What helmet - £100-£200?

Hi people, I'm after a new helmet. My HJC CL-ST has been with me for two years and had a few knocks, but got dropped by my mate straight onto concrete a few days ago, not impressed.

Anyway, I think my HJC is great but I'm after a bit of a upgrade under £200. My main worries is that I have nothing to compare it too. I did like the AGV S4 SV, but I've heard it's too noisy. Now, to them my HJC could be more noisy, I don't know. I can't gauge it, and obviously can't test ride any helmets myself for a quick 10 minute blast, unless anybody knows of anyone who will do it for a deposit.

Can anyone recommend me some helmets? I know it's the one that fits my head blah blah, but I just wanna make a short list and see if I like them before moving onto other helmets if I can't get a good fit.

Thanks

[JamesMio]

Originally Posted by Scythe92

I just wanna make a short list and see if I like them before moving onto other helmets if I can't get a good fit.

Thanks

Whether you like them or not is tucked sooo far back into second place of priorities it's not even worth considering, yet.

Go into your nearest good store which has a big range (Hein Gericke or J&S are as good a place as any to start) and try on every single sodding lid they've got.

Then, once you know exactly which one's fit your head the best - that's your shortlist!

Price, colours, designs, add-ons, comfort etc now all come into play.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AGV-GP-TECH-CO...#ht_1864wt_905

RRP is £500, i got one very nice fit, bargain price and number 3 in the MCN quite helmet test

Also very light and i don't think you will get a higher spec helmet for the price.

Originally Posted by JamesMio

Whether you like them or not is tucked sooo far back into second place of priorities it's not even worth considering, yet.

Go into your nearest good store which has a big range (Hein Gericke or J&S are as good a place as any to start) and try on every single sodding lid they've got.

Then, once you know exactly which one's fit your head the best - that's your shortlist!

Price, colours, designs, add-ons, comfort etc now all come into play.

That's true, I'm trying to get a look at my choice first before I have time off work to go to view them, probably this weekend. Just up for some pointers on certain models to avoid, etc

Originally Posted by Webber

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AGV-GP-TECH-CO...#ht_1864wt_905

RRP is £500, i got one very nice fit, bargain price and number 3 in the MCN quite helmet test

Also very light and i don't think you will get a higher spec helmet for the price.

My friend has got one of these, he paid about £400. I could probably ask him if I can try it on for a mile to see if I get on it with road noise etc, depends if his head is roughly the same size as mine, thanks! Ps, wonder why it's so cheap on ebay? Too paranoid for my own good at times haha

[dizzyblonde]

Shark S800 is within budget, comes with a very good safety rating too. I've had two now, one of them crashed and stopped my head hurting rather nicely, when it hit the floor hard....the lid looked perfect with a small scratch to show for damage, but it was craashed, so once hit you need another...so I bought another without hesitation

Has anyone used the p_rclothing ebay shop shown above? They have a lot of helmets cheap.. tempted to find one which fits in store and then buy it off these people.

I have the HJC ben Spies one and it's brilliant, simular fit to Arai, nice and cheap got mine for £237 with tinited and clear visor and a pinlock, you can get last years model very cheap.

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

I have the HJC ben Spies one and it's brilliant, simular fit to Arai, nice and cheap got mine for £237 with tinited and clear visor and a pinlock, you can get last years model very cheap.

I've seen it for £150 on clearance but need to try one on

Originally Posted by Scythe92

I've seen it for £150 on clearance but need to try one on

I would imagine that would be this one



As opposed to this one



This is mine -

Originally Posted by Scythe92

Has anyone used the p_rclothing ebay shop shown above? They have a lot of helmets cheap.. tempted to find one which fits in store and then buy it off these people.

Thats what i did, went to local store and tried the sizes on, they wanted £499 for it. Then went and got it online for £200, nothing wrong with them at all, very nice fit and they do different sizes of course