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I saw a Nippon helmet that cost around  500 baht. Is this a good brand and will it crack easily in an accident?

 

I am not looking for high end helmet but a middle range helmet.

 

Where's the best  place to buy a  helmet in Chiang Mai?

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My strong advice would be not to skimp on the helmet. It may well save your life in this place. 500 Baht doesn't come close.  I wouldn't roller skate with such a plastic lid.  I know a lot of farangs think its hard or 'macho' to ride around bare headed, but they are just asking to be killed or seriously injured.  A reasonable helmet that will do the job in most cases will cost you around 10,000 Bhat. Higher end will be upwards of 30,000. Check on line for suppliers and watch for a Kite Mark of some kind. 

 

Now wait for the people who disagree.  Your call of course.   

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Don't know about brands, but you should definitely get a full face helmet. Do a search on this (not helmet manufactuers) but actual injuries, most of them are face injuries.

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7 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Don't know about brands, but you should definitely get a full face helmet. Do a search on this (not helmet manufactuers) but actual injuries, most of them are face injuries.

My spare is a  full face AGV ( 13,000 Baht equivalent). My day to day is a Caberg EGO, double visa (one clear, one tinted)) . Cost was approx 30,000 Baht

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10 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Don't know about brands, but you should definitely get a full face helmet. Do a search on this (not helmet manufactuers) but actual injuries, most of them are face injuries.

Concurr, in my youth, I did not, off at 100HPH and 4 lost teeth later.......regrets

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13 minutes ago, KNJ said:

Concurr, in my youth, I did not, off at 100HPH and 4 lost teeth later.......regrets

mate of mine a few years back had to have the whole of his jaw restructured after wearing an open face helmet and having an off at speed.  It looked cool, until he near killed himself and spent a few years having plastic surgery.  In fairness, he was fairly ugly before the accident and the surgery didn't improve his looks one bit;  as I kept telling him.  

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Shoei - expensive - yes

But many helmets are just as good - some better - for less $$$

The days of having to spend $700 + for a good helmet are over

https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/

My LS2 does as well - and better - than some helmets costing 4 to 5 times as much

 

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36 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Shoei - expensive - yes

But many helmets are just as good - some better - for less $$$

The days of having to spend $700 + for a good helmet are over

https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/

My LS2 does as well - and better - than some helmets costing 4 to 5 times as much

 

There are no"cheap" 4-5* helmets on that site. You will not know how well your LS2 performs until you have a high speed coming off. 

 

I have a scarred up Shoei which suggests I might not have survived without it. (the result of being rear-ended by a hit and run bas****d

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There are no"cheap" 4-5* helmets on that site. You will not know how well your LS2 performs until you have a high speed coming off. 
 
I have a scarred up Shoei which suggests I might not have survived without it. (the result of being rear-ended by a hit and run bas****d

Imagine how the OP’s 500b lid would have held-up!


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Are any of those helmets certified to international standards? 
Yes, when i was looking the Triton 7 was DOT approved, around 2000 baht. I would have bought that but as i was going to the UK i bought one there instead. I used to have a Shoei and Shark helmet but no need to spend that much anymore
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3 hours ago, Pilotman said:

mate of mine a few years back had to have the whole of his jaw restructured after wearing an open face helmet and having an off at speed.  It looked cool, until he near killed himself and spent a few years having plastic surgery.  In fairness, he was fairly ugly before the accident and the surgery didn't improve his looks one bit;  as I kept telling him.  

58 years old.

Stopped wearing a full face helmet aged 18.

That's 40 years of motorcycling (not mopeds or scooters...) with open face or ... shock horror... beanie helmets.

Well over 200k miles, not kms, inc this wonderful country.

Each to their own.

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1 hour ago, DILLIGAD said:


Imagine how the OP’s 500b lid would have held-up!


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Exactly but when the Moto GP riders start wearing cheap Thai helmets I will have to reconsider!

