show us your lid

davemc180 · 04-11-2011 2:46pm #1

was going to put the title as show us your helmet but that was asking for the piss to be taking :P

ok so heres a pic off my new 1 just paid for today so will get proper pics up when it arrives, very happy with it though
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lets see yours

Idleater · 04-11-2011 5:03pm

I've had one of these xr1000's for the past 6 years.

Was considering updating it to something like

davemc180 · 04-11-2011 5:52pm

nice lids, iv never owned a shoei how do you find them comfortwise??

a friend of mine has a lovely arai chaser helmet but , we swapped for a day and he took my old agv, and i have to say i found it very hard on the inside adter an hour or so driving, for the price tag i expected alot more

Fr Dougal · 04-11-2011 8:54pm

Here's one of mine

Please Kill Me · 04-11-2011 9:05pm

I have a few...

KBC RR Force Speed Demon

Shark RSR Chris Walker replica (no pics)

Shark S500 Esprit Air

HJC IS-16

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HJC R-PHA10 (Ben Spies replica)

BrokenArrows · 04-11-2011 9:27pm

£50 can't go wrong. Could possibly be a little more windproof around the visor edge.

DaveD · 04-11-2011 9:44pm

Have an Arai RX7 Corsair in plain black.

Bought this Tuesday and just arrived today! RX7-GP

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Please Kill Me · 04-11-2011 9:50pm

DaveD wrote: »

Bought this Tuesday and just arrived today! RX7-GP

I like them RX7's. Mad money though. Did ya get it in Crossans? They do a good fitting service up there.

DaveD · 04-11-2011 11:18pm

Please Kill Me wrote: »

I like them RX7's. Mad money though. Did ya get it in Crossans? They do a good fitting service up there.

Nope, found a place in the UK having a sale.

davemc180 · 04-11-2011 11:22pm

DaveD wrote: »

Nope, found a place in the UK having a sale.

really nice lid

can i ask you how do you rate them comfort wise on say 1+ driving??

cheers

Henry Ford III · 04-11-2011 11:23pm

Caberg Konda in white. Stormtrooper look!

davemc180 · 04-11-2011 11:55pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Caberg Konda in white. Stormtrooper look!

have never seen 1, really nice, and yes i can see the storm trooper appeal lol..

maybe insulting q, and no insult by my q, is that what sells them??

any info??

cheers

davemc180 · 04-11-2011 11:56pm

DaveD wrote: »

Nope, found a place in the UK having a sale.

link:cool:

AgileMyth · 05-11-2011 12:09am

It certainly gets me noticed!

KTRIC · 05-11-2011 12:12am

Thats mine, a Schuberth C3 Carbon, lightest flip face on the market.

Please Kill Me · 05-11-2011 10:02am

AgileMyth wrote: »

It certainly gets me noticed!

F**king drooooool!!

05-11-2011 10:18am

Got one of these a few weeks ago, a shoei qwest:

muller25 · 05-11-2011 11:41am

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gipi · 05-11-2011 4:09pm

KTRIC - how does the C3 Carbon compare in weight with the regular C3 (which I have)?

Nice lids folks - me likey the Rossi Dream Time!

DaveD · 05-11-2011 8:44pm

davemc180 wrote: »

really nice lid

can i ask you how do you rate them comfort wise on say 1+ driving??

cheers

Most comfortable helmet i've ever had. Won't wear anything else tbh. They're a but noisy, but i always wear earplugs.

davemc180 wrote: »

link:cool:

http://lidsdirect.co.uk/Arai-RX-7-GP-Speed-Blue

positron · 07-11-2011 11:31am

Nitro Aikido, the cheapest 5 * rated helmet! It's a bit funky looking, but it's very comfortable, and well, just €135.

