Crash tested

shmike · 03-12-2009, 04:32 PM

I agree with the majority.

Helmet: If it takes an impact it gets replaced. If it gets scuffed from a minor lowside, I'll reuse it or downgrade it to mini-bike or street duty.

I bought a new lid last year after a lowside during practice. A rock scratched the lid and it lost a vent in the process. I replaced it because I wasn't sure it would pass tech at the next race. I was wrong. Now I have two race ready helmets.

Suit: Been down more times than Tater's wife at a swingers club. If a panel gets worn out or worn through, it gets fixed. If any of the Knox armor takes a serious impact, it gets replaced.

View Poll Results: What do you do with a helmet after a wreck?
Buy a new one, I don't trust it anymore	16	51.61%
Keep on riding with it as is, if it works once I trust it	1	3.23%
Get it "serviced" whatever that means.	0	0%
Buy a new one, helmets are cheaper than heads.	11	35.48%
I place my head in the cavernous depths of Tater's whore ex-wifes crotch. Pavement is safer.	3	9.68%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

03-12-2009, 04:32 PM	#8
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	I agree with the majority. Helmet: If it takes an impact it gets replaced. If it gets scuffed from a minor lowside, I'll reuse it or downgrade it to mini-bike or street duty. I bought a new lid last year after a lowside during practice. A rock scratched the lid and it lost a vent in the process. I replaced it because I wasn't sure it would pass tech at the next race. I was wrong. Now I have two race ready helmets. Suit: Been down more times than Tater's wife at a swingers club. If a panel gets worn out or worn through, it gets fixed. If any of the Knox armor takes a serious impact, it gets replaced.