passenger helmet sizing in article qk oi d i sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com writes in article mavenry altcit eskimo com maven mavenry altcit eskimo com norman hamer writes 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 if your primary concern is protecting the passenger in the event of a crash have him or her fitted for a helmet that is their size if your primary concern is complying with stupid helmet laws carry a real big spare you can put a big or small head in a big helmet but not in a small one while shopping for a passenger helmet i noticed that in many cases the external dimensions of the helmets were the same from s through xl the difference was the amount of inside padding my solution was to buy a large helmet and construct a removable liner from a sheet of closed cell foam and some satin glued to the inside surface the result is a reasonably snug fit on my smallest headed pillion with the liner in and a comfortable fit on my largest headed pillion with the liner out everyone else gets linered or not by best fit michael robinson uucp ucbvax cogsci robinson internet robinson cogsci berkeley edu
