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Shoei RF-1000
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:29 am
by skinnyjoint
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWN%3AIT
so i got her friday pretty good deal since they usually go for like 350+ new, and this has one lil scratch on the back, not on the helmet really but some of the 0 from rf1000 is missing no biggie, plus i got an extra mirrord shield.
o man this thing is so friggin comfy, i never really knew what riding was like until this thing came along, its like half the wieght of my old hjc, cooler inside, and fits like a glove.
so just sharing
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:19 am
by kabob983
Congrats, although a helmet is one of the few things I would not buy off of ebay...you never know what's happened to it!
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:07 am
by skinnyjoint
i hear ya, but for the most part a drop or scratch etc is detectableand this thing is imaculate (sp) but i hear ya
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:41 am
by kabob983
Say I drop it on my carpet. There won't be a scratch on the outside but the inside could be ruined...
Only way I'd buy a helmet off of ebay is if I brought it brand new from an ebay store.
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:28 pm
by skinnyjoint
agreed
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:47 pm
by dieziege
Do you really think dropping an empty helmet on carpet is going to ruin it? How? There is no mass inside (except some air) to crush the crush foam, and the shell isn't going to deflect much from an unloaded drop.
People fall off of motorcycles and have the helmets bang around on the street getting road-rash and don't always reduce the helmet's protective abilities. That's why Arai and the like will x-ray a helmet after a crash and OK it to be returned to service.
That said, I wouldn't buy a used or scratch-n-dent helmet unless I was able to x-ray it or the like.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:20 am
by kabob983
dieziege wrote:Do you really think dropping an empty helmet on carpet is going to ruin it?
It's entirely possible. It doesn't matter whether you have a head in a helmet or not, gravity is going to be in effect. The helmet has it's own mass, and dropping it even on something that you percieve as "soft" could damage it. The helmet's interior is going to "protect" whatever is in side whether it be soft grey matter or air. Sure, it could fall and be fine, but my point is that you simply never know. Why take the risk?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:52 am
by dieziege
The helmet has mass, yes, but that isn't exactly the question. The question is, how much will the shell deflect? Because unless the shell deflects no harm is done.
I'm not saying it's a non-issue, but it isn't the mystery people make it out to be either.