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  • Re: Helmets

    Originally posted by nadz11.ns View Post
    Thanks for reminding me to first contact them about the availability..
    i called them and the one i wanted is out of stock.. My trip would have been a waste..
    glad that i first called them..
    means have to wait for some more time for the new lid..
    Be in touch with them and also give them your number. They will give you a call back whenever the stock comes.

    In my case i recd. the call after i had made the purchase

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      Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
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        Originally posted by sunilyo View Post
        Be in touch with them and also give them your number. They will give you a call back whenever the stock comes.
        In my case i recd. the call after i had made the purchase
        Ya, will call them after 10-12 days..
        After buying

        Originally posted by sandy.avy220 View Post
        Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
        it was discussed some 10-15 pages back.. Try to go through them..

        Ride safe and have fun.
        Regards
        Nadeem

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        • Re: Helmets

          Originally posted by petrolhead_chn View Post
          BTW, there is a shop here in Chennai (Mount road) that sells visors for most renowned brands.

          I hope looking here will help find a shop http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...cessories.html


          If I have to drop a point here, please allow me, betting my earnest money on a manufacturer who has almost zero after sales support is a complete waste as I feel even if the product is a total value for money product.


          Further more, it has become a very common practice by most of the home brands of helmet here to launch new product every now and then to attract the customers and actually many of us have for once in our life fallen to such traps (including me) . While we are yet to witness such a hurry with the reputed brand dealing in helmets of ECE/DOT standards.


          ISI is a good safety standard but most of the manufacturers following it have compromised their own manufacturing and materials standards recently. Other than the stringent safety standards (and therefore more safe concious) followed by these ECE/DOT helmets, they do have better shape geometry and comfort features to tackle high speed wind. And that literally makes them stand ahead in the league.

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          Originally posted by ithebiker View Post
          I have a week time for it @petrolhead_chn i too don't like those eagle and ferrari logos. Just a new look. It should look newer than before. Thanks a lot
          Pay a visit to Karol Bagh, you will have every possible paint scheme and sticker shop available there...........choose the one that suits your taste .............. oye you'r a Delhite na

          Warm Regards,
          Pranav


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          • Re: Helmets

            Has anyone here used the Spartan Pro Gear's SOL SS1 Ultimate Dual sport Helmet? I was interested in this one. Please suggest !
            Last edited by Rony; 08-10-2013, 05:25 PM.
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            • Re: Helmets

              Originally posted by sandy.avy220 View Post
              Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
              see here http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...tml#post965959

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              Originally posted by Rony View Post
              Has anyone here used the Spartan Pro Gear's SOL SS1 Ultimate Dual sport Helmet? I was interested in this one. Please suggest !
              please look around here http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...tml#post948492

              Warm Regards,
              Pranav


              Use riding gears because Safety doesn't happen by Accident

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              • Re: Helmets

                Originally posted by Rony View Post
                Has anyone here used the Spartan Pro Gear's SOL SS1 Ultimate Dual sport Helmet? I was interested in this one. Please suggest !
                I have one and being a proper DOT spec, it is not light. I'm pretty sure it will be heavier than your current Cross. If you don't mind the weight though, its a very good helmet.

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                  Originally posted by xpranav View Post
                  I have a point to drop at this stage of thread discussion: Even if a girly scooty is not a fast machine that doesn't renders it free from the fact that the oncoming vehicle will come slow too. Further more if I put up a simple relative velocity maths (say RVM) here for a virtual scene, let's say two sccoties or anything are running at 60 kmph and accidentally came head-on during which their speeds were reduced to somewhere near 40 kmph then as per RVM velocity of impact for both the persons turn out to be 40+40 = 80 kmph and that's bloody good speed. So, please don't count a scooty collision to be a slower one
                  There is a research that clearly states speeds as low as 20-30KMPH is enough to kill a person if his/her is exposed to a head-on collision or serious head injury. Add just 10 KMPH more and you are in the prime range for instant death, severe head injury etc.

                  Originally posted by chaosaddict View Post
                  Okay, everyone!!At the outset, I would like to thank everyone who has put down their valuable inputs towards my query. I am not a spammer but still would like to mention all. @B7ACKTHORN , @Divya Sharan , @TranquilRage , @Sunnyside_up! , @xpranav , @metaphoric.el , @Night_Shade , @valkyrieX7 , @nadz11.ns - THANKS!!! I apologize if I have missed anyone

                  Let me tell you the situation in my place - Guys ride insanely mostly with gears like a cap & goggles, it's all about impressing you know!! Girls those who have two wheelers are stars among their peer group, even though they do not ride that fast, there will always be some biker types lingering around the star... I know my sister is gentle & very scared of me even though there will be emotional outburst at times. We discuss personal things with a serious face but I still care for her (hope you get the kind of relationship between us). As of now I have already given her some gyan, the xBhp way!! & deposited some money for a helmet. Since SOL, LS2, Airoh etc. are unavailable there, I am sure she's gonna go for half-faced ones. But still, have asked her to buy a good Studds with ISI. I'll carry the SOL in my visit. Till then lectures will continue to brainwash her Cheers, ride safe!!
                  All the very best. I want you to post the pic that you've bought for your little sister. Not a review as such, but just so that you've got the right full face helmet for her.

