hiay thinking of get helmet ready for new engine as will be to windy lol what i wanna know if i go on a track day i take it you have to have a crash helmet if so does this one meet the standards needed.


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seems ok but i wouldn't trust flip front helmets!

bike helmes are the wrong shape and lift your head up in a car

That flip-up type of helmet tends to generate a lot of wind noise - certainly true of the Cabergs, not sure of that brand though.

Never seen a helmet inspected at a regular track day though.

or this one

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For a track day anything is usually okay, if you're competing it's a different matter.

as dan righlty says bike helmets are not really any good in cars, as your head is at a totally different angle to which it would be if you were sat on a bike, but from you avatar it lokks like you've got a screen so maybe ok.

some peopl might disagree but i value my bonse at more than 29.99! get the best you can afford!!!

*popcorn time*

If riding a bike get an good (probably expensive but don't measure by price), but don't bother buying an expensive bike helmet for a car, they don't work any better than the cheap ones. Buy an expensive/good car helmet instead. But if using instead of sunglasses then anything comfortable will do.

Cars and bikes have very different accident modes and rider/driver positions (the aerodynamic lift of a bike helmet when sitting in car has been touched on already) and the helmets are constructed to deal with that (multiple medium impacts from a roll cage and a fire vs a big hit and a long scrape).

If your head hits the road (inverted car without a decent roll cage) it really doesn't matter what you have on you head.

[Edited on 8/1/08 by iank]

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Originally posted by iank
If your head hits the road (inverted car without a decent roll cage) it really doesn't matter what you have on you head.

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