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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #50 on: November 12, 2012, 08:35:01 PM »
I ended up getting a Nolan N104. Really happy with it :)
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #51 on: November 12, 2012, 09:02:04 PM »
I'm waiting for a Shark Evo3 from Helmet House in Vic Park.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #52 on: November 12, 2012, 09:13:04 PM »
I'm waiting for a Shark Evo3 from Helmet House in Vic Park.

Brock did you compare it with the Shoei Neotec?
Pretty sure I tried the Shark Evo3 and the Shoei was a world apart, but my memory is not what it once was.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #53 on: November 12, 2012, 09:26:43 PM »
The Shoeis were way outside ny price, the Shark is expensive but cheaper.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #54 on: December 07, 2012, 05:20:27 PM »
Before you make a final decision on hard hat.
Go back to the shop and put the helmet on and leave it on.
Most people try them on for a quick fitting check then hand over the loot.
Put the lid on and spent ten or so minutes wandering around or sitting out of sight reading the paper.
Amazing how the feeling can change over a short period.
Also pull it down really tightly on your head. Sometimes the top of the helmet catches the wind and is forced down on the nutter. Then you know where the polycarbonate or whatever is under the padding sits. Had to put a bit of thin foam in the top of the multitec.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #55 on: December 07, 2012, 06:19:15 PM »
Picked up the Evo3 in plain white today from Helmet House Vic Park. The service in there is excellent, and the young lady who served me was quite cute :grin :grin :grin
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #56 on: February 13, 2013, 07:19:53 AM »
From the Roads and Maritime Services(RMS) (formerly the RTA) in NSW.  In the download at the bottom has helmet rating.
An RMS ad just come on my ebay page with this link.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/motorcyclesafety/index.html

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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #57 on: February 13, 2013, 05:01:32 PM »
interesting bit of information there  ABE  :thumbsup
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #58 on: April 07, 2013, 11:07:43 AM »
G'day Streak,

Helmet brand choice is largely governed by your head shape, I have found some brands just don't fit me and others are great. My past three have been flip ups, first a HJC then a Nolan and I now have a Shark Evoline. All were a good fit and worked well but the Shark I have now had for about 18 months is great. It was a little too firm to start with but after a month or so settled in to a good fit (as they all do). I love the inbuilt sun visor, no swapping visors all the time and I like being able to use it as an open face as well for some of those nice weather country touring days but easily closed up when the afternoon thunderstorm hits.

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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #59 on: April 14, 2013, 08:12:13 PM »
Whew!  I'm glad I read to the end.  I was about to throw my full-face helmet away until I remembered I'd had my tonsils and adenoids out when I was 12 before I got into bikes, so I didn't ever get the problem.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #60 on: April 14, 2013, 09:59:27 PM »
"Biggles" ....your tonsils can grow back....

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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #61 on: May 28, 2013, 11:46:05 PM »
Ideally I would like a shark evoline series but to pricey, I settled for a TSS Tourtech in Pearl White, like the flip system and the flip sunnies. Previous helmet was Arai.

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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #62 on: November 14, 2013, 11:03:17 PM »
Well picked up my new Helmet today. After hours and hours of internet searching and a visit to each motorcycle shop on the Sunshine Coast I finally picked up a Shark Evoline 3. It's a silver, size M and I paid $475.

Purchased at North Coast Motor and Jet Ski Caloundra. Found a few others, a couple of Gloss Black at $500. And North Coast had a Haka size S and another silver size XL.


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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #63 on: November 15, 2013, 08:48:12 AM »
Something to watch for on the Evoline. The small screws near the hinge area (near the 'k' on Sabies pic) came very loose on mine and I was very lucky not to lose one. I put a tiny dob of Loctite on them to ensure they won't come loose again.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #64 on: November 15, 2013, 12:21:21 PM »
I had a look at the Shark Evoline 3 while I was wandering around a motorcycle shop in Hobart recently and tried one one, and I must say it fitted very well.  I don't have any intention of doing away with my Shoei full face helmets, but the Shark was impressive, to say the least! :thumbsup
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #65 on: November 15, 2013, 07:07:15 PM »
"Biggles" ....your tonsils can grow back....

