Australian Road Rider

GO ON AHEAD

If there is one piece of rider equipment over which a rider should take special care, it’s his or her helmet. Walk into any major motorcycle retail outlet and you will be met with walls of helmets. It’s lid world, and without a little prior knowledge you can easily end up with something that fails to meet your motorcycling needs. After all, they all look pretty similar, but the fact is they can differ on all sorts of levels. Do your homework.

The helmet you choose is going to represent the environment in which you “live” every time you use your bike. It will have a big impact on whether or not you enjoy the experience and can be a very important factor in how you come out of any accident. It doesn’t get more important than that.

So let’s consider the elements that should be taken into account for the potential helmet purchaser.

WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF?

Let’s get some idea of the construction of

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