[Ducati] "Breakaway" helmets

[Bruce Bellm]

Brad:

I'm glad you're still with us. Hope the rest of you is OK. What I was
getting at was breakaway bits, not so much stuff grinding off. This came up
because I've had a two helmets (same brand) were the vents fell off in
normal use. Someone suggested that they were not affixed as solidly as I
thought they should be because they were designed to breakaway. I had never
heard that and was looking for additional info. I am curious though about
your accident. What caused it?

bruce19
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To: "duc" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:15 AM
Subject: RE:[Ducati] "Breakaway" helmets


> Bruce
>
>   I had a 'getoff'  3 weeks ago that I'm still recovering from (slid 200
ft on pavement with a bike).
>   My helmet showed lots of 'roadrash' that ground off one of the upper
vents along with grinding down the visor and the AL pivot.  Side of my head
would have been hamburger.  Worked wonderfully protecting me. Can't say
enough about how all the safety equipment worked for me.
>
>   Brad
>   CT.
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