Helmets

[KID MONK]

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Guys.. Can you please suggest me a helmet in the range of 2k-4k.. I own a CBR150R(Red with Pearl sunbeam white).. Also Suggest me some shops in chennai which all top brand helmets are available.. Thanks in advance..

hey man i agree with you that your helmet has to match the colour of your bike but safety matters more than shade. If you agree with me then I suggest to you a few helmets .they are ls2 helmets (theere in which air pump is there but it usually last 6-9 months ) or mt helmets axxis is good option.

[sdkr2020]

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hey man i agree with you that your helmet has to match the colour of your bike but safety matters more than shade. If you agree with me then I suggest to you a few helmets .they are ls2 helmets (theere in which air pump is there but it usually last 6-9 months ) or mt helmets axxis is good option.

Well.. thanks.. My intention was to provide the accurate info.. thats why i had to mention the colour as well.. obviously safety matters thanks for your suggestion.. i will buy MT helmet then.. will look for shops anywhere in chennai.. especially in mount road.. I am newbie here.. dont know much about bikes and stuffs.. So excuse

[KID MONK]

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Well.. thanks.. My intention was to provide the accurate info.. thats why i had to mention the colour as well.. obviously safety matters thanks for your suggestion.. i will buy MT helmet then.. will look for shops anywhere in chennai.. especially in mount road.. I am newbie here.. dont know much about bikes and stuffs.. So excuse

Hey just to make sure consult with any senior members as I too am an amateur in this world of rider and bike😉

[Pritesh Patel]

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Guys today i saw an mt helmet in kolkata i liked that helmet but it disnt have a isi mark instead it had dot so will it work or il get ticketed... Pls help me

[dineshaugustin]

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Well.. thanks.. My intention was to provide the accurate info.. thats why i had to mention the colour as well.. obviously safety matters thanks for your suggestion.. i will buy MT helmet then.. will look for shops anywhere in chennai.. especially in mount road.. I am newbie here.. dont know much about bikes and stuffs.. So excuse

dude u should try near thousand lights signal, one of the famous helmet shops RAINBOW. hey have MT and LS

[Divya Sharan]

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Guys today i saw an mt helmet in kolkata i liked that helmet but it disnt have a isi mark instead it had dot so will it work or il get ticketed... Pls help me

Depends upon the cops to be frank! DOT is phoren certification. ISI is desi certification. You can go for MT helmets eyes closed, if cops don't stop bikers for Helmet certification related checks.

[srinath2494]

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in a way, this thread helped me to choose my helmet. I am a newbie rider and was looking for helmets. In the shops I enquired, they had aaron, vega, volga, steelbird, ozone brands etc. I was on a budget with max 1.5k rs. I came back and saw this thread and got to know aaron was a good indian brand. so i got my aaron helmet matching my bike's color the shop keeper let me test it by hitting it with a wooden hammer both on shell and visor. it was sturdy and was resilient. hope it is durable and protective.here is a picture of my helmet.



thanks.

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Guys.. Can you please suggest me a helmet in the range of 2k-4k.. I own a CBR150R(Red with Pearl sunbeam white).. Also Suggest me some shops in chennai which all top brand helmets are available.. Thanks in advance..

hello,

I am from Chennai and I got a helmet recently. If you havent got your helmet yet, then visit HEAD GEAR - the helmet boutique at thousand lights, chennai. also you have pioneer helmets, rinbow helmets in the same wing. I saw LS2 and MT Helmets at all these shops but HEAD GEAR had more stock and more models available ready for sale. they also had good quality cheaper helmets if you are on a lower budget to start with.

thanks

[Sunnyside_up!]

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in a way, this thread helped me to choose my helmet. I am a newbie rider and was looking for helmets. In the shops I enquired, they had aaron, vega, volga, steelbird, ozone brands etc. I was on a budget with max 1.5k rs. I came back and saw this thread and got to know aaron was a good indian brand. so i got my aaron helmet matching my bike's color the shop keeper let me test it by hitting it with a wooden hammer both on shell and visor. it was sturdy and was resilient. hope it is durable and protective. ~

I could not believe what I was reading and had to read this again !

Obviously you haven't been paying attention to the thread properly. Helmets that are dropped from more than three feet height or subjected to a good impact are recommended to be changed because they are considered damaged/ having compromised their impact absorption capability. And here you are banging your brand new helmet with a hammer? Where you buying a helmet or a bucket to test it with a hammer?

The impact absorption/ protection of the helmet comes from the EPS liner (thermocol) on the inside of the helmet. The external shell is meant to spread the impact and keep the internal part compressed around your skull. A good helmet shell is supposed to absorb a certain amount of impact and then crack/deform beyond a certain impact force to diffuse the energy of an impact so that the entire force is not transmitted to the inside EPS. By banging the helmet with a hammer you've proven you've bought a good hard plastic shell but probably damaged the internal EPS which would lose its impact absorption capability.

Which shop did you buy this helmet from? I'd like to go there and give the shopkeeper a piece of my mind and stop him from doing this stupid thing.

[nadz11.ns]

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New ways of testing the helmets strength being shared with us. [emoji14]
Nicely explained [MENTION=29015]Sunnyside_up![/MENTION] Sir.

[neil9381]

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shopkeeper toh rancho nikla lol, demo dikhata hai

[srinath2494]

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I could not believe what I was reading and had to read this again !

Obviously you haven't been paying attention to the thread properly. Helmets that are dropped from more than three feet height or subjected to a good impact are recommended to be changed because they are considered damaged/ having compromised their impact absorption capability. And here you are banging your brand new helmet with a hammer? Where you buying a helmet or a bucket to test it with a hammer?

