New VS Used

buy new matey, decent protection doesnt cost the earth a bike mag survery once did a helmet test and my HJC AC-11 came second best out of lots of more expencive lids, infinaty motorcycles were selling them reduced from £199 to £99, ive had it for about 18months now and am still happy with it.

Buy new, you just can't be sure whats happened to it.

I've seen the way boxes get carefully put in the back of post vans, do you really trust a ebayer packaging??

I got a (new) cheap one to start off with while learning to ride and in case I dropped it or binned the bike, then after a bit I got myself a nice shiny new one.

I've repeatedly worn the same helmet after it's been dropped, minor offs, etc. but I wouldn't have a used one - for the hygiene though, rather than the protection aspect. Have worn a mates helmet when test riding his bike, and of course used the battered old DAS helmets and the like.

If you want a cheap one you can pick up a Takachi or something for £50 and they're a lot better than you'd expect.

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Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I think Arai's have to go back to Arai themselves for testing. It might take a few days. If theres a dealer near you thats an Arai stockist, pop in there and ask them about it.

I just took mine to my dealer, handed it over, got it back about 2 weeks later. I've no idea what was actually involved

Originally Posted by Scoobs

If there is cash to be had, people will lie.....simple as. I know someone who chucked their bike down the road. They did it all back up with bits from ebay and sold it as perfect. He is a complete d*ck head.

I don't see that being a problem if all the parts were replaced and it was as if it wasn't crashed.

Not that I would do it myself.