Helmets

[krish2778]

Re: Sparx S-07

Have been using a SOL 48s since the last 1 year, 3 months. Trust me, with proper maintenance, the padding is as good as ever.

What kind of maintance are we talking about ? My ls2 is one year old. Haven't done any particular maintance on it except always storing it in safe place and in the helmet cover i got with it. I use it daily in all conditions sun or rain and the paddings havent deteriorated.


P.s : TJ i had asked for your review for cramster turtlw. I got one myself and yur pointers did help and i am happy with the purchase. Thanks a ton.


Cheers
Ride safe
Krishna

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Sparx S-07

I thought sparx s-07 is tried and tested and reviewed because some of my friends own it and also know people on xbhp using sparx..Ok heres a small review.. its heavy when in hands but not when worn .. good fit but i found my sol 68s better fitting ..this helmet screams quality be it graphics,padding or visor..if brow vents are open it doesn't fog up..yet to test on hi way and hi speeds(in excess of 130 kmph).. the main catch is graphics you got to see it in flesh to know the quality of graphics..rest about protection its ece 22-05 and DOT compliant (emblemmed properly like sol)..its a bang for buck..

Great. Thanks

Need a little input from SOL users. How many of you guys have faced deteriorating padding quality over time of usage. Had been to a shop lately and they discouraged getting SOL saying that only the paint quality is good, the padding is getting deteriorated quite fast and all. Though hard to bieleve as there would have been many people here who would have said about it. So anybody facing this issue ??

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Defects can be part of almost any item out there. I'm not appeasing nor depreciating SOL or the users. By maintenance there is nothing so significant but proper wash at correct intervals, the liners is all it gets close to maintenance.

Deteriorating in the sense, you mean padding mechanism giving up or padding stitching giving up or discoloration?

Cheers!
VJ



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[TeeJayy]

Re: Sparx S-07

What kind of maintance are we talking about ? My ls2 is one year old. Haven't done any particular maintance on it except always storing it in safe place and in the helmet cover i got with it. I use it daily in all conditions sun or rain and the paddings havent deteriorated.

As VJ said, nothing more than a soap water wash after every long ride.

P.s : TJ i had asked for your review for cramster turtlw. I got one myself and yur pointers did help and i am happy with the purchase. Thanks a ton.

Glad that my review helped. Comments like these make the efforts of penning down your views about a product absolutely worth it

[atuladeupes]

Re: Helmets


I got my LS2 FF396 CT2 carbon fiber helmet.
Some of the features
1. Light weight (1100g).
2. Air pump is real good working(make fit proper according to your size).
3. Secondary visor (good for people with glasses.
4. Ventilation system is pretty good.(checked on NH4)
5. At high speed wind noise is there... That may be from the switch of secondary visor..

[evyavan]

Re: Helmets

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I got my LS2 FF396 CT2 carbon fiber helmet.
Some of the features
1. Light weight (1100g).
2. Air pump is real good working(make fit proper according to your size).
3. Secondary visor (good for people with glasses.
4. Ventilation system is pretty good.(checked on NH4)
5. At high speed wind noise is there... That may be from the switch of secondary visor..

Could you please post the price?

Also by wind noise do you mean howling or just wind blast?

[atuladeupes]

Re: Helmets

Could you please post the price?

Also by wind noise do you mean howling or just wind blast?

You can say howling, not a wind blast.
Make noise like whistle in very high frequency but no loudness

Price is 10900 at Laxmi auto JM Road/ Nana peth pune (authorised dealer for LS2 in India)

[TeeJayy]

Re: Helmets

I got my LS2 FF396 CT2 carbon fiber helmet.
Some of the features
1. Light weight (1100g).

Did you actually weigh the helmet to check this? The reason for me asking this is that a friend has bought this and surprisingly, I did not find it to be much lighter than my SOL 48s.

[atuladeupes]

Re: Helmets

Checked it on weighing machine buddy

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Helmets

Could you please post the price?

Also by wind noise do you mean howling or just wind blast?

