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Just bought a Scorpion helmet for one of my son's. I had never seen one of these. Looks really good and has some serious features for the money. There is a air pump with a release valve to really make it fit good. At $169 I thought is was a great value too.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
We use 100% racecraft goggles with the helmets. These goggles fit really well with the helmet, but you will have to remove the inner nose guard =m but no worries because the 100% goggles come with a nose guard built in.
You have an opinion and that's fine, but standing on a soap box yelling brand names doesn't impress anyone unless you have tested them all. If you are in a position to have tested every helmet and know the outcome of test results first hand, I will be the first to apologize... just let me know. My guess, though, is just another Vitard...
EDIT: Stewart: Bell, Reed: Fox, Villopoto: Thor, Dungey: Fox, Canard: Fly, Roczen: Fox, Baggett: Thor, Wilson: Thor, Millsaps: Bell, Weimer: Thor. Are they the helmets we can buy? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe just a bunch of $10 heads...
I wonder sometimes if the Snell rated helmets aren't "overbuilt" (too heavy, too firmly padded, excessively rigid shell) for off-road use?
Also, for the average weekend warrior, $500-$600 is a pretty steep price to pay for a piece of safety equipment that is supposed to be disposable. In my experience, people aren't as likely to toss a compromised helmet in that price range as they probably should be.
I replace them anytime they hit the deck. Maybe I am just being cheap but I would think twice about putting a $500 lid on the shelf with all the old helmets after a couple of rides and 1 crash.
And putting a cheap helmet on a kid? Not in my world. You can't compromise the protection of a young brain. Argue all you want about cost but in my opinion there's no cost too great to protect a child from a brain injury.
Here is our review:
http://www.mxnewsfeed.com/article.php?artid=3535
Saw a guy I race bmx with take a dirt nap a few weeks ago in a cheaper dot approved helmet.... he's missing some teeth and didn't know where the heck he was for about 5 minutes...
ok here are a few helmets that i have used and seen stars in and promptly retired, some cheapos some good ones, i always buy a snell approved, but the last straw to me buying less expensive helmets was the second pic i was racing snowcross got run over by another sled that was studded and this shoie saved me, my goggle lens had a divit in it from a stud that prolly shoulda poked out my eye then id be a one eyed retard, o and it was a good crash the helmet saved my skull but i did spend a month in the hospital with a broken pelvis, see third pic
Point is, you can never compare any 2 crashes. Never. One guy might tip over at 5 mph and get knocked out, the other might cartwheel at 60 mph and jump right up on his feet. Just because you own the most expensive product doesn't mean it's the best, and that goes for ANYTHING you buy.
If you want to get educated, google "DOT vs SNELL helmet rating" or "DOT vs ECE rating". ECE is a new rating that even the $430 Thor helmets have, and the $400 Fly helmets have, and I think the $500 Troy Lee has. Do some reading before you say that just cause a helmet costs more it's better.
2. Vitard, not retard. There is a difference to me.
3. A picture of 11 helmets you have had doesn't make you a helmet expert. Sorry about the accident, but how do you know the "$10 head" helmets wouldn't have had the paint scraped off the same way?"
4. You never answered the question... have you tested this helmet? It sort of affects whether your opinion matters or not to me on this...
Pit Row
beatlejuice=vitard, we are even
no i havent tested the helmet and im not going to
What is the difference in the technique that they build these Poly shelled helmets compared to something like a Shoie VFX ?
BTW.....I picked up an almost brand new Shoei VFX ( all black ) helmet a few weeks ago for $200.00. Plan on doing a full custom wrap on it in this design.
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