[Ducati] bee in the bonnet (is my helmet still okay after a smallmishap?)

[cedwards105]

You also had no mass inside the helmet (your head) to compress the inner 
lining from the inside. Also your helmet probably didn't fall off the seat 
until the bike was over at 45 degrees, so it probably only fell a couple of 
feet, tops.

I whack my head on overhead tree limbs all the time while dirt riding, feels 
like someone hit me with a baseball bat. I'd have to replace my helmet 
everytime I rode if I was that worried.

IMO it's fine.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <atlstjohn at yahoo.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] bee in the bonnet (is my helmet still okay after a 
smallmishap?)


>>> Is a helmet safe
>
> I think Arai and Shoei both offer testing programs.  You'll get answers on 
> both sides.  My answer is that Snell helmets have such tough shells that I 
> don't think a fall from that height would be enough to damage the 
> polystyrene inside (either split it or compress it.)  That's the real 
> question you're trying to answer--is the bit you can't see damaged.  You 
> can inspect the shell yourself and see if it's cracked.
>
> The Sport Rider review was eye-opening.  Their conclusion was that the 
> Snell rating was trying to protect you from impacts that were too great in 
> the real world, at the expense of the more moderate, survivable impacts 
> you were likely to encounter.  Or something to that effect.
>
> --Jeff
>
>
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