Any Use for Old Helmets?

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Edited Date/Time 3/26/2015 2:25pm
I have about 3 or 4 helmets that aren't suitable for riding anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with them other than throw them away? I guess that would be the easiest solution but I figured that there is a painter that wants them for practice or costume re purpose or something out there. I don't know why I feel odd throwing a helmet in the garbage.
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IWreckALot wrote:
I have about 3 or 4 helmets that aren't suitable for riding anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with them other than...
I have about 3 or 4 helmets that aren't suitable for riding anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with them other than throw them away? I guess that would be the easiest solution but I figured that there is a painter that wants them for practice or costume re purpose or something out there. I don't know why I feel odd throwing a helmet in the garbage.
My buddies and I may, or may not, have used one of my old helmets to take turns hitting each other with fluorescent light bulbs. A few beverages were consumedWhistling
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Panic_Rev 3/26/2015 8:50am
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motomike137 wrote:
Flower pots or snack bowls for watching moto on TV.
you must have a pinterest account!
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Bultaco 3/26/2015 8:57am
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Cut them in half, front to back. Mount one of the halfs on a plaque with an inscription of when, where and what the helmet did. And hang it on the wall.


Me? I just throw em away.

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wildbill 3/26/2015 9:10am
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I gave my old ones to youth riding around bare headed.
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huck 3/26/2015 10:05am
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TailSoHard wrote:
send them to the wheelie boys
hvaughn88 wrote:
with a tracking device implanted in it
With a 'self detonation' device in it....
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Olson 3/26/2015 10:15am
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TailSoHard wrote:
send them to the wheelie boys
hvaughn88 wrote:
with a tracking device implanted in it
huck wrote:
With a 'self detonation' device in it....
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Track and Trail 3/26/2015 10:20am
3/26/2015 10:20am
wildbill wrote:
I gave my old ones to youth riding around bare headed.
Me too. A kid on a bmx bike can feel like a real racer for a while.
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Bultaco wrote:
Cut them in half, front to back. Mount one of the halfs on a plaque with an inscription of when, where and what the helmet did...
Cut them in half, front to back. Mount one of the halfs on a plaque with an inscription of when, where and what the helmet did. And hang it on the wall.


Me? I just throw em away.
About 20 years ago, I saw someone cut one of their custom painted helmets from front to back, drilled a hole around where the ear would go and then buy a clock kit (from a craftstore) and turn the two halves into two wall mounted clocks. It looked pretty cool actually and was custom moto-x memorabilia.
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hillbilly 3/26/2015 10:25am
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Since they are made of the same thing as a 7eleven 3 dollar cooler ( at nascar races they are called "suicide coolers" because they bust about the time you reach the stands) throw some ice in one and a few cans of brew. Use the strap to hang it on your waist.


New ones are just as good since they aint changed.
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hillbilly wrote:
Since they are made of the same thing as a 7eleven 3 dollar cooler ( at nascar races they are called "suicide coolers" because they bust...
Since they are made of the same thing as a 7eleven 3 dollar cooler ( at nascar races they are called "suicide coolers" because they bust about the time you reach the stands) throw some ice in one and a few cans of brew. Use the strap to hang it on your waist.


New ones are just as good since they aint changed.
LMAO.
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yz414 3/26/2015 11:33am
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Sheriff245 wrote:
Wall decoration for me.
me too, something special about helmets i dont like getting rid of them
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Kidkawie 3/26/2015 11:37am
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I was going to make a coffee table with some of mine.

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wired4speed 3/26/2015 11:43am
3/26/2015 11:43am Edited Date/Time 3/26/2015 11:45am
Ask Chad Reed to wear each helmet. Take pictures to verify this historical moment. Ebay helmets.
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Ing 3/26/2015 11:49am
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I give them to the local thrift shop if they are at all useable.
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radialone 3/26/2015 11:51am
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I built some shelves in between the cabinets that hang above my workbench and used them to display some of my old helmets.
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Outsider 3/26/2015 2:25pm
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Bunch of old helmets posting on this board.. make you're own determination LaughingTongue

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