This past Saturday, I met with an accident and was thrown away from my motorcycle at approximately 80kmph and landed hitting the tarmac head first. Miraculously my bike sustained only minor scratches.I was surprised to see my bike without any major damage, cause while being thrown off I taught the whole bike will be wrecked.
Unfortunately my riding gears are damaged. My jacket now has a scraped forearm sleeve plus cracked forearm armor. I've been only using the cheap Probiker glove and even that cheap,uncomfortable
glove have saved my palms. Now its torn and the plastic armors on it are grinded.The helmet though only has a 1/2 inch hairline scratch at it's back part.
Initially I had the hesitating idea of "No need to replace my helmet", As I was so emotionally bonded to it. Yeah I know it may sound a little wierd but its
my first motorcycle helmet and I loved it. To inspect the helmet further, I removed the comfort liner and checked the protective layer. It now has a wide,shallow crater formed on it.
And this shallow, compressed part is much harder than the other non compressed portion of the protective liner. Hence the helmet won't be saving my head in an event of a fall next time. So Its time for a new lid.
Moral: No matter how hard the helmet takes a hit, The outer shell won't completely reveal the actual damage done to the helmet.





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