Helmet Hints & Tips: Difference between revisions

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Only buy a helmet that you know you'll wear all the time. If it isn't comfortable, and you aren't wearing it, it won't protect you.

Helmet ~~weightreally~~ all that important, but helmet shape is. The webBikeWorld [http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmet-weights.htm Helmet Weights Comparison Chart] shows both the shapes and sizes of various helmets. This should give you an idea of which helmets have the same basic shape, and which are differently-shaped from others.

Helmet weight really isn't all that important, but helmet shape is. The webBikeWorld [http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmet-weights.htm Helmet Weights Comparison Chart] shows both the shapes and sizes of various helmets. This should give you an idea of which helmets have the same basic shape, and which are differently-shaped from others.

Don't forget to try on helmets that might be much larger or smaller than what you think you wear. In reality, they could fit the same because there are no standard helmet sizes. Everybody makes up their own size standards, and they don't even stick to their own rules. There is sometimes a good bit of difference between different models of the same brand. You have to just keep trying on different makes and models.

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 Only buy a helmet that you know you'll wear all the time. If it isn't comfortable, and you aren't wearing it, it won't protect you.
-Helmet weightreally all that important, but helmet shape is. The webBikeWorld [http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmet-weights.htm Helmet Weights Comparison Chart] shows both the shapes and sizes of various helmets. This should give you an idea of which helmets have the same basic shape, and which are differently-shaped from others.
+Helmet weight really isn't all that important, but helmet shape is. The webBikeWorld [http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmet-weights.htm Helmet Weights Comparison Chart] shows both the shapes and sizes of various helmets. This should give you an idea of which helmets have the same basic shape, and which are differently-shaped from others.
 Don't forget to try on helmets that might be much larger or smaller than what you think you wear. In reality, they could fit the same because there are no standard helmet sizes. Everybody makes up their own size standards, and they don't even stick to their own rules. There is sometimes a good bit of difference between different models of the same brand. You have to just keep trying on different makes and models.