Trackday helmets?

[Nobby]

Any info? im looking to get a cheapish one? but are some safer than others?

[Benn]

They should all be marked up road safe. Cant remember what the markings are offhand tho.

I just bought a motorbike helmet from a helmet seller on ebay.

[Peredur]

A lot of rally helmets going cheap ATM as their standard is being withdrawn for rallying at the end of the yr but perfectly good for trackdays

[jimbob-mcgrew]

i like the open face ones myself.
can get them for pretty cheap :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OMP-Star-E...item461ed41194

if you want something more safety approved, youll have to spend a bit more tho.

second hand ones are good value, but trying to find one in your size might be tricky

[8valve-craig]

second hand ones are good value, but trying to find one in your size might be tricky

2nd hand helmet? Really

[Iain]

Get down to a biker shop and spend £30+ on a helmet with a Gold sticker on the back, will be perfectly adequate for trackdays.

[Stuart]

Get down to a biker shop and spend £30+ on a helmet with a Gold sticker on the back, will be perfectly adequate for trackdays.

Are they designed to be smacked into roll cages? I know scraping down the road isnt the same

[bazil]

I wouldn't use a bike helmet in a car, different impact zone protection

But thats upto the user i guess,

If you buy a cheap helmet i guess your not that fussed if you **** your head up.

I have a bike helmet for my bike and a rally helmet for my car, both cost around 300 each,
I spent 2 days in hospital after an atv accident with concussion and memory loss, my bsi gold stamped helmet was crackedin the accident. Helmet's are not indestructible so buy something decent.

22 years on and I still can not remember what happened that day or even being in hospital or how i got there, without my bell helmet i most likely would be severely fcuked if not dead.

[Iain]

Are they designed to be smacked into roll cages? I know scraping down the road isnt the same

Probably designed to be smacked into a lamp post, so I don't see the big deal.

[craig green]

Personally I would opt for an open face type with the peak left off, odd looking to some but a 'STIG' style full-face with visor isnt gonna help peripheral vision.