[tpayne]

Even though I don’t think I hit the road very hard it was hard enough to put a small crack in the back side of my almost new ARAI helmet. I have read posts about if you simply drop your lid to the ground it’s no good. What are your opinions on if I should buy a new lid or not? I just dropped a load on my credit card from piecing back together the front of my bike and now I am faced with having to buy a new helmet. If the opinion is to buy a new lid where is a good place to pick up a new Arai? Thanks guys for the info on where to buy the parts I looked up mrcycles.com and they got me set up. Great guys to work with. Hopefully my parts will be here this week and I can get her back togeather.

 

[s4iscool]

send to arai for inspection, they will do this for free. contrary to po belief, dropping a helmet wont ruin it...it can, but highly unlikely. If you have a crack in it, def get it checked out...most likely replaced.

 

[Shadow R One]

Arai will inspect the helmet for you and let you know if you can keep using it or they will recommend that you replace it.

 

[martinc]

If there is a crack,its done.

remove the liner and see if the flat black painted 'styrofoam' is cracked...if it did get there,its another tell-tell of why you should ditch it.

 

[Aron213 ti]

As a person who is superstitous, every new helmet I get must be dropped before I ride with it...Many top riders also do this, the theory is, better have the helmet hit the ground first before your head is in it.

 

[activematx]

As a person who is superstitous, every new helmet I get must be dropped before I ride with it...Many top riders also do this, the theory is, better have the helmet hit the ground first before your head is in it.

What does that mean?

 

[R6MadMan]

I believe he means to say that if an empty helmet it busted just by dropping it, then how the hell is is supposed to protect your skull when in hits the ground at 80 mph.

But that is just how I interpretted it.

R6MadMan

 

[mr2guru]

Well my Arai was (unintentionally) drop tested... just fugged up the paint in a nickel sized patch at the point of ground contact.

 

[r1blinkandgone]

No I think he is saying that the helmet is going to get dropped anyway and the superstitious side of him thinks that if he drops it before putting it on it won't drop when he has it on.

 

[KneeDragger77]

I always bondo my helmets back together

 

[rorlow]

If there is a crack,its done.

:iamwithst

If the impact was severe enough to crack the shell, the composite shells integrity has been compromised . . . are you willing to risk sacrificing some gray matter to save some money :yesnod

 

[150atwheel]

crack in helmet = crack in head

get a new one:thumbup

 

[bpa00]

I'd agree... If it is cracked, then the integrity of it has likely been comprimised... As mentioned, you can always have arai inspect it for you...

- BA

 

[Aron213 ti]

No I think he is saying that the helmet is going to get dropped anyway and the superstitious side of him thinks that if he drops it before putting it on it won't drop when he has it on.

You got it man...almost all the supercross riders do this also

 

[KneeDragger77]

You got it man...almost all the supercross riders do this also

Yup, I'm hooking my new leathers up behind my car and dragging them around the parking lot a few times. Never again will I ride in "new" leathers:iamwithst