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Originally Posted by eXploited (Post 7797575)

Sorry but my outlook on a helmet is "You can not put a price on your Cranium/Face/Skin etc... I want to spend whatever money on a helmet that will give me the best protection for what I am doing.. Same as firefighting.. I ride with a SHOEI RF-1000. I have seen too many of these $75-180 helmets crack completely in half upon impact on accidents on the road.

Please spend the money and get a great helmet.

SHOEI and ARAI are lightweight and offer a GREAT protection rating.

What about those studies that came out like 5 years ago that basically proved budget helmets basicall held up just as well as the higher end ones? Motorcyclist published it "Blowing the Lid off". Tried seraching it, seems like it's been removed. It casued quite the stir among manfactuers. They lost some advertisers and ended up firing someone, smh. Some screen shots:

Orginal
http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/29009325.png
Follow Up
http://www.triumph675.net/img024.jpg
http://www.triumph675.net/img025.jpg

Also if someone's helmet cracked in half, do you think any helmet would of saved them at that kind of impact? My current helmet is a AGV before that I had 2 Scorpion 700s.