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04-14-2004, 12:58 PM
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first helmet
what is a good helmet and gloves for a new rider to buy? money is a problem. trying to keep under 300 bills for these two... thanks
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04-14-2004, 01:51 PM
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Re: first helmet
Try going to a dealership and trying on some of their helmets to get a good idea on your head size and what feels comfortable. HJC is a brand name helmet and is very good quality wise, they are usually from 250-350 so you might be able to sneak under with one of those. Gloves are all about what you are going to be using them for, need kevlar inserted? winter riding gloves? non insulated leather? you should be able to find a good pair online, remember they don't have to be called motorcycle gloves.
Oh, also make sure they are SNELL and DOT approved
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......or if your a loser who drives a Civic with a type R sticker, racing stripes, blasting really bad rap music through your suburban area with your pretentious "I’m 21 but I’m still in high school girlfriend" while driving with your hand up on the top of the steering wheel exposing your underdeveloped pasty white vitamin deficient arm and wearing your backwards BS upside down visor hat while feeling the tacky as a "Florida vacation" single diamond earring in your ear, If you are this person...with any luck the sun in its precise celestial positioning as you putter on by...will reflect its scorching rays into your earring, bouncing intensely in your rearview, and finally making contact with your eyes through the thin cheap lense of $5 gas station Oakley rip off glasses.. then burning your retnal cones into smoldering melting gobs of ocular material as you are blinded by the purest form of energy in our known universe, and as you scream no one can help or hear you because they don’t know what’s going on since the weed whacker sound of your shitty tiny little muffler which makes the Civic sound like a 747 rages on underneath making everyone turn at disgust and comment to thier husbands or wives how much of a dickweed you are by attaching that automotive abnormality to your stock economical daily driver engineered by Japanese Automotive specialists to fit the needs for entry level business workers in their early 30's, however your pathetic looking $11,000 car which you want to look like a friggin spaceship with redundant ground effects is now out of control since you are blinded, and as your car plunges off the side of a cliff while you scream in the purest form of terror while knowing you have lived a horrid excuse for a life, by doing the bare minimum in every facet of existence, while getting fired from one pathetic job to another, the majority of your time spent slacking smoking dope, getting kicked out of school, polishing your "game" on sweet innocent underage girls you eventually 'de flower' through exhaustive yet succesful attempts to get the date rapist drugs you have stashed in the glove compartment, into your poor victims drinks while offering them to take the "Pepsi Challenge" while making your mother hate you, and your poor father who wishes he had a daughter instead of your pathetic ass, since a girl would be more of a man than you ever were, like the occasion when you were hit in the arm by a wild pitch in little league, then you cried like a fat kid who dropped his ice cream cone, I'm already envisioning you impacting the rocks below, in a spectacular fireball ignited from the residue hairspray from your girlfriend plastered in the fabric passenger seat, blinded by your earring, deafened by the loud "Bling Blingin", and I will smile and roll around on the ground in orgasmic delight while you are consumed by flames whose intense heat and fury will liquefy your bone marrow that I will use to make jelly beans out of and eat them happily at your funeral as midgets dressed like Alex 6005321 from "A Clockwork Orange" dance around your coffin to loud industrial style techno music and strobe lights, and I will sleep soundly at night knowing another successful conquest of Darwinism has been attained. |
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04-14-2004, 04:18 PM
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Re: Re: first helmet
I concur with R1. HJC is a GREAT helmet that can be had for fairly cheap. The newly redesigned (as of last year) AC-11 helmet is lightweight, and QUIET. I highly recommend it at around $200 on NewEnough.com
Respectable glove companies are Joe Rocket, Gerike, Teknic, and Icon to name a few. You'll have to buy something that fits the area you live... For example, Pittsburgh rarely gets above 90*F, so my mesh gloves rarely get used. My full leather gloves do get used, however.
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04-14-2004, 04:46 PM
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i live in california so it gets pretty hot over here and i would want something that wont make my hands sweat. do u guys recommend some gloves for my hands.
ive had tried some helmets already and i think a medium will do. its kinda hard to slip my head into the helmet but after my head is inside the helmet. its feels nice. i treid a large and its very easy to slip my head into it but when i do i could feel that its not as tight as a medium. so i go for a meduim now. thanks for the reply |
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04-15-2004, 05:11 PM
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Re: first helmet
1.5 Liter im from cali too and I have full length leather gloves with carbon knuckles and my hands dont get sweaty. So I would suggest any full length leather glove.
