Another option besides Head Trip Helmets?
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I really like the Head Trip helmets but at $190 a piece, am just wondering if anyone has found something very similar that isn't so pricey. I like how low profile they are. Just checking before I drop that kind of cash on one. Yeah, I know, my head should be worth it. I've been riding in a Fulmer half for the past three years but coming home from our latest road trip it drove me nuts. The padding has settled or something and it kept riding back on my head and cutting into my forehead so it's time for something else and I still want a DOT helmet. Thanks for any input.
If you don't want the protection a DOT helmet offers why bother wearing anything on your head?
IMO if you want a good helmet look at Arai or Shoei.
DOT has the lowest safety requirements of any helmet standard and offers substantially less protection than say a Snell or ECE rated helmet. If a helmet like head trip can't even pass very basic DOT tests like impact absorption or the strap not breaking it is not a helmet, it's a hat even though it may look like a helmet.
Although carbon fiber is very strong and light, it has poor material properties for use in a helmet shell. Namely it is very rigid and tends to shatter like glass when overloaded. A helmet shell needs to deform slightly under impact to absorb energy from the initial impact and spread the energy throughout the shell - but not break. All high end helmets like Shark, Arai and Shoei use a composite material which is usually a blend of Kevlar and other fibres which is more suitable for helmet use. It is the flexiable shell issue that caused Snell to rethink the Snell M2005 standard and update it to M2010 - which encourages a more impact absorbing, softer helmet shell similar to the ECE 22.05 standard.
See the helmet section on www.webbikeworld.com for lots of helmet fitment and other info as well as reviews.
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcyc...le-helmets.htm
DOT test of head trip http://nhthqnwws111.odi.nhtsa.dot.go...40109-2008.pdf
Last edited by fat_tony; Apr 18, 2011 at 04:22 AM.
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I'll be danged: they actually show a picture of a guy WEARING one and hanged if it don't look like a nov lid. Nice and I want one.
Oddly tho, the one on the mannequin head looks like the usual mushroom - you'd think with all the bragging about fit they'd use the right head to display the flame job.
Oddly tho, the one on the mannequin head looks like the usual mushroom - you'd think with all the bragging about fit they'd use the right head to display the flame job.
The photos with the mannequin that show shroomage are the newer "DOT approved" models.
All new for 2011
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Because my non-dot head trip helmet keeps the sun/cold off and offers more protection that a doo rag while doing it, just like my .38 and .380 might not match a .44, but they're handy and, unlike the .44, I'm actually willing to carry them.
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Like "if you don't want to carry a 6" .44 magnum like Dirty Harry, why bother with a gun?"
Because my non-dot head trip helmet keeps the sun/cold off and offers more protection that a doo rag while doing it, just like my .38 and .380 might not match a .44, but they're handy and, unlike the .44, I'm actually willing to carry them.
Because my non-dot head trip helmet keeps the sun/cold off and offers more protection that a doo rag while doing it, just like my .38 and .380 might not match a .44, but they're handy and, unlike the .44, I'm actually willing to carry them.
Last edited by fat_tony; Apr 18, 2011 at 08:54 PM.
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The actual photo of the guy is so old I believe it is from the old recall batch.
The photos with the mannequin that show shroomage are the newer "DOT approved" models.
Originally Posted by Solidworksguy
I think NXT went out of bus. a couple of years ago, after the owner killed himself
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The photos with the mannequin that show shroomage are the newer "DOT approved" models.
Originally Posted by Solidworksguy
I think NXT went out of bus. a couple of years ago, after the owner killed himself
All new for 2011
I've emailed them several times over the years and had no response. No credit cards are accepted and the link is broken. The contact page lists no phone number.
If someone wants to try an order, I'd love to have a new one, it was the best fitting helmet I've ever had, but I'm not going to send $170.00 to find out if they're back in business.
Last edited by OklahomaSam; Apr 19, 2011 at 12:11 AM.
I have a cop's shorty beaten out to fit that isn't too bad, and a nov that really looks good that I actually went down in - and aside of a big scrape mark, it survived just fine, and my noodle was untouched.
Sounds like the hunt is back on. I have a great idea for nov helmets that could pass the tests, but have no idea how to process this.
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The NEXL/NXT site is updated every year. It's almost spooky that someone is maintaining it.
I've emailed them several times over the years and had no response. No credit cards are accepted and the link is broken. The contact page lists no phone number.
If someone wants to try an order, I'd love to have a new one, it was the best fitting helmet I've ever had, but I'm not going to send $170.00 to find out if they're back in business.
I've emailed them several times over the years and had no response. No credit cards are accepted and the link is broken. The contact page lists no phone number.
If someone wants to try an order, I'd love to have a new one, it was the best fitting helmet I've ever had, but I'm not going to send $170.00 to find out if they're back in business.
Here's more documented rip-off cases. http://www.ripoffreport.com/directory/NexL-Sports.aspx
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The NEXL/NXT site is updated every year. It's almost spooky that someone is maintaining it.
I've emailed them several times over the years and had no response. No credit cards are accepted and the link is broken. The contact page lists no phone number.
If someone wants to try an order, I'd love to have a new one, it was the best fitting helmet I've ever had, but I'm not going to send $170.00 to find out if they're back in business.
I've emailed them several times over the years and had no response. No credit cards are accepted and the link is broken. The contact page lists no phone number.
If someone wants to try an order, I'd love to have a new one, it was the best fitting helmet I've ever had, but I'm not going to send $170.00 to find out if they're back in business.
http://www.nexlsports.com/
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