New Motor bike Helmet - where to get one in Dublin ?

Lids are much cheaper online from the UK.

megabikes in ballymount have a nice display.

Fireblade77 wrote: »

Flip helmets are not noisier , they have a smaller opening when closed, so are quieter, ie Shoei neo tech 2 are quieter than a sports helmet.

There's no doubt the majority of modular lids are noisier.

Del2005 wrote: »

You need to get your head measured correctly and try one on for a while to make sure that they fit correctly, you can't do that online and no saving is worth an incorrectly fitting lid. I've had Arai and Carberg with no issues Shark didn't suit my head.

Hence why you go into the shop, try it on, walk out and buy online. Even with budget lids the price difference is 50+.

Cotters are probably the best value and have a very good selection.
There's a reason megabucks are referred to as such.

IrishGrimReaper wrote: »

Bought a lid of SBS - was too small. Sent it back and they changed to a size up for me and posted it out with no issue. Cost me 20ish euro to post back

Pretty much all online shops will take them back if you don't remove the tags. Just means it takes longer but the return policy is so good I don't mind buying online without trying on. Just take your measurement and read reviews of how they fit other people sizewise and take a stab at it.

The white version of mine is €300 on SBS, it's €450 in bikeworld. The vias red which is the one I have is €430 on Louis and cost me €340 over 19 months ago on SBS.

I've said it here before but sign up for free PayPal returns.
You get 12 free returns a year up to €30 per return.
I'm after sending back 3 items by registered post in the last 2 weeks which would have cost me a total of €64.

dmigsy wrote: »

It's a tricky one. Trying on in-store with no intent to buy isn't cool. Neither is the Irish shops having ridiculous prices and poor service levels. Shops need to up their game and make it easier for people to support them.

I buy most of my stuff online now having had nothing but poor experiences buying bikes and gear from Irish shops.

I disagree but still that's not what I do. I go in, try on and once I'm happy I'll always give them the option to price match. If they don't, I walk away. There's nothing uncool about that. And I'd expect the exact price I find online or I go elsewhere, have had cheeky price matches where they offer to knock 20 off but are still 20 over the online price. I don't just apply this to motorbike gear, I can't understand why anyone would try and keep a rip off merchant in business, if they want to stay in business they should price accordingly.

IrishGrimReaper wrote: »

Bought a lid of SBS - was too small. Sent it back and they changed to a size up for me and posted it out with no issue. Cost me 20ish euro to post back

Pretty much all online shops will take them back if you don't remove the tags. Just means it takes longer but the return policy is so good I don't mind buying online without trying on. Just take your measurement and read reviews of how they fit other people sizewise and take a stab at it.

The white version of mine is €300 on SBS, it's €450 in bikeworld. The vias red which is the one I have is €430 on Louis and cost me €340 over 19 months ago on SBS.

This sums it up pretty well, I remember that even the white version of my first lid was 50 more in bike world compared to the colourway I got online.

Del2005 wrote: »

How do you expect a company paying Irish wages, insurance, rates, tax to match a company paying none of them?

If you want to pay over the odds, that's your perogative. But I'd rather my money was in my pocket than theirs.

Totally unreasonable to expect a shop to price match some guy operating online out of his bedroom with zero overheads and probably not paying tax.

And yes we have "luxury" rate VAT on helmets despite their being a legal requirement, zero rate in the UK as they were zero rated there when they joined the EEC.

Even so, I've found the usual UK online outlets to be not very price competitive.

zubair wrote: »

I disagree but still that's not what I do. I go in, try on and once I'm happy I'll always give them the option to price match. If they don't, I walk away. There's nothing uncool about that. And I'd expect the exact price I find online or I go elsewhere, have had cheeky price matches where they offer to knock 20 off but are still 20 over the online price. I don't just apply this to motorbike gear, I can't understand why anyone would try and keep a rip off merchant in business, if they want to stay in business they should price accordingly.



This sums it up pretty well, I remember that even the white version of my first lid was 50 more in bike world compared to the colourway I got online.

Zubair. That's a pretty scummy thing to do in fairness. Irish helmets have a 21% vat rate on them because the government believes them to be a luxury item same for jackets and gloves.

You expecting them to exactly match a shop that's not in this country that doesn't have the luxury goods tax applied. I'd feck you out the door frankly. It's an absolutely bizarre stance to take and cheeky to boot having handled the goods to make sure you like the quality and stuck your head in the make sure it fits.

You are positively oozing smugness.

I buy plenty of stuff online and I take the risk stuff doesn't fit me of it arrives.but that's my risk to take I wouldn't be so smug as to do what you are up to.

You offer to let them price match, knowing they can't, and make full use of their service for free. Classy attitude.

zubair wrote: »

I disagree but still that's not what I do. I go in, try on and once I'm happy I'll always give them the option to price match. If they don't, I walk away. There's nothing uncool about that. And I'd expect the exact price I find online or I go elsewhere, have had cheeky price matches where they offer to knock 20 off but are still 20 over the online price. I don't just apply this to motorbike gear, I can't understand why anyone would try and keep a rip off merchant in business, if they want to stay in business they should price accordingly. .

Not only is it not 'uncool', it's ignorant.