KamiKazi · 07-11-2011 11:52am

Had a Shark RSR2

Wrecked it in an off so bought a Shark S900

JohnnyCrash · 07-11-2011 12:21pm

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Heres mine S900 Fost,glows in the dark too

RosieJoe · 07-11-2011 1:03pm

Snap

Idleater wrote: »

Henry Ford III · 07-11-2011 9:14pm

davemc180 wrote: »

have never seen 1, really nice, and yes i can see the storm trooper appeal lol..

maybe insulting q, and no insult by my q, is that what sells them??

any info??

cheers

No insult taken at all. I liked the look and figured white would be visible and safer perhaps?

I checked the proper reviews, and found this:-

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/testsratings/caberg-konda

I then went shopping and bought on ebay from Nick Noble (fast and efficient) but have a look here for various sellers......

Paparazzo · 07-11-2011 9:17pm

On my second Nolan flip up.

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My next lid will be the newer version.

Steffano2002 · 07-11-2011 9:52pm

I'm a SHARK fanboy and I LOOOOOOOOVE the RSR2 helmet!

Flesh Gorden · 07-11-2011 10:34pm

Don't own this, but I'm wondering if the likes of these replica helmets are only for show, or could they be used and relied on

If I ever get around to getting a bike it's the one I would go for, always been a Senna fan

Might hold off on getting a CBR in Marlboro McLaren DayGlo Orange, but it would suit the helmet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170723349611

It's a guy in Argentina whose selling them, I'd say customs would have a field day with VAT and Duty

KamiKazi · 08-11-2011 8:21am

Just get a new helmet and get a painter to paint it in that style.

FiSe · 08-11-2011 8:27am

2nd, but:
This is a lid for car racing, but you can get one, just like that painted on motorcycle helmet and you can wear it every day no problem.
After all it's what's underneath the paint which saves your head and not that bling-bling on top.

BTW, I think I know this guy who painted that lid, it's done, mostly, with vinyls and he completely removed the inside of the lid before painting. Nice job on it, but I am still not quite convinced that this is the best way of how to paint lids when you have no official brand support behind you.

But to the topic, here's mine:

Hotblack Desiato · 12-11-2011 8:32pm

Here's mine. Shoei XR1000, a few years old now and not that far off replacement. Shoeis fit my head, Arais don't (both shapes!) and the XR is the best ventilated, lightest and quietest lid I've ever owned.

amacca · 12-11-2011 9:21pm

this ones my most recent...cousin and a friend have them in these colours too.

find it v.light and nice to look at from outside......but prefer my arais for slightly better field of vision (only very slight tho), not as noisy and the fact they take a pinlock......forced into using a stick on antifog thingy on the visor ..... looks the nuts tho imo

daenerysstormborn3 · 13-11-2011 10:46am

Paparazzo · 13-11-2011 6:27pm

amacca wrote: »

this ones my most recent...cousin and a friend have them in these colours too.

find it v.light and nice to look at from outside......but prefer my arais for slightly better field of vision (only very slight tho), not as noisy and the fact they take a pinlock......forced into using a stick on antifog thingy on the visor ..... looks the nuts tho imo

Class looking lid!

Please Kill Me · 13-11-2011 6:52pm

pixiebean22 wrote: »

Noice!! D'ya just have the one? I suppose you only have one head in fairness! LOL

daenerysstormborn3 · 13-11-2011 7:48pm

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Noice!! D'ya just have the one? I suppose you only have one head in fairness! LOL

Have another and getting this from Santa. The Guardian one is getting on in years now and definitely needs replacing but it's my favourite.

Himself asked Santa for this

Please Kill Me · 13-11-2011 7:53pm

pixiebean22 wrote: »

Have another and getting this from Santa. The Guardian one is getting on in years now and definitely needs replacing but it's my favourite.

Sorry, I can't make out the brand on the that one! PMSL!!! So I take it ye're Arai fans then??

daenerysstormborn3 · 13-11-2011 8:11pm

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Sorry, I can't make out the brand on the that one! PMSL!!! So I take it ye're Arai fans then??

Haha

Well my boyfriend has worn Arai for the best part of the 20 years he has been on bikes so I had no choice in the matter really. I had an Arai stuck on my head the first time I went pillion with him and that was that. I have tried other lids but nothing compares to Arai for us anyway.