I'm surprised I haven't seen it posted here before (maybe I missed it), but has anyone else read the helmet review that Motor Cyclist magazine just released?
It seems they decided that DOT testing wasn't realistic as compared to true life crashes, so they built their own tests.
Guess who won best ratings???
(lowest G ratings transferred to your head?)
A little plastic helmet called "Z1R ZRP-1s".
Yep, $80.00 us sold at Pep Boys. (LOL)
It seems Arai and other high end helmets made of fiberglass transfer 20 more "G's" than their inexpensive brothren.
It's a great article. If I could type faster, I'd plug it in for you all to read. I did search for the Z1R and found many other boards crying about their beloved $500.00 +/- helmets getting spanked by a cheap piece of S**t.
So... do we trade in our heads for a safer & cheaper form of protection???
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It seems they decided that DOT testing wasn't realistic as compared to true life crashes, so they built their own tests.
Guess who won best ratings???
(lowest G ratings transferred to your head?)
A little plastic helmet called "Z1R ZRP-1s".
Yep, $80.00 us sold at Pep Boys. (LOL)
It seems Arai and other high end helmets made of fiberglass transfer 20 more "G's" than their inexpensive brothren.
It's a great article. If I could type faster, I'd plug it in for you all to read. I did search for the Z1R and found many other boards crying about their beloved $500.00 +/- helmets getting spanked by a cheap piece of S**t.
So... do we trade in our heads for a safer & cheaper form of protection???
..., trip
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