Helmets

[Rahul.g]

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What you said or have in your mind is not correct for showrooms which actually exists in Wellington. I'm not saying you go and look around into those footpaths who sells cheap helmets.

You should visit 'Motor & Cycle Supply Stores' this is just at the front of Wellington market and they are the official seller of Cramster and other brands.

And yes, that BP Roadies at Khanna sometimes purchase some stock from this store.

So if you are looking for a good international brand helment you have only three options IMO, i.e. Online, Wellington, Khanna (BP Roadies only)

You also have Gear Up at bhawanipur

[prateek2210]

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For 5k price.

THH or MT. Which one is recommendable?

My vote for MT ....

[hypheni]

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I'm having a bit of back neck pain after long ride say 500kms. Is that due to heavy helmet weight? I use a LS2 which weight approx 1.5Kgs.

[Vattsy]

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I'm having a bit of back neck pain after long ride say 500kms. Is that due to heavy helmet weight? I use a LS2 which weight approx 1.5Kgs.

It might have been due to incorrect head position causing a lot of stress on the muscles. Try a more aerodynamic position, and always try to take the stress along the axis of the body. Neck pains occur only if the stress is distributed in a direction that is not along the axis.For the vertical axis, the weight of the helmet or anything upto 5 Kgs, including the forces caused by speed, should not matter.

P.S: The axis of the body is the line is the vertical line passing through your larynax down to your pelvic region.

[UnsettledNose73]

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I'm having a bit of back neck pain after long ride say 500kms. Is that due to heavy helmet weight? I use a LS2 which weight approx 1.5Kgs.

You are probably riding like the right pic. Which is why your back neck hurts, your front of the helmet is pulling up, back muscles are stressed as this also creates a pull back pressure on the helmet.

Not to worry, can easily fix it. Just sit on the bike as it feels natural and without any stresses, loosen your elbows little bit and you will sit right. [emoji4] Cheers!

[vedavyasa86]

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I scratched my axxis's visor on a stone wall(fort wall) :banghead:
There are 3-4 marks, it does not give much issue but some time feel irritated at night .

Please suggest how can I fix this, do I need to buy new visor :what:

i wish we had scratch guards for helmet visors too :P

jokes apart, even a small scratch causes disturbance in low light conditions. so, better get a new one.

[Saurabh213]

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Urgently need some help.

How is THH t-76 when compared to studds shifter or steelbird air ?

Should I buy thh from paytm with 25% Cashback effective cost (₹2100)?

[CosmicSpeed]

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i wish we had scratch guards for helmet visors too :P

jokes apart, even a small scratch causes disturbance in low light conditions. so, better get a new one.

Can't we use tablet's screen guards on visor, I guess that won't affect the visibility and will protect the visor too :sly:

[sanjaysangar1990]

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Why don't we have tempered glasses for helmet visor, surely it won't break in case of a fall.

Buy a good quality helmet so that you get good quality visor too.

Cheers,
Sanjay

[xionite]

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tempered glass is still brittle compared to plastic.
in the event of a fall it would very well shatter and end up blinding the wearer.

besides...

it's totally possible to keep a helmet visor virtually scratch free.

helmet visors can be polished to remove almost all scratches that causes issues with visibility at night.

Clean the surface of your visor with WD40 first to get rid of any grit and grime. use a microfibre cloth.

Then, use a rubbing compound and using a microfibre cloth to rub the visor. do this two/three/four times.

Then use a polish and do this two/three times.

Then finish off with a wax.

Use a different part of the microfibre cloth for each of these steps.


(this process will completely remove the anti-fog coating from the top of your visor if it has one)
but you can always use shaving foam to make your visor anti-fog (for about a week) again.

[CosmicSpeed]

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tempered glass is still brittle compared to plastic.
in the event of a fall it would very well shatter and end up blinding the wearer.

besides...

it's totally possible to keep a helmet visor virtually scratch free.

helmet visors can be polished to remove almost all scratches that causes issues with visibility at night.



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Do you think these marks on visor can be reduced? Attaching the pics .

Regarding the anti fogging hack, do we have to just apply and wipe the shaving foam or have rinse with water after applying foam :sly:

[AbdulR_M]

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Hi guys. Let me start off by apologizing for any mistakes in the post. I am relatively new. Now that the disclaimer part is out of the way, can someone please tell me where i can get a studds shifter in medium size in pune? Graphics don't matter to me. I have already tried a large size and it is loose enough to warrant a medium-only purchase. No website seems to be carrying it, nor does any brick and mortar shop. Although i did only visit a couple (pro biker and funky's on mg road) due to lack of knowledge of helmet shops in pune. So if someone could direct me to the same it would be a huge help, thanks.
PS: i went through the thread and someone asked the same question. He was directed to aatomato.com but the website doesn't seem to be working. It just wouldn't checkout and now it doesn't seem to be loading. A brick and mortar suggestion would be appreciated.

[Andy_kristine]

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Hope this question is not a repeated one. Please do reply if possible.

Is a clear visor on daytime actually unsafe? The apparent theory explained was, On a Long ride in a bright sunny day, constant exposure to bright lights will tire the rider's eye soon leading to dimnished vision and giddiness.

How true is the above phenomena? Is it just a legend? Cause this is the first time I'm hearing such a thing that too from an expirenced tourer. He also gave examples that this is the very reason why motop guys wear tinted visor even on a relativley dark environment, for a sport where vision is 75% of the skill required.

[AngadV]

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Hope this question is not a repeated one. Please do reply if possible.

Is a clear visor on daytime actually unsafe? The apparent theory explained was, On a Long ride in a bright sunny day, constant exposure to bright lights will tire the rider's eye soon leading to dimnished vision and giddiness.

How true is the above phenomena? Is it just a legend? Cause this is the first time I'm hearing such a thing that too from an expirenced tourer. He also gave examples that this is the very reason why motop guys wear tinted visor even on a relativley dark environment, for a sport where vision is 75% of the skill required.

Theoretically this could be possible, but practically I don't believe in would translate to much of a difference for the average user, unless maybe when you have a really long ride in a really sunny environment. Saying it would be "unsafe" would be quite a stretch according to me. Even in such a circumstance the difference would be negligible probably.
Tinted visors are a lot better according me anyways, its really hard to use a clear one after using tinted, so you might as well just use that for personal satisfaction, rather than due to any theories of it being unsafe.
Just my 2 cents[emoji85]

[AngadV]

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Do you think these marks on visor can be reduced? Attaching the pics .

Regarding the anti fogging hack, do we have to just apply and wipe the shaving foam or have rinse with water after applying foam :sly:

That's quite a number of deep scratches. Even if it could be removed, which I'm pretty doubtful of, it wouldn't be worth the effort. You'd rather get yourself a new visor, that's the only option really. Consider a tinted visor if that suits your personal preference.