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Only if they are not removed properly in the first place.....
And even if you don't have them removed, usually by the age of forty they have shrunk away altogether....
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #66 on: November 19, 2013, 06:08:41 AM »
Last Saturday I went to the Motorcycle expo in Sydney.
 I came across a helmet called LUFT this helmet is Australian engineered and is a 100 percent Australian owned company. Eric Falkenhagen and aerospace engineer and inventor produced this helmet.
It is a full face helmet and has a full airbag inside the helmet, which is inflated by a finger operated pump inside the chinguard, it is deflated by a button next to the pump.
This helmet fits all head shapes.
 And for the medics amongst you it actually activates and bleeds air to the opposite side of impact  to prevent contra coup injuries to the brain, should one be unfortunate enough to take a blow to the helmet. No other helmet does this.
For further information go to www.luftracinghelmets.com
By the way this helmet weighs 1600gms. I emailed the man to get this bit of info.
Helmet weight seems to belong to a secret society, few helmets have the weight printed on them.
My mate and I weighed two identical Nolan N102 helmets and came up pretty close to the manufactures claims.
My son who raced in a Australasian Desert Safari took a set of scales to various shops to come up with the lightest helmet possible.

Just  hadn't seen the Luft mentioned here so thought it might be of interest. Retails around the $569.00 mark
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #67 on: November 25, 2013, 03:54:41 PM »
Not to poo, poo any claims made by LUFT however contra coup injuries occur inside your skull, not within the helmet.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #68 on: November 26, 2013, 06:22:56 AM »
I am fully aware of that and probably my composition was a bit slack.  Luft do not mention that  injury.
 So apologies  if that was how it sounded.
After  reading the action of the air movement upon impact, a  few mates ex paras  and I thought it may well help to reduce that type of injury,.
So I fully retract that statement and apologise for any misunderstanding.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #69 on: November 26, 2013, 01:03:07 PM »
One would hope anyone attempting to remove the LUFT helmet from a downed rider would know to deflate the airbag before removal.

http://www.luftracinghelmets.com/helmet-usage/
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #70 on: November 26, 2013, 06:34:21 PM »
Provided they realised it was an airbag inflated helmet, I doubt that many Paramedics would be aware that a motorcycle helmet could be inflated within. None of our Ambulance staff have been trained in the removal of inflatable helmets. I wasn't aware of them before reading this post. Just another thing to look out for I guess!

One would hope anyone attempting to remove the LUFT helmet from a downed rider would know to deflate the airbag before removal.

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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #71 on: April 30, 2014, 04:50:12 PM »
I also like the flip-faces. I've been using an HJC ZF8 for the last 4 or 5 years which has been pretty good but decided to get myself an Evoline 3 as I prefer the versatility as it can be used as an open face which is nice sometimes but have found it to be very noisy. It's a good fitting lid for my scone but with the extra lines and seams there is definitely more wind noise. Ear plugs could probably solve some of the problem but then I wouldn't be able to hear my bluetooth, so a bit of a pickle.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #72 on: April 30, 2014, 08:56:01 PM »
I have the Evoline3 and I use a bluetooth system. I use foam earplugs and they do reduce the volume a little but with the speakers positioned perfectly they do work fine. I have no worries with the level in my helmet.
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #73 on: May 01, 2014, 05:16:58 AM »
same as Bikebear, I am using the Sena bluetooth and earplugs, have no problems with adjusting volume to hear clearly
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Re: Open Face/Full face helmets
« Reply #74 on: June 26, 2014, 08:58:43 AM »
Have been thinking about getting a Shark Evoline 3, pretty good price from AMA at the moment too..  http://amawarehouse.com.au/shark-evoline-3-st-helmet-matt-p-25331.html

But am not 100% sure on the flip over the head bit.  Is it difficult to flip, the one I tried was a bit stiff.   Your thoughts on these guys? 
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