re observation re helmets maven mavenry altcit eskimo com norman hamer writes grf dropped my shoei rf off the seat of my bike while trying to rock it onto it s centerstand chipped the heck out of the paint on it so i cheerfully spent on a bottle of testor s model paint and repainted the scratches and chips for minutes the question for the day is re passenger helmets if you don t know for certain who s gonna ride with you like say you meet them at a church meeting yeah that s the ticket what are some guidelines should i just pick up another shoei in my size to have a backup helmet xl or should i maybe get an inexpensive one of a smaller size to accomodate my likely passenger do i have to be the one to say it don t be so stupid as to leave your helmet on the seat where it can fall down and go boom that kind of fall is what the helmet is designed to protect against if you fall with the helmet on and you hit the same spot the helmet landed on during the drop the helmet may not protect your head as well as it was intended to do conservative rec moto ers will recommend that you replace the helmet if you want to be sure that it will protect you adequately you should helmets go on the ground on a table on a chair on a shelf or on any other surface that is large enough to support them so that they will not easily be knocked down jeezus my new shoei would be to replace you think i m going to leave it to chance cripe later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
