German Helmets Revisited

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May 7, 2009 | 12:00 PM

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jjarbou

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I bought mine off of ebay, but the seller was www.jafrum.com, I got the chrome DOT approved helmet for $25 + shipping about 2 years ago, now it's going for about $50 + shipping and they don't sell their products on ebay anymore!

May 7, 2009 | 12:02 PM

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papadop88

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rockerheadsteve

I tried one on one time and I looked like that dude playing Darth Vader on the space ***** movie.

+1 If you get a german DOT helmet, you'll look like Dark Helmet in Spaceballs...

Now the novelty germans look good. Try Voss helmets, ACC, or Daytona for starters.

May 7, 2009 | 12:11 PM

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BULLDOG88

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From: Dixie

I wonder what kind of buffeting that would have.

May 7, 2009 | 12:13 PM

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BULLDOG88

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From: Dixie

BTW the helmets are styled after the Belgian, not German.
That's right... the land of J.C. VanDamme!

May 7, 2009 | 12:38 PM

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FastHoss

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From: Green Country,Oklahoma

I would never wear that kind of stuff out of respect for all of our vets that gave so much in that war.

May 7, 2009 | 12:41 PM

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GB_FXST

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DynaMightBuzz

I don't think I can get away with wearing a German style helmet. I have a jewish family who lives across the street and they're already a little on the paranoid side. lol

You can always tell them that it is an authentic WWII helmet taken from a dead German soldier.

I do believe that that is in fact the origin of the tradition of wearing a German WWII helmet.

May 7, 2009 | 04:06 PM

#27

jjarbou

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The novelty helmets are not DOT approved, I got pulled over once in Royal Oak MI. and the police officer asked me to take my helmet off and he checked to see if I had all of the warning labels and the DOT sticker on my helmet. I met two other guys that same night at bike night in downtown Royal Oak that got tickets for having a fake stickers on their helmets and no warning labels inside the helmets.

May 7, 2009 | 07:02 PM

#28

rockerheadsteve

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Quote:

Originally Posted by papadop88

+1 If you get a german DOT helmet, you'll look like Dark Helmet in Spaceballs...

Now the novelty germans look good. Try Voss helmets, ACC, or Daytona for starters.

Yeah their I am. Some of the half helmets make me look like Gazoo, from the Flintstones. lol

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May 7, 2009 | 08:48 PM

#29

frogg

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rockerheadsteve

I tried one on one time and I looked like that dude playing Darth Vader on the space ***** movie.

Now that's funny!

May 22, 2009 | 11:23 AM

#30

nocages4me

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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia

So with those helmets how bad is the wind. I was thinking of getting one since it is wider and flares out compared to my beanie. I run with my short windshield on my RG and can't hear myself think because of the wind with the beanie is so bad. Does anyone have experience using one with a short or no windshield? If so does it stop the wind whining at highway speeds?

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