It's ignorant of the costs of doing business in this (small) country.
It's ignorant of the (modest) number of jobs the local place create and maintain.
It's ignorant of the difference between some warehouse on an industrial estate with no customer-facing operation versus a business you have the luxury of being able to walk into in the first place.
It's ignorant of the costs of property (rent or mortgage), insurance, wages, administration.
It's ignorant of the definition of 'rip-off merchant' (your words).

How about this: why should the shop allow you to try it on at all ? Or, better still, would you pay a fee in order to try it on ? If not, sling your hook and t'internet is over there: along with the return postage and restocking fees that go with it.

I've been there myself in the last week. Bought an expensive branded item (made in the US) from a UK company. I could not get it to it (safely, properly). Contacted the shop, they confirmed it was the right one list for the bike. Contacted the factory in the US, and they said the same. So I took pictures and video and sent it to the factory, and then they admitted it did fit - but now with modifications to the brake system. New bike, no way José. The UK shop will take it back, but charge 20% restocking - even though the part doesn't fit as advertised, and the mfr now admits that. So rather than give them the benefit of my 20% and the costs of posting it to them, I stuck it on eBay and gave another biker the benefit of that 20% - PLUS €18 postage to the UK. So in that case t'internet was lose/lose proposition for me.

I wonder what your attitude would be to someone doing the same to the business you work in/for ?

McCallens in N.I. have not dissimilar experience with visitors like yourself, and no longer give carte blanche test rides due to the number of tyre kickers from RoI.

Duffys M50 inside the last week said test rides were not a problem - at a cost of €30/head. Not unreasonable if someone is letting you out the road on a €20k+ machine imho.

Me, I bought my last lid in Cotters. Went there on one of their Open Days when Shark had their fitting truck there. There was a promotion on the day, and a professional fitter to adjust it and fit the pinlock too. Paid less than online. A couple of months later had an issue with the visor mechanism and the pinlock and Cotters sent it off to to Shark. Shark issued me with a brand new helmet f.o.c. and Cotters had collected my old without cost to me either.

You see, there's a difference between 'price' and 'value'. Everyone can tell you the Price of something, but not everyone, the Value. This, it appears to me, is where you are.

Dohvolle wrote: »

The magic faries deliver them in a crate, which is designed to manage the knocks and bumps of transport. They are packaged usually in light cardboard boxes, for display purposes. This box is not designed for transport. Some dealers will put your helmet box inside another box, which has styrobeads, or shreaded paper, to take the shock.
Bit late finding out your seller didn't do that after you forked out a weeks wages, and you have to pay to send it back and they say how do we know you didnt do that when you got it etc...

Think ya might need to look into online selling laws bud.
With many mates and family members in warehouse, haulage and deliveries I can promise you not all of them are shipped in wooden crates

emo72 wrote: »

"Rip off merchant". I don't know how anyone runs a retail business in ireland. The amount of overheads and compulsory costs and insurances would scare you ****less. Even waste disposal is expensive, and electricity. It's madness. And God help you trying to make a bit of profit to cover the overheads. You'll be labeled a rip off merchant. It's not really fair.

I'd never label them rip off merchants on lids, simple fact is we charge vat on them where as the likes of Germany don't. Of course they have to cover costs and make a profit, but with the way modern consumers shop especially with ease of ordering and receiving in a week or less for far less the competition is too strong for most.

Skill Magill wrote: »

Goddamn I didn't know that and its free too!!

Just signed up for it on my paypal account

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Cheers dude

Yep, here's the last one I did last week.
Takes some of the risk away from ordering online.

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Ah the good aul helmet debate is alive n kicking..
Dont buy online,this shop is sh!t,that brand is crap.
This sort of thread never gets old........:pac:

So what’s your opinion?

Japcati2020 wrote: »

I buy a helmet I like,and that fits correctly,or get it custom fitted to suit.
I check out the various types of tints for the visor available,and buy them.
I put the helmet on my head,and I go off biking.
Simples......

Fair enough.

galwaytt wrote: »

That's fine, I'd be all for saving the €100/€150 too: but you can't expect the local shop to facilitate you giving the business to someone else.

I buy stuff online all the time, and I'm even looking at a car atmo - but I honestly won't go into the local dealer to test drive his because he has a demo car available, when I'm honestly not going to buy (his).

I've never tried anything bike gear related on in a shop
I measure my head to manufacturer spec and look to what shape it suits and read reviews. Couldn't be a$sed going into try on helmets to then go home and order it

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Anyway some shops are now "by appointment only".
You cant just rock up and walk in.
Crossans are operating that way for the moment.

All shops.


It's level 5.

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Eh not at all.
You can just walk in to a bike shop (with facemask) in Dublin and look around.
Did it earlier on in 3 of them

Should be closed sans the service or parts department.

Japcati2020 wrote: »

I was getting service parts.
Ah here listen,stop your complaining and go off on your bike somewhere for a spin instead.
Might do ya some good,instead of being on here complaining......lol.

Errr no one was questioning why you were there ya pleb. Just saying the shops should have been closed under the restrictions.
.I suggest you chill out no one including me cares where you go or why . Vrroom vrrroom