valor. I saw a deal @ 9775/- from bikersdna insta page. I'm not promoting the page, but just informing

How is wind noise isolation in these helmets?

[prateek2210]

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How is wind noise isolation in these helmets?

HJC I can vouch for

[sujithbvm]

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Hi Guys,

Needed some information on Chrome/Mercury visors for SMK helmets.
I have the below helmet. The SMK MA271 Twister.

From where I can source this visors in Bangalore and hows the day/night visibility with the same. I know the night visibility will be hit, but by how much.

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B06...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you.

[The Mountain]

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Hi Guys,

Needed some information on Chrome/Mercury visors for SMK helmets.
I have the below helmet. The SMK MA271 Twister.

From where I can source this visors in Bangalore and hows the day/night visibility with the same. I know the night visibility will be hit, but by how much.

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B06...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you.

Never ride at night with a tinted visor. The reduction in light transmission is too much. Most visors have around 40% tint, which means they block 40% of the available light. Since light at night is minimal, any decrease is going to create areas of total darkness, especially if the area you ride has streetlights and traffic; compared to the dim lighting of those sources, any unlit area will appear completely black. That means any person/animal/obstacle that is in those unlit areas will be functionally invisible.

Using a tinted shield in the day is fine, but you need to swap it for the clear shield when it starts getting dark. Most helmets have fairly simple methods for removing the shield, the process takes a couple of minutes at most, which is a small price to pay compared to the consequences of running over someone at night, or worse smacking into the back of an unlit truck parked at the side of the road at 70km/h.

[Om1234]

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Never ride at night with a tinted visor. The reduction in light transmission is too much. Most visors have around 40% tint, which means they block 40% of the available light. Since light at night is minimal, any decrease is going to create areas of total darkness, especially if the area you ride has streetlights and traffic; compared to the dim lighting of those sources, any unlit area will appear completely black. That means any person/animal/obstacle that is in those unlit areas will be functionally invisible.

Using a tinted shield in the day is fine, but you need to swap it for the clear shield when it starts getting dark. Most helmets have fairly simple methods for removing the shield, the process takes a couple of minutes at most, which is a small price to pay compared to the consequences of running over someone at night, or worse smacking into the back of an unlit truck parked at the side of the road at 70km/h.

tinted visors cause a lot of trouble specially during night time ,when there is lack of adequate light.
Most of the time I have to pull up the visor to see the road properly.

[anoopkumar0]

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Why tinted visor, when you can wear sunglasses under helmet !!! Much better quality.

[i_rock098]

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Guys I need a little help, where can I buy larger sized helmets. The maximum size that I see for for Indian brands like Steelbird, Studds etc is 600mm while my head size is 625mm.

While a 600mm helmet does fit me, my temples start to pain really really bad after riding for more than 25 mins. I tried helmets of multiple brands of size 600mm and the same problem with all of them.

Is this pain because of the size only? Or something else? Also where can I buy helmets of size 620mm & 640mm? I stay in Mumbai.

[anoopkumar0]

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Guys I need a little help, where can I buy larger sized helmets. The maximum size that I see for for Indian brands like Steelbird, Studds etc is 600mm while my head size is 625mm.

While a 600mm helmet does fit me, my temples start to pain really really bad after riding for more than 25 mins. I tried helmets of multiple brands of size 600mm and the same problem with all of them.

Is this pain because of the size only? Or something else? Also where can I buy helmets of size 620mm & 640mm? I stay in Mumbai.

Smaller size helmet is really bad. Also, this will become worst in case of head injury.
Better to invest in good helmets.
Here are some options from Spartan gear:

https://www.spartanprogear.com/products/mt-thunder3-trex-helmet-white-black?variant=39220908303

https://www.spartanprogear.com/products/mt-atom-race-evo-helmet-grey?variant=22571227652

However, better to visit some store and get right fit. If size not available they will order for you.
I hope you know this riding couple. They recently opened new store in Mumbai. Contact them.

[sujithbvm]

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Never ride at night with a tinted visor. The reduction in light transmission is too much. Most visors have around 40% tint, which means they block 40% of the available light. Since light at night is minimal, any decrease is going to create areas of total darkness, especially if the area you ride has streetlights and traffic; compared to the dim lighting of those sources, any unlit area will appear completely black. That means any person/animal/obstacle that is in those unlit areas will be functionally invisible.

Using a tinted shield in the day is fine, but you need to swap it for the clear shield when it starts getting dark. Most helmets have fairly simple methods for removing the shield, the process takes a couple of minutes at most, which is a small price to pay compared to the consequences of running over someone at night, or worse smacking into the back of an unlit truck parked at the side of the road at 70km/h.

tinted visors cause a lot of trouble specially during night time ,when there is lack of adequate light.
Most of the time I have to pull up the visor to see the road properly.

Why tinted visor, when you can wear sunglasses under helmet !!! Much better quality.

I think i will drop the tinted visor option.
Thank you for the inputs guys.