Newenough.com will definately be the cheapest when it comes to gloves and leathers. They have some teknic violaters for 39 bucks and I have a set of them and they are very nice and for 39 bucks you CANT beat it. HJC helmets are nice if you are on a budget. It was my first helmet but when I tried on the shoei rf1000 i had to have it. Not even close in comparison but you get what you pay for. Not saying either one will protect you better but I like the features of the shoei way more. But if you have only 300 get those teknic gloves and get a shoei tz-1. You can find some for like 220 and they are a very nice helmet. Just my opinion.
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04-15-2004, 11:10 PM
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Re: first helmet
Yea HJC and shoei are both good helmts on a budget, and truthfully are very close behind doubly expensive helmets like Aria. Alot of my friends wear the RF-1000.
Anyway if you are going for bike equipment that is good for heat, this is what I wear in AZ: Arai Astro Aurora Blue (have to ride with shield up alot of times, otherwise way to hot and stuffy) 2 Arai Signet Replicas (riding with a passenger) Sidi Strada Evo ventelated boots (only for the track) Alpinestars Stunt jacket (gets really hot) Teknic Supervent jacket (mesh, good air flow) Joe Rocket Atomic pants (gets hot in them, thinking of finding a good mesh pants) Alpinestars SP2 gloves (only for the track, hot and sweaty) Icon Tarmac gloves (usual riding, VERY good value) Anyway, my gear has put a big dent in my budget, but I know it will be money well spent when I go down again.
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......or if your a loser who drives a Civic with a type R sticker, racing stripes, blasting really bad rap music through your suburban area with your pretentious "I’m 21 but I’m still in high school girlfriend" while driving with your hand up on the top of the steering wheel exposing your underdeveloped pasty white vitamin deficient arm and wearing your backwards BS upside down visor hat while feeling the tacky as a "Florida vacation" single diamond earring in your ear, If you are this person...with any luck the sun in its precise celestial positioning as you putter on by...will reflect its scorching rays into your earring, bouncing intensely in your rearview, and finally making contact with your eyes through the thin cheap lense of $5 gas station Oakley rip off glasses.. then burning your retnal cones into smoldering melting gobs of ocular material as you are blinded by the purest form of energy in our known universe, and as you scream no one can help or hear you because they don’t know what’s going on since the weed whacker sound of your shitty tiny little muffler which makes the Civic sound like a 747 rages on underneath making everyone turn at disgust and comment to thier husbands or wives how much of a dickweed you are by attaching that automotive abnormality to your stock economical daily driver engineered by Japanese Automotive specialists to fit the needs for entry level business workers in their early 30's, however your pathetic looking $11,000 car which you want to look like a friggin spaceship with redundant ground effects is now out of control since you are blinded, and as your car plunges off the side of a cliff while you scream in the purest form of terror while knowing you have lived a horrid excuse for a life, by doing the bare minimum in every facet of existence, while getting fired from one pathetic job to another, the majority of your time spent slacking smoking dope, getting kicked out of school, polishing your "game" on sweet innocent underage girls you eventually 'de flower' through exhaustive yet succesful attempts to get the date rapist drugs you have stashed in the glove compartment, into your poor victims drinks while offering them to take the "Pepsi Challenge" while making your mother hate you, and your poor father who wishes he had a daughter instead of your pathetic ass, since a girl would be more of a man than you ever were, like the occasion when you were hit in the arm by a wild pitch in little league, then you cried like a fat kid who dropped his ice cream cone, I'm already envisioning you impacting the rocks below, in a spectacular fireball ignited from the residue hairspray from your girlfriend plastered in the fabric passenger seat, blinded by your earring, deafened by the loud "Bling Blingin", and I will smile and roll around on the ground in orgasmic delight while you are consumed by flames whose intense heat and fury will liquefy your bone marrow that I will use to make jelly beans out of and eat them happily at your funeral as midgets dressed like Alex 6005321 from "A Clockwork Orange" dance around your coffin to loud industrial style techno music and strobe lights, and I will sleep soundly at night knowing another successful conquest of Darwinism has been attained. |
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04-15-2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: Re: first helmet
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 I like how you say WHEN. Well its the damn truth though especially at the track. It may sound funny but year round I wear this... Fieldsheer Tungsten 1 pc. Full Leathers Teknic Violaters or my Astars Gp Plus Gloves AStars SMX Plus Boots Shoei RF1000 or HJC CL-14? Teknic Lightning Leather Jacket, for around town errands I just dont feel comfortable in a jacket only, and everyone laughs at me but hey I dont give a shit, I dont wanna go down in a pair of freakin jeans. Just the thought of it scares me.
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04-18-2004, 10:02 PM
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Re: first helmet
EG, good call, shows some common sense. The only advice I can offer about helmet purchase is this. If you have a $10 head, buy a $10 helmet. Its ok, really.
Otherwise, get the best, even if you have to pay a little more than you planned to. There is no way to over stress the importance of safety gear. |
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