Helmets

[B7ACKTHORN]

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Hi guys,

I am currently in US and planning to take the opportunity of black friday close outs to buy a helmet. My budget is around 80$.

Could you please share some website details where I can get good deals?

I used the information available in the forum to measure the helmet size and it came around 24 inches, not sure if I measured correctly

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I bloody envy all those guys in America, getting good stuffs at steal prices.

But you can try Revzilla.com, Sportbiketrackgear, Motorcyclegear.com, these are the top sites where I always keep my eye on and most people have gotten their stuffs from here, both nationally and internationally, and Sportbiketrackgear offer oodles of offer, check them out.

Cheers!
VJ

[riot]

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My RST gets the spiderman treatment. Will shot a pic with the complete wrap this weekend.

[Only Amit...]

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I bloody envy all those guys in America, getting good stuffs at steal prices.

But you can try Revzilla.com, Sportbiketrackgear, Motorcyclegear.com, these are the top sites where I always keep my eye on and most people have gotten their stuffs from here, both nationally and internationally, and Sportbiketrackgear offer oodles of offer, check them out.

Cheers!
VJ

Many Thanks Man...just ordered a HJC CL-16 Razz for around 80$ from jafrum.com
I will post some snaps once I get it :-)

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[riot]

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Many Thanks Man...just ordered a HJC CL-16 Razz for around 80$ from jafrum.com
I will post some snaps once I get it :-)

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Do they accept payments from our cards? Do they ship to India? How much do they charge for shipping?

[nadz11.ns]

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Do they accept payments from our cards? Do they ship to India? How much do they charge for shipping?

Usually the total cost come almost double of the product price.
custom+deliver charges and all. Unless you have someone to bring it for you here, it becomes too costly.

[Venkatesh Velmani]

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Any of you guys own/owned a SOL Dual Sport (SS1)? If yes, can you guys share the pros and cons of this helmet? I'm planning to buy one and I'd love to hear your comments. I already spoke to Sunny at Spartan Pro Gear about this helmet, but I'd love to hear what the others have to say as well.

[xpranav]

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Any of you guys own/owned a SOL Dual Sport (SS1)? If yes, can you guys share the pros and cons of this helmet? I'm planning to buy one and I'd love to hear your comments. I already spoke to Sunny at Spartan Pro Gear about this helmet, but I'd love to hear what the others have to say as well.

Hey venkatesh, please make a thread/google search, there are reviews from 2-3 members as I remember or you may wait for some user to pour in a few fresh words

[xDa_nightfury]

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I didn't said that I want a 800 bucks helmet ,I asked that I saw a 800 bucks one ,is it good...? The humble reply should've been to direct me not to go for that one and instead he should've told me about some other options, regardless of price ,but no ,some people have to be krishh everywhere ,linking what I own to this helmet issue ,was that good,,,?

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Man you are spoiling all forums on xBhp
First yamaha r15 v2 owners forum..
Since the day you had crash.. Universal riding gear forum and now this helmet forum..

You should listen to others first. Rather than wasting time in typing.. Good luck

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[Anuj_Gupta]

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Was just asking ,I'm New and noob so it takes me time to grab things up here ,and expressing your opinion might look spoiling to some people here,so if that's the case ,apologies ( end things now)

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[abhijeet080808]

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Any of you guys own/owned a SOL Dual Sport (SS1)? If yes, can you guys share the pros and cons of this helmet? I'm planning to buy one and I'd love to hear your comments. I already spoke to Sunny at Spartan Pro Gear about this helmet, but I'd love to hear what the others have to say as well.

Yes, I have this helmet. Compared to my last helmet (LS2 Phobia) this helmet is a step up in quality. The air flow is much better. But the helmet weights a bit more compared to the LS2.

All, in all a very good helmet for the Duke. Compliments the look perfectly. Only one serious issue - you will have to get rid of the front shade type thing. At anything above 80kmph, that thing interferes majorly. Your head will be pulled in all directions by the air flow and the helmet will sound like a hurricane.

