Helmets

[atuladeupes]

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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..

[evyavan]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Checked it on weighing machine buddy

[B7ACKTHORN]

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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]

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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]

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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!]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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

for all the tweeple out there, you can follow me by my twitter handle @murlidhar

[B7ACKTHORN]

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

for all the tweeple out there, you can follow me by my twitter handle @murlidhar

I mean, you can check drug stores, they have ear plugs are prescribed decibel induced trauma, and I got it from a drug store here in Ooty, my hometown. If I can get it here, you can definitely get it in drug stores.

I still doubt helmets shop stack them, as I don't know how much even know there is a thing called ear plugs.

Your best bet would be drug stores, if no, then eBay.

Cheers!
VJ

[niteshneela]

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ordered
Spartan Pro Gear

yellow color .. 5075 including shipping to hyd

they told me they vl ship on monday

[sidhusmart]

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I managed to complete the sticker work on my helmet so I thought I'll introduce it. Bought a SOL 68SII last week from A H Helmets. I had some design ideas in mind that I posted earlier. Thanks to those who replied!

And this is how it finally looks


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Mr. Hemant was really pleasant and knew well about xbhp as well. The contact number posted somewhere on this forum turned out to be incorrect but I was able to contact him through a different number. He rues switching his mobile number though because apparently he's lost a lot of business! Anyways, here's his current contact details for those of you in Mumbai -

(M) - 9769902249
(O) - 61426660