Howling and blasts are more or less the same to an extent. You might hear something bursting at times, those are caused by the air flow around the helmet and are exited improperly, but sudden posture changes or the helmet wobbling side by side, it happens. ( I don't want to get into aerodynamics here)

Almost all helmets do have noise component, there isn't a single helmet that's is completely noise free, all they can do is reduce, and the more you pay is for aerodynamics, fancy materials etc.

Cheers!
VJ

[atuladeupes]

Re: Helmets

Howling and blasts are more or less the same to an extent. You might hear something bursting at times, those are caused by the air flow around the helmet and are exited improperly, but sudden posture changes or the helmet wobbling side by side, it happens. ( I don't want to get into aerodynamics here)

Almost all helmets do have noise component, there isn't a single helmet that's is completely noise free, all they can do is reduce, and the more you pay is for aerodynamics, fancy materials etc.

Cheers!
VJ

Yeah you are right wind flow create some noise always ... Even the expensive ones may be having the aerodynamic profile which creates less loudness ...

[evyavan]

Re: Helmets

Howling and blasts are more or less the same to an extent. You might hear something bursting at times, those are caused by the air flow around the helmet and are exited improperly, but sudden posture changes or the helmet wobbling side by side, it happens. ( I don't want to get into aerodynamics here)

Almost all helmets do have noise component, there isn't a single helmet that's is completely noise free, all they can do is reduce, and the more you pay is for aerodynamics, fancy materials etc.

Cheers!
VJ

Well, by 'howling' what I meant was the shrieks you hear when at speeds above 80. These shrieks are absent in my current helmet and sometimes I experience these 'blasts' when riding in cross winds or as you said when changing position. These give you the feeling that you are exposed to a sudden gust of wind, though you are not. It's all in the ears dept.

What do you say about the pros and cons of using ear plugs? No one here uses them.

[Sunnyside_up!]

Re: Helmets

Yeah you are right wind flow create some noise always ... Even the expensive ones may be having the aerodynamic profile which creates less loudness ...

From my personal experience, wind noise and cost of the helmet are unrelated. I've owned some really expensive helmets and found a few of them to be heavy, have poor aerodynamics and also be very noisy. Wind noise is very difficult to quantify, since what may be "noisy" for you may be quite "normal" for another rider. In the absence of any real measuring equipment or standard, we have to go by "feel". And that is highly subjective.

Well, by 'howling' what I meant was the shrieks you hear when at speeds above 80. These shrieks are absent in my current helmet and sometimes I experience these 'blasts' when riding in cross winds or as you said when changing position. These give you the feeling that you are exposed to a sudden gust of wind, though you are not. It's all in the ears dept.

What do you say about the pros and cons of using ear plugs? No one here uses them.

See what I mean? We're describing the level and type of sound, since we cannot measure it.

Incidentally, I use ear plugs on the highway. I believe several others here do too. They make a huge difference to your fatigue levels.

[niteshneela]

Re: Helmets

confused b/w

Spartan Pro Gear

and

Spartan Pro Gear

:/ ... i hav an yellow pulsar 200ns .. want something gng along with it

budget till 6k .. any other suggestions ?

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Helmets

Well, by 'howling' what I meant was the shrieks you hear when at speeds above 80. These shrieks are absent in my current helmet and sometimes I experience these 'blasts' when riding in cross winds or as you said when changing position. These give you the feeling that you are exposed to a sudden gust of wind, though you are not. It's all in the ears dept.

What do you say about the pros and cons of using ear plugs? No one here uses them.

Personally have used earplugs, and many use it but they just aren't confessing it here, wise guys they are comfortable but after prolonged it started to itch, but that's just me and lost it too.

Lost it as a pair years ago. I don't understand what you mean by shrieks, but howling is what most call it

Shrieks are altogether different from wind howling, wind related wobble etcetera. But as Sunny and I've said it's a given in any helmet

confused b/w

Spartan Pro Gear

and

Spartan Pro Gear

:/ ... i hav an yellow pulsar 200ns .. want something gng along with it

budget till 6k .. any other suggestions ?

What exactly do you wanna buy? As a personal thought, go for the ones in gear you fall in love at first sight, provided they are worth the moolah you spend. If you keep asking for suggestions, you'll all be even more unsettled.

Cheers!
VJ



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[murlidhar]

Re: Helmets

hmmm so these ear plugs can be found in helmet shops?

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