Helmets

[Abhishek2255]

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I really like the airoh j-106 and the pit one xr but both are out of my budget which means waiting for a few more moths and till then using the yohe that i have which has already been through two accidents. Cant really decide what to do. Do you have any experience with the SOL helmets and how do they compare with your pitbull ?

[Sandeep Patnala]

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I really like the airoh j-106 and the pit one xr but both are out of my budget which means waiting for a few more moths and till then using the yohe that i have which has already been through two accidents. Cant really decide what to do. Do you have any experience with the SOL helmets and how do they compare with your pitbull ?

I have experience with SOL too, ( SOL SF-1 Solid Plain White ) which one of my friend is having. Coming to Airoh its view sight is restricted, so if u want to look to your left or right when moving in traffic u need some time to get adjusted to it but on Highways its a brilliant piece even when i was doing 135Kmph i was not knowing that i was doing that speeds until i saw the speedo.
At high speeds you wont hear your engine sound too, its too silent. But there is some wind noise but i felt that's manageable. I met with an accident last month and i was wearing Airoh that time and it saved my head from major injury and at the time of accident the visor took the impact and came off when i was sliding and visor was left with heavy scratches, so i had to buy a new one which costed me 2k and the visor clips another 1K and Fogging is a issue when doing slow speeds as its totally compact helmet.

On SOL the view sight is good even in traffic and i dint test it much so cant speak of fogging issues. But the size wise it fitted me perfectly and the same sized Airoh one i use. Visor cost of SOL is around 900 something.

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Look at the helmet and visor in the below pics , took these when i met with accident.

[Legend Racer]

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@Sandeep Patnala

ride safe. that was a mess. hope you learnt something from the accident. keep it in brain and do share what went wrong.

[Abhishek2255]

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Look at the helmet and visor in the below pics , took these when i met with accident.

Thats indeed a big mess !
Are you still using the same helmet ? Cause i guess its not advised to use the same helmet after a major accident.

can someone give a review as to how the SOL helmets perform at high speeds and do those vents do their job well ?

[Sandeep Patnala]

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@Sandeep Patnala

ride safe. that was a mess. hope you learnt something from the accident. keep it in brain and do share what went wrong.

That accident happened not because of my fault, but because of an old rikshaw wala and improperly laid divider over a narrow steep road. I was doing 60Kmph and the road was empty with only 1rikshaw wala moving slowly to the left side of the road and as i generally dont honk in city limits followed the same and was about to overtake him, i dont know what made that rikshaw wala to come into my lane all of a sudden when i was about to overtake him and i tried to escape from him and moved to extreme right and there i dint notice that the divider blocks were not kept parallel to other blocks and i rammed to the divider blocks and i was thrown onto the other side of the road and luckily there was no oncoming vehicle from the other side and i was saved and my bike fell over the divider and a lot of mess happened to it.


The lesson i learnt : There are many idiots on the roads, So I do have to Honk while overtaking.

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Thats indeed a big mess !
Are you still using the same helmet ? Cause i guess its not advised to use the same helmet after a major accident.

can someone give a review as to how the SOL helmets perform at high speeds and do those vents do their job well ?

Yes am using the same helmet got a new visor (costed 2K ), I have sent my helmet to Bachoo Motors for inspection after the accident and i was told by them that as there are no internal cracks ( the helmet just slided during accident ) the helmet can be used safely.

[Legend Racer]

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@Sandeep Patnala

thanks for reply. points to be noted.
honking is bad but in india it can avert an accident at most times.
whenever there is an accident one cannot excuse by saying , not my fault. maybe in the rare cases,though.
autos and trucks have huge blind spots. make sure the driver has seen you through RVM.
only you know how was the impact. damages to helmets or other gears or internals of the bike cannot be examined by naked eye.

ride safe. thats all at last. ride safe.

[Taahir]

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please suggest a good helmet with nice styling, which would suit a blue black p180, budget is around 3k

[nadz11.ns]

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please suggest a good helmet with nice styling, which would suit a blue black p180, budget is around 3k

Ls2 is the best in this range..
Studds is also fine..

Btw.. Check 10-12 pages back and you would find your answer..

[B7ACKTHORN]

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please suggest a good helmet with nice styling, which would suit a blue black p180, budget is around 3k

SOL has a good range starting from 3k but not exactly 3k quite a few hundred bucks more. Next up you have LS2 series, and then you have Cross, TIH etc. All these are good affordable helmets.

And if you're in the vicinity of KB, never purchase any helmets from Karol Bagh let alone anything that is important be it riding gear or something for the motorcycle. Everything there oozes fake, and costs are almost an eyewash.

Cheers!
VJ

[Taahir]

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^^ friend of mine is suggesting vega helmets.

But i had attended one g2g and the fellow xbhpians asked me to avoid vega helmets. I respect their advice as they are more experienced, and now i am thinking of ls2.

but just for the sake of information, what is wrong with vega, coz i see really a lott of people using it...

[nadz11.ns]

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^^ friend of mine is suggesting vega helmets.
But i had attended one g2g and the fellow xbhpians asked me to avoid vega helmets. I respect their advice as they are more experienced, and now i am thinking of ls2.
but just for the sake of information, what is wrong with vega, coz i see really a lott of people using it...

No one says vega is bad, just that other brands are better.. The vega helmets currently in the market are not as strong and don't have as many features are the branks above mentioned..

[Sid85]

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^^ friend of mine is suggesting vega helmets.

But i had attended one g2g and the fellow xbhpians asked me to avoid vega helmets. I respect their advice as they are more experienced, and now i am thinking of ls2.

but just for the sake of information, what is wrong with vega, coz i see really a lott of people using it...

I didn't find anything wrong with Vega. In fact my first helmet was a Vega Boolean, then LS2 and now Sparx. The guys suggesting against Vega might have had bad experience. I would suggest against modular helmets.

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[B7ACKTHORN]

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^^ friend of mine is suggesting vega helmets.

But i had attended one g2g and the fellow xbhpians asked me to avoid vega helmets. I respect their advice as they are more experienced, and now i am thinking of ls2.

but just for the sake of information, what is wrong with vega, coz i see really a lott of people using it...

Vega has earned itself a bad reputation because of their low end helmets well, which are basically helmets, but then their longevity and quality had issues, still do. But their new line Vega AXOR is a decent helmet to begin with. Mind you, VEGA is a local brand, and they like other brands are slowly realizing the potential. Brands like Cross, Vega to an extent THH are all either indian or a JV. But if you really want to go away from these helmets, stick with LS2 or SOL both are good helmets.

Cheers!
VJ

[Taahir]

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^^Thanks a lott...!!

does this look to be a good one?
i searched images for ls2 helmets, and i really liked this one...! Any idea, which model this is, and what would be its approximate cost...i'l surely enquire in a helmet store once my xams are over..hehh...!!

[snehithpereira]

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^^Thanks a lott..

does this look to be a good one?
i searched images for ls2 helmets, and i really liked this one...! Any idea, which model this is, and what would be its approximate cost...i'l surely enquire in a helmet store once my xams are over..hehh...!!

The one in the pics looks like the LS2 FF385, that is the Carbon Fibre model so I assume it should be priced around 11-12k