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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%
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Old 03-12-2009, 02:44 PM   #4
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it depends on the type of crash. if my head took the brunt of the impact then yes...get a new one. but like my crash in january my body hit first and then my head slid on the pavement and scuffed it up pretty good...but I use it now for work...and once i get a little extra cash i'll get a new one for my daily use
I agree, my last 2 crashes on the track my body took the brunt of the crashes and didnt realy hit my head, but if I do hit my head i will replace the helmet since i believe they are supposed to be one and done. As for the rest of my gear it would depend on how it fared in the crash.

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