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i buy the smallest egg shell shaped helmets i can possibly get,

it lets me store 2 under the seat and still leaves me with room

to carry home food from foodland.

the smallest ones are those styled ones that are usually to be found in a stall at the sunday market. cost usually below 500.

brand appear to be harely davidson,

or at least that is often printed on them

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A 1000 baht helmet might be ok at low speeds

At 2000-3000 you might get a Helmet which offers proper protection, but feels cheap, is heavy and loud

For >3000 the protection only improves slightly, but you will notice a big difference in build quality and weight

 

Keep your eyes open for a sale if you don't care much about the color, my GF got a HJC IS17 which normally costs about 6k THB for just 3k THB a while ago (at Paddock in BKK)

 

I currently use a HJC Rpha 90, bought for maybe 14k in Germany, costs something like 20k+ in Thailand, but imho this is not worth it. Yes, the build quality is of course better than a 8k helmet, but not so much that i would consider it worth it. When this one gets replaced i will buy something for less than 10k.

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I picked up a nice HJC lid in Paddock couple years back, it was 5000 baht on special and is a great helmet. There really is no need to spend 20k on a helmet unless it's the only brand that will fit your alien shaped head ????????

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Just noticed this but does reinforce the point that if you hit an immovable obstacle at speed no helmets going to change the outcome

 

 

Rip fella...

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The thing I find unnerving about motorcycling in Thailand, is that it is only a matter of time before you wind up driving behind a truck carrying an unsecured load of nasty looking pieces of metal or wood. I've seen hundreds of vehicles in Thailand that are overloaded and appear to be carrying dangerous loads that are held in place with gravity alone.

 

And, has been mentioned, it won't make any difference what gear you are wearing if a piece of steel rebar comes off the truck as it goes over a bump and spears you. It also won't help if you slam into a wall, or drive off a cliff edge. MotoGP/IOM TT riders seem to crash quite a lot at speeds of 150mph+, they almost always seem to just slide along the tarmac and then get up and walk away. Although they are wearing the best quality leathers, you wouldn't want to be in them on a hot afternoon in Bangkok.

 

And yes - Arai and Shoei helmets are grossly overpriced, and other competitors, as you mentioned are just as good for most riders, the best advice would be to try a few and see which brand fits your head best. I quite like the look of the Shark helmets, but their premium range is not far off the price of Arai/Shoei. Caberg are famous for their flip-up models, a friend of mine swears by them but I always thought that the hinge mechanism can only make the helmet weaker so never bought one.

 

I should have said "Shoei and Arai are considered the best".

 

 

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2 minutes ago, pr9spk said:

The thing I find unnerving about motorcycling in Thailand, is that it is only a matter of time before you wind up driving behind a truck carrying an unsecured load of nasty looking pieces of metal or wood. I've seen hundreds of vehicles in Thailand that are overloaded and appear to be carrying dangerous loads that are held in place with gravity alone.

 

And, has been mentioned, it won't make any difference what gear you are wearing if a piece of steel rebar comes off the truck as it goes over a bump and spears you. It also won't help if you slam into a wall, or drive off a cliff edge. MotoGP/IOM TT riders seem to crash quite a lot at speeds of 150mph+, they almost always seem to just slide along the tarmac and then get up and walk away. Although they are wearing the best quality leathers, you wouldn't want to be in them on a hot afternoon in Bangkok.

 

And yes - Arai and Shoei helmets are grossly overpriced, and other competitors, as you mentioned are just as good, the best advice would be to try a few and see which brand fits your head best.

 

 

Always remember the Guy Martin one at the IoM TT where the bike turned into a fireball...

 

 

that would have been me hanging up my leathers post haste and sticking to 4 wheels only, those guys need a wheelbarrow to carry their balls around in....

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14 minutes ago, mark131v said:

those guys need a wheelbarrow to carry their balls around in....

Maybe someone could lap the TT wearing a 499 baht Big C helmet? That would be real balls.

 

Seriously though, the guys that ride the TT must be born with a piece of their brain missing, how anyone can go around a bend at almost 200mph, and be 2-3 inches away from a wall with spectators sitting on it is beyond me.

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