Helmet Replacement - Do I need to?

Originally Posted by Draper

surely this doesn't tell you anything about what happens to your head inside the actual lid

Of course it doesn't, and that wasn't what I said, what I did say was:

Originally Posted by Carlos

but decided to see how much stick it would take before splitting.

Was never meant as a scientific experiment or as proof that it'd save your head in a spill. I was reassured helmets do their job becuase it had earlier saved my life when I hit the tarmac at speed and walked away with just bruises to my ribs (made worse by the fact I broke my wrist out on the Stella that night). It was just one of those things I was curious about and wasn't going to smash up a perfectly good helmet.

ahhh yeah sorry mate wasn't being gobby , i too would be intrigued to find my lids breaking point. But for now i'll be happy that i dont need to

Just another piece of pro-Arai propaganda - I dropped my helmet from about 7 feet high onto lino. I was going to bin it but at the bike shop they told me to send it to Arai instead. They checked the helmet for free gave it a clean bill of health and got themselves a customer for life.

It depends how hard the lid it the deck, if it just touched down as you slid along and scraped the paint a tiny bit, it's OK. If it hit the deck and bounced replace it. It's a budget lid, for what it costs to replace better safe than sorry.