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After hours of nervousness before the test, I passed the intimidating NJ road test and lost 20 pounds of sweat. For some bizzare reason, my sequence of events was/is Lessons from a friend of my father's (Check) Road test (Check) MSF: BRC (3 weeks from now) I'm not sure if I want to go out and ride e...

I checked all over this forum, but I have no idea how to tell if a helmet is good (aside from DOT/Snell[iffy] rating on back). Is there any specific brand that is sought after or are they all generally okay? My dad suggested a Shoei helmet, and it fit snugly, had the dot rating, etc...but I wanted t...