does anyone make the single strap "novelty" helmets anymore?
#12
03-29-2016 | 08:00 PM
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That would be preferable IF I COULD KEEP A DO-RAG ON MY HEAD. I personally keep a small industry hard at work making bandanas to replace the ones I've lost on the road. Regular size, extra-large, triangles, you name it and I've lost it. Those ready-made wraps too. None of them stay on my head. Right now there are three bandanas in the saddlebags ready to be sacrificed to the highway gods.
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#13
03-29-2016 | 08:17 PM
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While I'm personally not looking for one, I wanted to say that I think it is REALLY cool that you are not only willing to do this, but have put it out there and offered it up. I think that is SOLID!!! 
If you need anything from State side, while your over there...PM me...if I can make it happen, I will.
If you need anything from State side, while your over there...PM me...if I can make it happen, I will.
For anyone who's interested, HERE'S a sample of some the offerings in Japan. Looks like a lot of them are offered in both the double and single strap style...
On another note, they have some really cool full-face styles in Japan, as well. I recently found and bought this.
Fits well and doesn't have the Power Ranger look of most full-face helmets. Didn't cost an arm and a leg, either, unlike similar styled helmets (Simpson). My son says it looks like the Kylo Ren mask; IOW, BADASS! Heh! Mission accomplished!
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03-29-2016 | 09:47 PM
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That would be preferable IF I COULD KEEP A DO-RAG ON MY HEAD. I personally keep a small industry hard at work making bandanas to replace the ones I've lost on the road. Regular size, extra-large, triangles, you name it and I've lost it. Those ready-made wraps too. None of them stay on my head. Right now there are three bandanas in the saddlebags ready to be sacrificed to the highway gods.
#16
03-29-2016 | 10:27 PM
Ok. Anyone that has seen my posts knows I am very pro helmet, and pro full face helmet. But I have a genuine honest question with no secret agendas, so please don't read into it more than it is, I'm simply curious.
Why would you want a novelty helmet, why wouldn't you just wear a beanie or something?
EDIT: ah, already asked, nevermind
Why would you want a novelty helmet, why wouldn't you just wear a beanie or something?
EDIT: ah, already asked, nevermind
#17
03-29-2016 | 10:58 PM
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I remember when those helmets first hit Cal in the early 90s, right when the helmet law took effect. They came from a company up north.... Washington or Oregon, E&R Fiberglass. They were shipping them so fast, when the dealers unpacked them they were still soft... the fiberglass hadn't cured yet. And they had a STRONG chemical smell lol.
They couldn't get them in fast enough, sold out in seconds. I still have both of mine 25 years later, don't wear them tho.
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#18
03-29-2016 | 11:04 PM
I want to change to a different question.
Why would you opt to wear a novelty helmet when the real half helmets can look so similar, and cost so little money. If you're already wearing a helmet, why not make it a real one if it's cheap? Is it about the thickness of the shell being uncomfortable or something?
Why would you opt to wear a novelty helmet when the real half helmets can look so similar, and cost so little money. If you're already wearing a helmet, why not make it a real one if it's cheap? Is it about the thickness of the shell being uncomfortable or something?
#19
03-29-2016 | 11:43 PM
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That would be preferable IF I COULD KEEP A DO-RAG ON MY HEAD. I personally keep a small industry hard at work making bandanas to replace the ones I've lost on the road. Regular size, extra-large, triangles, you name it and I've lost it. Those ready-made wraps too. None of them stay on my head. Right now there are three bandanas in the saddlebags ready to be sacrificed to the highway gods.
#20
03-30-2016 | 08:33 AM
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Thanks, brotha! I appreciate the compliment and the offer. I will definitely keep that in mind.
For anyone who's interested, HERE'S a sample of some the offerings in Japan. Looks like a lot of them are offered in both the double and single strap style...
For anyone who's interested, HERE'S a sample of some the offerings in Japan. Looks like a lot of them are offered in both the double and single strap style...
but all the novelty helmets have a weird curved shape to them, none of them are just flat on the bottom lol
all I want is a flat simple single strap skid lid lol
Ok. Anyone that has seen my posts knows I am very pro helmet, and pro full face helmet. But I have a genuine honest question with no secret agendas, so please don't read into it more than it is, I'm simply curious.
Why would you want a novelty helmet, why wouldn't you just wear a beanie or something?
EDIT: ah, already asked, nevermind
Why would you want a novelty helmet, why wouldn't you just wear a beanie or something?
EDIT: ah, already asked, nevermind
beanie, skid lid, brain bucket, skull cap ect...all the same category I think...
I want to change to a different question.
Why would you opt to wear a novelty helmet when the real half helmets can look so similar, and cost so little money. If you're already wearing a helmet, why not make it a real one if it's cheap? Is it about the thickness of the shell being uncomfortable or something?
Why would you opt to wear a novelty helmet when the real half helmets can look so similar, and cost so little money. If you're already wearing a helmet, why not make it a real one if it's cheap? Is it about the thickness of the shell being uncomfortable or something?
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