Check your helment
08-04-2008, 08:33 PM
#1
Former Vendor
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Check your helment
Everyonce and awhile I see something or hear about something that brings concern to me. So I share it with you guys and gals.
A good shop friend just came into the shop today, needed our press. Last week he rolled his vintage car. It was some good hard hits.
When it was all over, his helment was in his lap. My best guess would be the chin strap worked loose as the race went on. Just like seat belts. You need to make sure it's snug every once and awhile.
The old timer is doing great, for the crash he was lucky to walk away from.
Randy
A good shop friend just came into the shop today, needed our press. Last week he rolled his vintage car. It was some good hard hits.
When it was all over, his helment was in his lap. My best guess would be the chin strap worked loose as the race went on. Just like seat belts. You need to make sure it's snug every once and awhile.
The old timer is doing great, for the crash he was lucky to walk away from.
Randy
08-04-2008, 10:48 PM
#2
Melting Slicks
Everyonce and awhile I see something or hear about something that brings concern to me. So I share it with you guys and gals.
A good shop friend just came into the shop today, needed our press. Last week he rolled his vintage car. It was some good hard hits.
When it was all over, his helment was in his lap. My best guess would be the chin strap worked loose as the race went on. Just like seat belts. You need to make sure it's snug every once and awhile.
The old timer is doing great, for the crash he was lucky to walk away from.
Randy
A good shop friend just came into the shop today, needed our press. Last week he rolled his vintage car. It was some good hard hits.
When it was all over, his helment was in his lap. My best guess would be the chin strap worked loose as the race went on. Just like seat belts. You need to make sure it's snug every once and awhile.
The old timer is doing great, for the crash he was lucky to walk away from.
Randy
Aaron
08-05-2008, 12:51 AM
#3
Race Director
An old motorcycle helmet fitting trick is the snug the chin strap up , then try to pull the helmet forward over your head from the back. Correctly sized/fitted the helmet should be impossibe to remove in this way.
I have surprised quite a few car driving friends whose helmets were incorrectly sized and while they "felt" snug, they were not correctly fitted and could be pulled off by hand.
Correct fitting along with keeping the chin strap snugged down are essential.
I have surprised quite a few car driving friends whose helmets were incorrectly sized and while they "felt" snug, they were not correctly fitted and could be pulled off by hand.
Correct fitting along with keeping the chin strap snugged down are essential.
08-05-2008, 01:26 AM
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my helmet fits so perfectly that i can wear it all day with the head sock on. then one day i was getting a seat fitted and other stuff and didn't have the head sock so used my "hoodie" which you would think isn't so much thicker, think medium weight sweatshirt. after only about 10m i started getting a headache and for future work that same day i had to limit myself to a few minutes at a time with the helmet on. i'm stunned that the fit could be that close.
i couldn't just have the hoodie "down" because it was interfering with the hans. which brings me to my question: shouldn't the hans prevent the helmet from leaving your head, even if the helmet fit isn't quite right?
i couldn't just have the hoodie "down" because it was interfering with the hans. which brings me to my question: shouldn't the hans prevent the helmet from leaving your head, even if the helmet fit isn't quite right?
08-05-2008, 03:14 AM
#5
Melting Slicks
So now on the straights I will be:
1. Doing celebratory dances for staying on track
2. Checking gauges
3. Tightening shoulder belts
4. Watching rear view mirror
5. Tightening chinstrap
6. Getting ready to brake...
gee thanks randy....
1. Doing celebratory dances for staying on track
2. Checking gauges
3. Tightening shoulder belts
4. Watching rear view mirror
5. Tightening chinstrap
6. Getting ready to brake...
gee thanks randy....
08-05-2008, 09:15 AM
#7
Former Vendor
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Randy
PS don't spend too much time on the mirrior that is what caught him out in the first place.
08-05-2008, 09:17 AM
#8
Former Vendor
Thread Starter
my helmet fits so perfectly that i can wear it all day with the head sock on. then one day i was getting a seat fitted and other stuff and didn't have the head sock so used my "hoodie" which you would think isn't so much thicker, think medium weight sweatshirt. after only about 10m i started getting a headache and for future work that same day i had to limit myself to a few minutes at a time with the helmet on. i'm stunned that the fit could be that close.
i couldn't just have the hoodie "down" because it was interfering with the hans. which brings me to my question: shouldn't the hans prevent the helmet from leaving your head, even if the helmet fit isn't quite right?
i couldn't just have the hoodie "down" because it was interfering with the hans. which brings me to my question: shouldn't the hans prevent the helmet from leaving your head, even if the helmet fit isn't quite right?
I wouldn't count on the Hans keeping the helment on. During a crash, weird things can and will happen. Good fitting helment, and hans would be ideal.
Randy