The impact absorption/ protection of the helmet comes from the EPS liner (thermocol) on the inside of the helmet. The external shell is meant to spread the impact and keep the internal part compressed around your skull. A good helmet shell is supposed to absorb a certain amount of impact and then crack/deform beyond a certain impact force to diffuse the energy of an impact so that the entire force is not transmitted to the inside EPS. By banging the helmet with a hammer you've proven you've bought a good hard plastic shell but probably damaged the internal EPS which would lose its impact absorption capability.

Which shop did you buy this helmet from? I'd like to go there and give the shopkeeper a piece of my mind and stop him from doing this stupid thing.

hello,

haa chill. i think there was a slight miscommunication from my side. by saying he let me test 'it' i meant an aaron helmet and not this exact one which i bought it was there as a show piece on the window. this was taken from inside from the box which can be seen next to it. its intact and i read from previous posts that once it falls on hard impact, it opens up and also saw some post mentioning it happened to an aaron helmet which was protective and it came into my budget.

i got it from head gear near thousand lights. the shopkeeper did that as i was interrogating him so much about the quality of it as i didnt know much about helmets. finally he got fed up and decided to test it on an aaron helmet of the same model. also in the pic it can be seen that the helmet has not suffered any damages/ scratches and its a new piece. thats why i hope it still is durable and protective as the tested one also i didnt know that people tested buckets with hammer.

thanks

[Divya Sharan]

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haa chill. i think there was a slight miscommunication from my side. by saying he let me test 'it' i meant an aaron helmet and not this exact one which i bought it was there as a show piece on the window. this was taken from inside from the box which can be seen next to it. its intact and i read from previous posts that once it falls on hard impact, it opens up and also saw some post mentioning it happened to an aaron helmet which was protective and it came into my budget.

i got it from head gear near thousand lights. the shopkeeper did that as i was interrogating him so much about the quality of it as i didnt know much about helmets. finally he got fed up and decided to test it on an aaron helmet of the same model. also in the pic it can be seen that the helmet has not suffered any damages/ scratches and its a new piece. thats why i hope it still is durable and protective as the tested one

1. Please make use of proper punctuation and sort the reply in a readable format.
2. No scratch doesn't necessarily mean no damage. Assume I kick someone hard in the gut, he may look ok from the skin but may have ruptured tissues within.
3. Sunny (the guy who replied to you) has good knowledge in helmets and riding gear to say the least. So, take what he suggests in a positive way.
4. We're all glad that you didn't hammer your helmet but I'm scared what if that show piece which you hammered is sold to someone else?

[srinath2494]

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1. Please make use of proper punctuation and sort the reply in a readable format.
2. No scratch doesn't necessarily mean no damage. Assume I kick someone hard in the gut, he may look ok from the skin but may have ruptured tissues within.
3. Sunny (the guy who replied to you) has good knowledge in helmets and riding gear to say the least. So, take what he suggests in a positive way.
4. We're all glad that you didn't hammer your helmet but I'm scared what if that show piece which you hammered is sold to someone else?

hello,

1.i am using mobile browser and typing is lil difficult. i am making corrections whenever i find a mistake. please bear with it.

2.sir, indeed what youre saying is right. how can i test another helmet which is taken out from the stocks inside? its a new one by the same brand which would have passed the tests. so i have to hope for the best after having seen a helmet by the same brand being tested. i tried my best to check its padding inside and shell outside. it was a lot better than the test helmet

3.i am not offended by any posts/replies and since im a beginner i will only learn from people out here

4.since youre asking about the test helmet, i would like to add these points. first it had one of my favorite colors(blue) and i wanted it. but the shopkeeper strictly rejected it saying its only for display and it can't be sold. after it suffered from considerable amount of scratches/ damages due to testing, i saw him taking it away from the show case and putting it on the damaged lot which was kept on one side of the shop. if youre still doubting the shop, then i suggest you to visit it. because, we can also allege that even the top shops are repairing/ embellishing the damaged helmets behind their godowns and selling them to us. and it applies for anything we buy as consumers right? after all, that shop wasn't all that cheap and poor if there is any reported case of failure of helmets sold from that shops then they would be taken care of by the consumer and the law right?

thanks

[Divya Sharan]

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hello,

1.i am using mobile browser and typing is lil difficult. i am making corrections whenever i find a mistake. please bear with it.

No offence, but you're requested to go through http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/forum-an...tiquettes.html
Nobody cares if you're on a mobile or a tablet or PC. Every one has to post readable content since this is an open forum.

2.sir, indeed what youre saying is right. how can i test another helmet which is taken out from the stocks inside? its a new one by the same brand which would have passed the tests. so i have to hope for the best after having seen a helmet by the same brand being tested. i tried my best to check its padding inside and shell outside. it was a lot better than the test helmet

Let's hope your helmet serves you good.

3.i am not offended by any posts/replies and since im a beginner i will only learn from people out here

That's the way to go!


4.since youre asking about the test helmet, i would like to add these points. first it had one of my favorite colors(blue) and i wanted it. but the shopkeeper strictly rejected it saying its only for display and it can't be sold. after it suffered from considerable amount of scratches/ damages due to testing, i saw him taking it away from the show case and putting it on the damaged lot which was kept on one side of the shop. if youre still doubting the shop, then i suggest you to visit it. because, we can also allege that even the top shops are repairing/ embellishing the damaged helmets behind their godowns and selling them to us. and it applies for anything we buy as consumers right? after all, that shop wasn't all that cheap and poor if there is any reported case of failure of helmets sold from that shops then they would be taken care of by the consumer and the law right?

Complaints and law take their own sweet time. Anyways, it's for everyone benefit that any damaged helmet isn't sold to anyone anywhere in the country/world.

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[srinath2494]

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replies noted, thanks!