[Venkatesh Velmani]

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Yes, I have this helmet. Compared to my last helmet (LS2 Phobia) this helmet is a step up in quality. The air flow is much better. But the helmet weights a bit more compared to the LS2.

All, in all a very good helmet for the Duke. Compliments the look perfectly. Only one serious issue - you will have to get rid of the front shade type thing. At anything above 80kmph, that thing interferes majorly. Your head will be pulled in all directions by the air flow and the helmet will sound like a hurricane.

So it's not comfortable to do speeds over 100.. have you removed that shade type thing from yours? How's the air flow and riding comfort now? Can you post some pictures with the lid removed?

This was what I was worried about. If that thing will interfere with the airflow and if it'll be uncomfortable doing speeds over 100Kmph.

I personally love the Orange/black color from the SS1, but I'm thinking if I should get a full face Hemet because of this issue. Please advice.

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[Venkatesh Velmani]

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Hey venkatesh, please make a thread/google search, there are reviews from 2-3 members as I remember or you may wait for some user to pour in a few fresh words

Hey, I DID search the thread but I was not able to find any reviews that talked about the airflow and the wind drag.

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[abhijeet080808]

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Yes, I removed that after 1 day of use. No issues at all now.

[Venkatesh Velmani]

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Yes, I removed that after 1 day of use. No issues at all now.

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It does lose it's funky looks with the lid off. Wondering if I should just get the full face Hemet. I like the hornet too! Maybe I should just get that.

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[puneet.chandila]

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Awesome lid. I have been in love with this ever since I saw it. Btw do get back on the pin lock functionality, I am just curious as to its effectiveness

Congo once again :thumbup:

I have taken some time to write this but here it is finally.

The fit is perfect and thats the reason it is little hard to enter it. Moreover its still very new, may be will get better after some use.



Its has got some nice little reflective strips at the bottom, which comes at neck level once you wear the helmet. Good for night time visibility.



Interiors are plush and the feel of the material used is top notch. No compromises.



Air conditioned interiors, the huge intake port at the top of helmets help in pulling fresh air on top of the head. The channels inside the shell help the hot air to go out of the 4 port at the back of helmet.



Pin lock mechanism does an awesome job, it is basically a transparent sheet of plastic which has feel of rubber. On the one side of it, around the boundary of the sheet there is raised line of rubber, which basically when attached to the visor creates a pocket of air between visor and Pin lock. Since air is a bad conductor of heat, it controls the temperature and controls the fog, principally it is similar to the window panes in the centralised A/C building with double glass.



Nexx's obsession to details doesn't end there, with each helmet they provide custom fitting strips which can be used at different position in the helmet to get a perfect fit. Luckily for me I get a snug fit with using any of them. But definately a nice touch.



This is the fast shot kit, which can be used to convert old Nexx XR1R helmet visors to be compatible with new fast shot visors.



Performance:- This is the lightest helmet and no questions about it, you have to really hold this in hand to believe it. Riding while wearing it, I some time get a feeling that I am not wearing a helmet at all which I believe is good thing since long distance rides are painful for necks and head. The side profile is excellent, the designed aerodynamic works to perfection while look sideways at high speeds it doesn't pushes your neck wildy and thats very important since it could be dangerous and distractive too.
The best thing I like about it is the noise reduction, I know this is very subjective as it varies person to person but from my personal experience its amazing. It has double padding for ears and it really works. The only problem I have found with sound isolation is, I am having trouble in deciding on the gear change as I no longer can hear the engine noise correctly may be I will get used to it soon.

The next best thing on this lid is its view port, which I can bet is the largest as compared to any other helmet in the market. It has some two small reflective stripes, which will light up when you open the visor by using the light from incoming traffic. Two similar stripes are placed under the fast shot hubs as well, for side visibilty.






All dressed up



Side profile, taken during a ride with Ninja gang



In the end I would say I am really happy with this lid and even though its price is on the higher side but the weight of it totally justifies it.