Flip Lids: Recommendations

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Re: Flip Lids: Recommendations

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As if by some cookie magic, I've just seen an advert on Friendface for the new HJC I100 Helmet.

It's got a chin bar that flips back over the top like the Shark Evo (but looks a bit lower rent).

https://hjchelmets.eu/product/i100/
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Noggin wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:57 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:27 am I would not go near a Roof helmet ever again.
Can I ask why? I want a full face Roof helmet (if I can find one, should be able to hear but few options online!!) as I really liked the two I had many years ago, for fit and function. But never crashed in either (well, not and hit my head!)
They fit badly, they are noisy, whilst they look hip and groovy, the front press studs were a shoddy way of fitting the chin bar, and when the chin bar is behind you, it unbalances everything.
Apart from that they are great
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Re: Flip Lids: Recommendations

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Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:26 pm
They fit badly, they are noisy, whilst they look hip and groovy, the front press studs were a shoddy way of fitting the chin bar, and when the chin bar is behind you, it unbalances everything.
Apart from that they are great
Ah ok!! It was a full face I had. I’m still not sure I can bring myself to go down the flip front route!
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The Rpha flip, more conventional is quite good, although I have never used it in bad weather.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:09 pm As if by some cookie magic, I've just seen an advert on Friendface for the new HJC I100 Helmet.

It's got a chin bar that flips back over the top like the Shark Evo (but looks a bit lower rent).

https://hjchelmets.eu/product/i100/
"Light weight" according to the video. Errr really? 0.4kg heavier than the BMW S7 carbon!
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Horse wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:11 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:09 pm As if by some cookie magic, I've just seen an advert on Friendface for the new HJC I100 Helmet.

It's got a chin bar that flips back over the top like the Shark Evo (but looks a bit lower rent).

https://hjchelmets.eu/product/i100/
"Light weight" according to the video. Errr really? 0.4kg heavier than the BMW S7 carbon!
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Horse wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:11 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:09 pm As if by some cookie magic, I've just seen an advert on Friendface for the new HJC I100 Helmet.

It's got a chin bar that flips back over the top like the Shark Evo (but looks a bit lower rent).

https://hjchelmets.eu/product/i100/
"Light weight" according to the video. Errr really? 0.4kg heavier than the BMW S7 carbon!
But half the price :)
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Re: Flip Lids: Recommendations

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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:19 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:11 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:09 pm As if by some cookie magic, I've just seen an advert on Friendface for the new HJC I100 Helmet.

It's got a chin bar that flips back over the top like the Shark Evo (but looks a bit lower rent).

https://hjchelmets.eu/product/i100/
"Light weight" according to the video. Errr really? 0.4kg heavier than the BMW S7 carbon!
But half the price :)
But really ugly .... :geek:
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I have 2 Caberg flips. Not in the Arai/Shoei league fir quality, or price, but a decent helmet. A bit noisy, but so are most flips.
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"Not as safe"?

The majority of recent flips are dual homologated as open face with the chin piece up, and as full face with it down and locked.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:42 pm "Not as safe"?
Probably referring to Sharp testing, how often the front opens during impact? ie Vs a rigid full face lid.
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