28-11-11, 06:41 PM
(16-11-11, 02:17 PM)crishner link Wrote: the sharp test is a bit misleading as a fiberglass nitro lid will stand up to the sharp test than a top shoei and the points of impact they use in the test is where most of the damage actualy happens not where the main impact in a crash would be be they test the sides where as the impact is normaly from the forehear across the crown and down the back
The SHARP test is misleading to say the least! It's nothing more than a government quango and has no real relevance on lid safety. The accident stats it's all based on are at best incomplete and inaccurate and at worst pure speculation.
A £50 POS plastic lid may get five stars right after it's rolled off the production line, but after a year of sitting on a dealer's shelves it may only score two, and after a few months of being outside in the sun, rain and pollution it wouldn't even reach bottom marks.
At the other end of the scale, you won't get a vastly superior lid by paying £500 for an Arai or shoei race-rep, as at least half of that money goes to pay for their gargantuan advertising costs rather than on the lid's development.
Fit is a major thing to bear in mind, you'll get far more protection from a well fitting £200 lid than you will from a badly fitting £400 lid.
Personally, for the money, I don't think you will find a better value lid than Reevu's MSX1 at the moment. £259 delivered (for the plain colours), same carbon/kevlar shell construction as the top of the range Jap lids, very comfy, very very quiet (quietest I've used in fact). Plus you get a working rear view mirror built into it (even if you never use this, it's still the best value lid on the market today).
If you want a flip-front, they will be launching one in the spring, so you won't have long to wait.
http://www.shinybikesyndrome.co.uk/cms/i...vu-helmets