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Originally Posted by dirtsk8
Yeah, I hear you, but is a £30 lid really so bad when it normally retails at £80 and has passed the quality assessments? It has the gold badge on the rear and a kitemark. That's got to count for something.
Plus the lid I'm replacing (as previously stated) is a 10 year old Shark Fs600 that only ever cost £90 in 1999. Surely new HJC will offer more protection than the old Shark in a spill.
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Trying to be as optimistic as possible: I know someone who's crahsed badly in a '£50 rrp' lid (nitro) and it saved him, only downside was it split in two which they shouldn't but who cares it saved him. My mates crashed in the lid you've just bought before and he was ok was only a 20mph one but still managed to grindaway a lot of the chin piece. Every crash is different so it's impossible to predict anyway. A 200mph slide designed arai may not save you from a 20mph sideways impact a cheap hjc would no point trying to read into it too much. Only thing you can do is keep an eye on the linings and make sure they fit properly after a few weeks,month years if it get's too loose it'll just snap your neck in a crash.
being pessimistic: don't crash.