Originally Posted by
joeruge
I was in the market for a motorcycle helmet a whole bunch of years ago. I saw $50 helmets and $500 helmets, all with the Snell approved safety sticker.
I asked the salesman what was the difference between the $50 helmets and the $500 helmets if they both passed the same tests. He said to me, "Well, if you have a $50 head, get a $50 helmet."
I thought that was good advice!
That was a common enough statement in those days. Motorcycle helmets were all the same and they worked not with the Styrofoam padding inside but the hard shell which allowed your head to bounce along the road at high speed without sanding your face off. On the track we would use leathers as well so you could have a crash that looked absolutely horrible and you would barely have road rash.