197: track day helmets

[Keil]

wheres the best place to get a helmet for track days??

and I better with a typical motorcycle helmet? or like an open face style??

 

[GlassJaw]

Faceless helmets are all very well, however, in the unlikely event that you're head should come in contact with the steering wheel then ideally you'd be wearing a full face lid.

You can get an adequate one off fleaBay for a little over a hundred notes - I spent 270 on a basically new sparco lid there. It's this one - http://www.gprdirect.com/helmets/race-helmets/sparco-circuit-adv-helmet.html

Depends how much you value your head really - but any more than 350 for me for an occasional track day hat is excessive.

 

[dangerdaz]

Try here...
I got a carbon hjc helmet for an ace price. Very light and safe 8)
http://lidsdirect.co.uk/epages/esho...h=/Shops/eshop193014/Products/HJC_HQ-1_Carbon

or these
http://lidsdirect.co.uk/epages/eshop193014.sf/en_GB/?ViewAction=View&ObjectID=8736972&Page=2

 

[Russell]

http://www.ybracing.co.uk/page1.php?sitepage=4&area4=&subarea=234&part=2129 does the trick bud...

 

[Keil]

excellent, that omp looks fine to me, rather like that carbon one, as I have a few bits carbon on my car, and yes I am a fiend.... hopefully i can find a carbon track day?!

 

[RalphyBMW]

I got one from V2, Snell certified, great reputation and excellent value;

http://www.v2sport.com/v2tour-SNELL-2005-open-face-racing-helmet.html

 

[Keil]

thats better, cheers ralphy, would rather pay a little bit more tbh.

Only problem Im going to have is that I have a rather large head! could do with going somewhere to try some out, then purchase from online

 

[RalphyBMW]

V2 have a great policy for returns, check out their site.

 

[Mike Roberts]

Pay a little more?

They are all (or should be) Snell or BS, depending on where it was made. This means they all have to meet a minimum standard of safety.

As you start paying more money, all you're getting is a name and fancy materials... and unless you can afford carbon, they ain't any lighter.

Get a car helmet, not a bike one, and get one with BS/Snell. Most importantly, get one that feels right - names are just vanity.

 

[stuieplk]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....41088&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_1041wt_1141

I got one of them ''hedtec'' helmets for £109. Its Snell approved and a bargain for that price. Peel the hedtec badge off and stick a sparco one on if your that bothered about names. Your a bit of a fool if you pay £500 for a helmet for a few non-competetive laps round a circuit.

 

[fmp]

Car helmets are constructed differently to bike helmets. As the impact zones are different.

Generally the more you spend the better quality, materials and fit the helmet will be.

I always say spend as much as you can afford.

I use a Stilo open face, but am looking to replace as its a few years old now.

Ideally go somewhere and try lots of different lids on, as they all vary in shape and size.

 

[Ed...]

Oulton helmets 40 nicker and do the job nicely

 

[Mike Roberts]

2-3 rentals of those, Woody, and you'd have bought a perfectly good OMP/Sparco/V2 that hasn't had a hundred sweaty heads in it!

 

[Graeme GTR]

had a hundred sweaty heads in it!

thats nasty :001_huh: