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Well, the cat's well and truly out of the bag now, Geoff! :shock:


That's a beautiful helmet, by the way (I say, Vicar :oops: )!

 

What that I drive a BMW?! 3 series too - the ultimate twatmobile. Or that the missus knows now - we're a bit poor at the mo and she's not best pleased. She says they look the same - ridiculous 20181213_215739.thumb.jpg.312168860ebde1f54a5e75728437e7c6.jpg

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The Bell is massive!! Front on at least. And it weighs only 4g less than the plastic hjc - I'm sure the carbon fiber has other benefits though. No drop down visor, open or closed shield only (hjc ratchets solidly in about 5 positions) no pinlock smoked visor, the eyeglass grooves are very high up (though I think I'll get used to it)... But it has a cool bell logo on and it looks awesome from the side...


I haven't ridden my bike for weeks cos its too bloody cold. Maybe I'll appreciate it more then, but currently 1) I'm glad I didn't pay £600 for it and 2) the thrill of the hunt is always more fun than the kill! And the hjc is a damn fine lid - especially for £110. 20181213_220549.thumb.jpg.7b1b46e9ffe63ab3f083845ed78b215d.jpg20181213_220601.thumb.jpg.e607aa3576efe3b5420e4c4c6c17f529.jpg

 

The visor change mechanism is slick AF though - just push a button. I can do it in 11 seconds.

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Bell helmets are the coolest going, but sadly they just don't ft me very well.


Was out for a couple of hours today - even with thick gloves and heated grips it felt like I had frostbite on my fingers :?

 

I've tried on ever brand of helmet, but most only for a few minutes. They all seem to fit me just fine :shrug:


Yeah it's the hands - everything else is fine. So damn cold! Come on summer!

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Went for a quick ride to keep my battery charged; this lid is good! Amazing field of vision, slicker shoulder checks due to cutaway base, quiet compared to my hjc, doesn't ride up at high speeds. Happy camper. Fitted my first pinlock too! Got a dog hair stuck in between 🙁 managed to get it out 😁 Still a couple of specs sandwiched 😐 but better than a dog hair.

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  • 8 months later...

Was thinking doing similar but on the helmet and vinyl wrapping it in a metallic copper/bronze :thumb:

 

I've never wrapped anything before but it's hard! And this is one-way mirrored designed for windows etc so only sticks on the inside which has pinlock tabs and fitting tabs so it's... Even harder.

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Only annoying thing is that there is no cutouts for speakers.


 

 

Indeed not. And unlike on my Hjc which also has no cutouts but I can still fit the speakers behind the pads, the Bell is too tight for that, and you can't cut away the eps foam as there's a plastic slab.

 

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Now that I'm a comms user the lid has now been sold.

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