Crash Helmets again

[roofer]

Originally Posted by nigelk

Roofer, what about open face ones ?

Sorry can't help you.

[Burty]

just give Adam a call at K4+ 01983 528820

[Matt]

Roof do some interesting looking helmets, not sure about what colours are available though.

My only criticism of the one I've got (daytona, I think) would be
a) The vents are very flimsy, break off easily
b) The visor screws rust in in no time.

Nevertheless, pretty good value for money and in the right colour from stock with Adam. They're designed for fairly round heads, but come with a couple of bits of removable padding for egg heads like me.

[OCRDA]

Originally Posted by Burty

Right o, so who wants one then??

ME
JBD

Me as well

[SeaPee]

I still think that its a lot of money. After all the takachi ones are considered safe for motorbikes and have the necessary kite marks etc for ski racing but are just the wrong colour. In any case there are infinite shades of red and orange so who decides what "flame orange" is and when does the shade of orange become red?
My son has just learnt to ski on a racing ski and later this coming season hoped to enter some club races (that here at Hunstanton, I believe, are run under regional rules) and perhaps later in the season, or the follwing season, maybe the odd National. But this new ruling could well put me off if I have to buy such expensive helmets that I may only use a couple of times if my son decides he is not good enough etc.

[OCRDA]

Are these takachi ones made in GRP ? (seems too cheap) more likely to be polycarbonate in which case they cannot be painted !!

Bob

[Matt]

This guy is a graphic artist - reckons he can spray polycarbonate lids and even names the paint brand he uses:
http://www.davidhumphrey.co.uk/helmets.html

If there's a group of you, I believe some manfr's will do a special run in the right colour, think "DAVE" organised something once before, perhaps he will see this thread and provide details

I also notice the orange open face roof helmet in my previous post is only 125 quid.

[DAVE]

Matt, you're right. A few years ago, half a dozen of us put an order in to Simpson and had Bandit helmets made in orange. They were great, albeit a bit weighty. Sadly Simpson wont do that anymore. Bob and me had new helmets for 06 from Demon Tweeks and he sprayed them a nice bright orange himself. Made a nice job too.
Obviously in open boat racing, a helmet is the single area not to be tight with your budget. (having benefitted from that decision a couple of times) .

[Bazza]

Can we get clarification that the Bell and Peltor meet the new requirements for Water Ski racing as i have Peltor intercoms in my existing Takachi helmets,and power pack, therefore i dont mind the Peltor route as i can use the power pack for the new integral headsets. Its still a lot of money (and in my humble opinion a knee jerk reaction), but i certainly aint going down the respray option. There are going to be a lot of unhappy Bernico spiderman helmet owners!!!! arnt there.

[MIKE HUNT]

the peltor or the stilo helmets comply as they are being used in p1

[fastun]

[QUOTE=SeaPee;100396]
My son has just learnt to ski on a racing ski and later this coming season hoped to enter some club races (that here at Hunstanton, I believe, are run under regional rules) QUOTE]

They do run under national races and as there are sometimes 13 boats +, my guess is they will be running the national rules for the clubs too.

[Dangerous]

There are diffrent rules for Club racing, but i think helmet requirments will be written in across the board.

[nigelk]

Re the 'sticker' option - How much of the helmet has to be 'Flame Orange' ?

Is the manufacturers approval required for stickering ?

Anyone know ?

[MIKE HUNT]

any stickers or paintwoork done will have to have the manufactures permission in writing that it is ok to sticker or paint the helmet and of course meet the relavant regulations,anyone looking at the peltor or stilo realy ought to try them on before buying ! and as far as my home work has been done you can buy the leads to interconnect between peltor and stilo and the best people to speak to are PRIMA MOTORSPORT IN POOLE ON 01202 661034 they also do some realy nice stainless steal rachet straps and made to measure slings for lifting the boat,realy nice helpful people mark or tessa!

[gar163y]

www.gprdirect.com Sparco Offshore (open face) £360 / Sparco Offshore (full face) £392 / Stilo (open) £370 / Stilo (full) £357. www.demon-tweeks.co.uk Sparco Offshore (open) £345 / (full) £435. All helmets are orange and include intercom headsets. All prices are plus VAT and delivery.

[Wacky Racer]

These Shoei helmets seem ok for the money if you want full face

Shoei TZ-R Pure Orange Helmet

http://www.shoei-helmets.com/road/he...=4&ddlColor=58

[Wacky Racer]

Roof Diversion on E-Bay £179-99 Item number 330079259240

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Roof-Motorcycl...QQcmdZViewItem

[JamesM]

Originally Posted by gar163y

www.demon-tweeks.co.uk

Demon Tweeks are feckin useless.

[Matt]

I used to call em Demon Thieves

[JamesM]

They caused me to crash my feckin car cus I was so pissed off with them getting my order wrong for the third time in a row!!! That was the friday before xmas and I've still not got my goods or my money back.