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Motorcycle Helmets
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Some Motorcycle Helmets come with a separate structure that bolts to the helmet that are designed to cover the lower part of the face. These removable chin bars are often intended to deflect small stones and debris encountered in some motorcycle sports and may not be effective facial protection in falls and accidents. The Foundation does not test removable chin bars and considers any headgear equipped with them to be an open face helmet.
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Online Sources for Motorcycle Helmets: Designer Helmets (U.K.) carries ROOF, Momo and more and ships worldwide | Extreme Supply features helmets from many different manufacturers | Helmets Etc. carries Bell, HJC, KBC, Shoei and more | The OGK Shop has OGK helmets and will ship worldwide (see the wBW review of the OGK FF-3 and FF-4; they ... run the Nitro Helmets site (UK) with worldwide shipping
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Modular helmets fall between open-face and full-coverage motorcycle helmets in some areas and below them both in others. For example, you might expect that the additional complication of the mechanisms that permit the facial section to pivot up and latch in place would make them more expensive and heavier than full-face helmets. But while they are heavier than most full-coverage helmets, they mostly fall toward the low or middle end of full-face-helmet pricing. (At the top end, the Shoei Syncrotec carries a list price of $415, with the Zeus ZS-508 Liftech available for less than $90 at some outlets.)
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A Motorcycle Helmet's protective capability may be exhausted protecting the wearer in an accident. Helmets are constructed so that the energy of a blow is managed by the helmet, causing its partial destruction. The damage may not be readily apparent and the Foundation strongly recommends that a helmet involved in an accident be returned to the manufacturer for complete inspection. If it is not possible to do so, the helmet should always be destroyed and replaced.
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Motorcycle helmets come is various sizes, from small to extra large. They ... come in different shapes as well, in order to fit all the different sized heads out there. Some helmet manufacturers even have different designs for North America and Asia due to the different head shapes of the corresponding populations. The shapes and sizes of different brands vary as well, so it is critical to try on a wide array of models.
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In every state that has enacted motorcycle helmet law repeals, helmet use has plummeted by an average 42 percent, said Miller. In Michigan, if helmet use decreased similarly, research indicates that there would be a 41-percent reduction in the number of lives saved over a six-year period.
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