                  Originally posted by Divya Sharan View Post
                  A controversial question this is!
                  The discussion is not related to the price, but the make and safety standards these helmets follow. To give you an example, till a year back I'd a Steelbird SB28 helmet. Cost me 1900 rupees in Chennai.

                  It is heavier than my LS2 and offers good wind protection as well. Does it look cheap or bad to anyone out here? But, in general other "phoren" made helmets undergo more stringent certifications and hence better protection offered, at least; for peace of mind. I find this helmet equivalent in protection to my LS2 at least.
                  Well, this gotta be started this way. Once upon a time, even before LS2, Vega, studds etc, Steelbird defined what a helmet should be. Ask any oldtimer who rides and about helmets, they'd probably say either Steelbird of Studds, and the Studds Ninja my all time favorite helmet, it's like the RX 100 of helmets. Definitely it doesn't look cheap, it was the best helmets at that time at an affordable price, and still does.

                  So it's purely a matter of personal summation of what one has. Of course you can't compare an 800cc with a Swift. But both the 800cc and Swift rule/ruled and had their fair share at their own times.

                  Originally posted by sandy.avy220 View Post
                  Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
                  Adonis looks like a bird face when looked up from far. I was always sold for buying one years back, afer which I decided to go for another one. Not that it's inferior as such, I just didn't like the design. But the shell is real strong from all the sides, especially the rear of the head, real strong, very light weight and good field of vision. And of my friend has it too. Build quality apart from the shell is not too good, but okay for a budget helmet.

                  The only thing in this helmet that's good is it's shell, which is quite strong for a such a light weight helmet, but that's about it. And basically it's just a low-end helmet.

                  Cheers!
                  VJ
                  Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                  The girl said, 'NO!'


                  And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                  THE END

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                  • Re: Helmets

                    Tried. Tested. Picked the same lid, different colour this time.
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                    • Re: Helmets

                      Nice going all the way. One of the best VFM helmets and the white Scorpion is my favorite decal. Congo!

                      Cheers!
                      VJ
                      Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                      The girl said, 'NO!'


                      And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                      THE END

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                      • Re: Helmets

                        Originally posted by xpranav View Post
                        Thanks for the heads up [MENTION=59642]xpranav[/MENTION] !

                        Originally posted by Sunnyside_up! View Post
                        I have one and being a proper DOT spec, it is not light. I'm pretty sure it will be heavier than your current Cross. If you don't mind the weight though, its a very good helmet.
                        Oh ... I was looking for a light helmet actually ... Thanks for the infro bro ... I will try it at A H Helmets and check if its heavier than my Cross Cruze !
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                        • Re: Helmets

                          Originally posted by Rony View Post
                          Thanks for the heads up @xpranav !



                          Oh ... I was looking for a light helmet actually ... Thanks for the infro bro ... I will try it at A H Helmets and check if its heavier than my Cross Cruze !
                          @Rony, Satyen has used a SOL Dual Sport Helmet on his Leh Ride, Ask him..
                          Last edited by Pranit_Crystal Myth; 08-11-2013, 12:58 AM.

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                          • Re: Helmets

                            Originally posted by sandy.avy220 View Post
                            Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
                            strong enough for isi category,lightest in its class and made up of 100% abs material,the one you would find in a 2000rs cross helmet

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                            Originally posted by sandy.avy220 View Post
                            Friends can anyone give review about steel bird adonis
                            strong enough for isi category,lightest in its class and made up of 100% abs material,the one you would find in a 2000rs cross helmet

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                            • Re: Helmets

                              Originally posted by lasky View Post
                              strong enough for isi category
                              What exactly made you report so my friend for SB Adonis ?

                              Originally posted by lasky View Post
                              the one you would find in a 2000rs cross helmet
                              Cross in 2K !!! .............. please enlighten us with the model name

                              Warm Regards,
                              Pranav


                              Use riding gears because Safety doesn't happen by Accident

                              Spot me covered in:
                              Vega Shadow - SPG Icarus - SPG Ares - SPG Perseus

                              Honda CBF Stunner - Oct'11 to till date | Barky's Baby: Honda CBF 125 Modification

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                              • Re: Helmets

                                pay a visit to Karol Bagh, you will have every possible paint scheme and sticker shop available there...........choose the one that suits your taste .............. oye you'r a Delhite na [/QUOTE]

                                Not delhite.. But in delhi. In karol bagh .. great. Will visit there... [MENTION=59642]xpranav[/MENTION]

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                                pay a visit to Karol Bagh, you will have every possible paint scheme and sticker shop available there...........choose the one that suits your taste .............. oye you'r a Delhite na [/QUOTE]

                                Not delhite.. But in delhi. In karol bagh .. great. Will visit there... [MENTION=59642]xpranav[/MENTION]

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