crash and a good Helmet

[Popeye the Sailor]

I don't see why doing a quick head check would be his fault and causing the crash. He may have been following too close,
but aren't we all guilty of that to some extent.

Just because we all do it doesn't make it okay. If he was following so close that during a quick head check a car stopping (no matter how fast) caused him to run into said car, then he was *way* too close. While I hope the rider is ok, I would blame the rider for the accident in this case.

[NuTTs]

After a face fall after a short flight on my Arai RX7 (US Market lid) I shall not buy another brand lid.. well worth the money and I have an Arai shaped head.

Thank you for helping the rider, thank you to the people who helped me recently. It is nice knowing you´re not alone in a shitty situation like that.

[zvezdah1]

An exc. article by Motorcyclist magazine came out a few years ago, and surprising with the exhaustive testing, survival with some of the cheaper helmets was actually better, it seemed the plastic helmets disintegrated more in a crash and absorbed/dissipated the energy much like modern race car design,

any rate an exc article worth the read:

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/gearbox/motorcycle_helmet_review/index.html

That said tho, I did just buy a shark foggy commemorative helmet!

Chris

[squidwood]

Thanks for the comments guys,I'll see if I can find out how the Beemer rider is doing.
How about getting the helmet/shop list started not only for us here in the USA ,but for all riders globally?
Would that need its own thread?
Names of shops and addresses/tel numbers would be good.