Re: [ST] Arai phone/internet sales policy

["Philip Las Gourgues" <philbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom wrote:
>
> The big question is, is your head worth it. After seeing how packages
> are treated by at least UPS and UPS, I don't know if I trust mail order
> helmets. Of course how do the dealerships get the helmets?  From what I
> can see the helmets get shipping with no more protection to the dealers
> than when to us.
>

I can understand you wanting to take every precaution with your head but of
all the motorbike accidents you're seen or heard about have you ever known a
helmet to suffer shell failure to a large enough degree to allow injury? I
haven't so I think the whole thing is pretty academic really. As long as the
internal foam hasn't deteriorated and can absorb some of the impact and the
shell is strong enough to survive the initial impact and protect the foam
then I can't see that there's much more any helmet can do for you. By all
means replace them every couple of years or if it ever gets dropped if you
feel the need but I only replace mine when the comfort lining compresses and
the helmet is no longer comfortable (usually every five years or so). That's
just my way of looking at it anyway, YMMV.

Phil
'00 ST


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