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Re: Recommendation for light helmet for my wify...
Reply #15 - 09/15/13 at 22:16:27

Paladin. wrote on 09/15/13 at 07:49:37:

old_rider wrote on 09/14/13 at 20:24:39:

Your average new style helmet is 3-4 lbs... If she can't take 3 lbs on her head putting a downpressure on her neck then you are not going to get her on a bike.

Even the lightest of the light are about 2.75 lbs, anything less than that isn't safety approved.

My Daytona half helmet is 1.52 lbs. The CHP accepts it as being "safety approved." It meets or exceeds the DOT requirements.

Don't know which one you got but, this is their half helmet, it is 2.85lbs
https://www.denniskirk.com/3305532M.sku?utm_source=pricegrabber&utm_medium=cse

and I thought they were talking full face....not sure now... Sad

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Re: Recommendation for light helmet for my wify...
Reply #16 - 09/20/13 at 20:06:48

old_rider wrote on 09/15/13 at 22:16:27:

Paladin. wrote on 09/15/13 at 07:49:37:

old_rider wrote on 09/14/13 at 20:24:39:

Your average new style helmet is 3-4 lbs... If she can't take 3 lbs on her head putting a downpressure on her neck then you are not going to get her on a bike.

Even the lightest of the light are about 2.75 lbs, anything less than that isn't safety approved.

My Daytona half helmet is 1.52 lbs. The CHP accepts it as being "safety approved." It meets or exceeds the DOT requirements.

Don't know which one you got but, this is their half helmet, it is 2.85lbs
https://www.denniskirk.com/3305532M.sku?utm_source=pricegrabber&utm_medium=cse

and I thought they were talking full face....not sure now... Sad

Which is why I use primary sources, for a Daytona Helmet : http://www.daytonahelmets.com/page_4297_69/d.o.t.-daytona-skull-cap-wo-visor-... and http://www.daytonahelmets.com/page_1458_66/d.o.t.-daytona-skull-cap-wo-visor-...

I weighed my helmet and it is close to the claimed 1.54 pounds. Dennis Kirk has some problems. They sent me a windscreen for my scooter that could not fit in the box -- so they folded it in half.

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Reply #19 - 09/21/13 at 23:14:17

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/21/13 at 08:39:35:

They sent me a windscreen for my scooter that could not fit in the box -- so they folded it in half.

OOOkay,, someone was havin aREAL bad day.. Dang, Paladin,, thats just Insane!

No, it is a thing about selling an product you don't have in stock and keeping the customer's money for four months. See images.

I got the helmet from Dennis Kirk via eBay, best price. The tracking info said it was delivered, I never got it. Dennis Kirk sent a second. You win some, lose some, some are rained out. I will still deal with them -- they have a brick and mortar and have to be honest since anyone can make a Molotov Cocktail.

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Reply #20 - 09/21/13 at 23:45:48

old_rider wrote on 09/21/13 at 10:26:24:

Yeah I went to the Daytona site but couldn't find the weight there ....

Dayton Helmet's site, click on [Dimensions]. The $150 Carbon Fiber helmet is only 0.04 pounds heavier than the $56 helmet I bought.
I hate helmets, but this one is the light, not too expensive, and the curve does not try to lift the helmet at speed.

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Reply #21 - 09/22/13 at 00:29:25

Paladin. wrote on 09/21/13 at 23:45:48:

old_rider wrote on 09/21/13 at 10:26:24:

Yeah I went to the Daytona site but couldn't find the weight there ....

Dayton Helmet's site, click on [Dimensions]. The $150 Carbon Fiber helmet is only 0.04 pounds heavier than the $56 helmet I bought.
I hate helmets, but this one is the light, not too expensive, and the curve does not try to lift the helmet at speed.

Yup, there it is, thanks.... i'm sure the OP will like to see those figures, they have XS too! my wife is now wanting to find a dealer that carries those helmets, me too! I have a herniated C5 and the heavier helmets make my neck crack after about ten minutes of leaning forward, LOL, if I have my mouth open you can actually hear it POP!

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