November 4, 200421 yr HI all... Just wondered...and this might require someone with LOTS of knowldege/spare time on their hands!!! It might be REALLY usefull to some of us that are confined to mail ordering things (SHOPKEEPERS TAKE NOTE)....to have a "SIZE COMPARISON CHART" that covers the variations in various manufacturers helmet sizing. For instance I know that I'm a 59.60 in an Arai...but if I wanted to mail order a Hebo..I wouldnt have a clue what size to order. Obviously the chart would only consider sizing and not "shape" Hope someone might take up the challenge and that Andy might consider it a usefull permanent feature on the sight??
November 4, 200421 yr Well people could send in the size of their helmet, if they were told where to measure and how ( cause I have no idea where to start. ). Then their would be a huge chart of different helmet sizes. First the chart.........Then the world
November 5, 200421 yr its not the ideal way to buy helmets, because they are saftey items once they have generally left the shop we cant take them back. (as we do not know the history of the helmet). All helmet manufactures seem to have a different ideas of how helmets fit. A shoei tends to be a large fitting helmet wheras hebo's tends to be smaller fitting. I'd never recommend buying a helmet mail order, always try to get them fitted correctly.
November 5, 200421 yr Author HI jrsunt... Yeah..I TOTALLY agree with you....BUT..(theres always a but eh!)...and I'm not just trying to be a smart a***!!...for some of us..admittedly its probably only a few of us..there really is NO other choice than mail order. For example..here in Hong KOng...LITERALLY the ONLY trials helmet for sale is an Arai...and for some of us ..even at HK prices..its a bit too expensive. One of my mates here for example had an X-Peed helmet posted from UK...at a VERY reasonable price. Of course from the shop point of view I understand the possible bad points..but its OK isnt it if they sell it on the proviso..of NO return/refund/change?
November 5, 200421 yr Author Good point munch. I guess that happened in the past...but nowadays...we all kind of try on each others lids, and then order the size/make that fits best. Its just a bit frustrating, since it means that you can only "safely" order the same make as what yer mates already got! For instance I would love to try a Hebo..but no-one here (to my knowledge) has one..so I have NO idea what size Hebo would fit me. Ah well...I guess this thread is kind of exhausted now!! I'll just stick with what I've got and shut up!! (or try too!!!)
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