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<blockquote data-quote="Buckrun" data-source="post: 19872" data-attributes="member: 51"><p>The bottom line on any melmet regardless of price is how well it absorbs and dissipates the G forces of your bean meeting an immovable object at speed. Interestingly, many of the low end melmets are made with plastics shells while the pricey ones are made with carbon fiber and fiberglass. The plastic shells have been proven to dissipate the impact since the plastic flexes. Glass are carbon melmets don't flex at all before they actually break. This results in a higher transmission of the G forces to the noggin than plastic. </p><p></p><p>The rest of the materials between cheap and pricey melmets are the virtually identical. They both have the same density protective foam inside. What you are really paying for is fit and finish, better quality features, ventilation, and everything else about a melmut you like and only notice when you are wearing it and not crashing,</p><p></p><p>I spend a moderate amount on a good quality melmet. I got last years Shoei for about $125 brand new from a dealer close-out on the webeses. </p><p></p><p>CDA is right...brain injuries don't heal and can't be fixed. My best friends mom lost 25% of her brain in an auto accident and was a tube fed pile of used to ne his mom until they finally pulled the plug. </p><p>so there!<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckrun, post: 19872, member: 51"] The bottom line on any melmet regardless of price is how well it absorbs and dissipates the G forces of your bean meeting an immovable object at speed. Interestingly, many of the low end melmets are made with plastics shells while the pricey ones are made with carbon fiber and fiberglass. The plastic shells have been proven to dissipate the impact since the plastic flexes. Glass are carbon melmets don't flex at all before they actually break. This results in a higher transmission of the G forces to the noggin than plastic. The rest of the materials between cheap and pricey melmets are the virtually identical. They both have the same density protective foam inside. What you are really paying for is fit and finish, better quality features, ventilation, and everything else about a melmut you like and only notice when you are wearing it and not crashing, I spend a moderate amount on a good quality melmet. I got last years Shoei for about $125 brand new from a dealer close-out on the webeses. CDA is right...brain injuries don't heal and can't be fixed. My best friends mom lost 25% of her brain in an auto accident and was a tube fed pile of used to ne his mom until they finally pulled the plug. so there!:thumb: [/QUOTE]
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