I think the real issue is which kind of oil you use on the chinbar hinges ...
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take country out of the boy. Just another direct to the point "Uncle Phil-ism".
Helmets Modular Helmet failures?
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You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take country out of the boy. Just another direct to the point "Uncle Phil-ism".
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today I tried on a Nolan N90 and it felt like it may be my new lid. Anybody else here have one?
Gene
That's MR CUPCAKE to you!
I wonder if flips have improved in the last decade since that test ? And are any of those models even still being made ?
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I just installed the pinlock (included with the lid) in my new N90 and I'm about to find out how it does on a 15 degree F ride.
Santa requested a price match for an online quote at $240 and Bob Lanphere's Beaverton Honda-Yamaha-Suzuki store made (her) the deal.
I'll report back in a few minutes
Well, it was actually 19 degrees.
Helmet was great.
Field of vision excellent-pinlock awesome-can't wait to get speakers installed and to put a bunch of miles on it.
Face did not get cold.
Santa requested a price match for an online quote at $240 and Bob Lanphere's Beaverton Honda-Yamaha-Suzuki store made (her) the deal.
I'll report back in a few minutes
Well, it was actually 19 degrees.
Helmet was great.
Field of vision excellent-pinlock awesome-can't wait to get speakers installed and to put a bunch of miles on it.
Face did not get cold.
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Blue STreak
Bob Meyer
Absent any organization doing standardized tests on the chin bar, locking mechanism, and hinges, I don't think there's any way to know whether today's helmets are better than those older designs. My guess would be that some of today's flip-ups are definitely better, and some aren't. The amount of flex in the hinges, and the plastic latches on some of today's flip-ups, strikes me as pretty scary.
I was wearing a Lazer Revolution modular last April when my '03 ST had a rear tire blowout and I went down. I managed to get the bike onto the shoulder before the tire broke loose from the rim, and then jammed the rim, locking up and down i went. Did a face strike on the guardrail, helmet stayed closed, and was able to open with a little bit of muscle. This helmet is also available as a Bombardier product for snowmobiling.