Thor Helmets

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Looking through round 3 of silly season, I noticed there is not a rider wearing a thor helmet. Is it just coincidence? Are the helmets not up to par?
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kkawboy14 12/22/2016 8:09am
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Fly is kicking their butt
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p0wn 12/22/2016 8:58am
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They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably the same factories in China.
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TC7 12/22/2016 10:11am
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p0wn wrote:
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably...
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably the same factories in China.
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the shelf Thor helmet.
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Spooner 12/22/2016 10:47am
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TC7 wrote:
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the...
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the shelf Thor helmet.
Want to bet on that?

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TC7 12/22/2016 12:04pm
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TC7 wrote:
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the...
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the shelf Thor helmet.
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Want to bet on that?
I mean he did get knocked the hell out at monster cup in one. So maybe it was off the shelf. That would explain a lot. I feel like you know something I don't though haha.
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hvaughn88 12/22/2016 12:50pm
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p0wn wrote:
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably...
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably the same factories in China.
TC7 wrote:
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the...
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the shelf Thor helmet.
Why do you say that? Did they use a superior styrofoam cooler to make his, as opposed to the variety you find at the convenience store to make the off-the-shelf ones?
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TC7 12/22/2016 1:35pm
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p0wn wrote:
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably...
They're all the same. I believe Thor is Parts Unlimited house brand, and Fly is WPS's house brand. Both mega corporations. They just outsource to probably the same factories in China.
TC7 wrote:
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the...
Exactly right. All of those types of helmets essentially come out of the same factory. That Thor helmet RV wore was absolutely not an off the shelf Thor helmet.
hvaughn88 wrote:
Why do you say that? Did they use a superior styrofoam cooler to make his, as opposed to the variety you find at the convenience store...
Why do you say that? Did they use a superior styrofoam cooler to make his, as opposed to the variety you find at the convenience store to make the off-the-shelf ones?
It's not uncommon for some of the pro guys helmets to have some features that aren't off the shelf. Several pro guys have 3D graphs done to custom fit the padding to the riders head, the shell is usually not what's being altered. Just features that the company doesn't put the money in to for the mass produced helmets. It's no different than them getting access to parts that aren't mass produced.

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