craft helmets

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

I have an old Craft VR7. I liked the design but wasn't a fan of it in use.

I felt the chin bar was a little to high. Noise reduction was good. But the visor would often flip up above particular speeds.

I keep it now for pillions, but might give it another go tomorrow just to remind myself of what it was like.

Apparently they changed their design... de-aids it and let me try

Need to find a stockist so I can try one

well ive got one and yes its nosie as , but who cares it scares the **** out of cage drivers especially at lights
good vision , good build quality, easy visor changing if required, comfy

hear plugs essential, most dont have d ring fasteners

glad i bought mine but its really just a summer lid

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by davepreston

glad i bought mine but its really just a summer lid

Which considering you are just a summer rider, fits perfectly with your needs

And I'm sure that YOU would find that an open faced lid would be even better for the cagers at the lights :P

Hehe

[yorkie_chris]

Craft lids are legal it's the old simpson lids that didn't conform as they were meant for use in cars AFAIK.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Which considering you are just a summer rider, fits perfectly with your needs

And I'm sure that YOU would find that an open faced lid would be even better for the cagers at the lights :P

Hehe

1 pint fine added to your already large fine card

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Craft lids are legal it's the old simpson lids that didn't conform as they were meant for use in cars AFAIK.

and some of the Bell's as the US ones are for rally cars and Italians are motorcycle

I would seriously take the mickey with a custom spray job. Darth Vader anyone?

Fit a new reg/rec, preferably a CBR one... it's always the reg/rec

Originally Posted by Holdup

This is only what i was told about 5 months ago (not 100% sure on truth of it) but...

"Meets ECE R 22-05 safety standards"

And that means it isnt tested to European standards and you cant use it on the road

Like i say only what i was told quite some time ago so i would do a bit more digging

***Unless im thinking of another make***

My arai is ECE22.05 and has an ACU gold sticker on the back ..

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Craft lids are legal it's the old simpson lids that didn't conform as they were meant for use in cars AFAIK.

There was a technicality in the writing of the helmet law which allowed the wearing of Simpson helmets. Basically as we in the UK had our own British Standards Institute kitemark as our helmet standard that meant any visiting riders from abroad would be breaking the law if they used their own helmets when visiting Britain, so we allowed the use of a helmet that "equalled or surpassed BS whateveritwas" - unfortunately for the people who wrote the law they didn't limit this sidestep of the law to just riders visiting from abroad, they left it open to all helmet users in this country. As Simpson helmets passed Snell Foundation standards they were deemed in one noteable and precedent setting court case as safer than a BS tested helmet and so were ok for road use in Britain.

I had a long and protracted 'discussion' with a copper at Chelsea Bridge in my youth, when I turned up there on my tricked up JPS 350LC with a custom painted Simpson RX1 Bandit. Needless to say I rode home with a HORT2 producer after having 5 or 6 traffic cops crawling all over my bike trying to find a fault they could nick me for... and failing, but I didn't get nicked for the helmet.

Me on the bike and the helmet before I got it painted to match:




Yes those are Astralite wheels, just don't ask how much they cost me at the time.

all i know is preston has one and it makes him look like a big gay stormtrooper