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i've seen this article posted at least ten times in the last year.
so yeah- repost. And if you're reading this- look for the comments in the other threads, this is a good article, but is HEAVILY biased toward Z1R, because they pretty much paid to have these tests done, and tested the strongest parts of their helmets, where they KNEW they would test better than the higher end ones. it's still a good description of how helmets work, though. worth reading.
This gets posted at least once a week, which is a shame as in my opinion this article is one of the greatest disservices any magazine has ever done to the motorcycling public. Here's something I've said in the past about it:
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The entire premise of that article is that Snell helmets are built to an unrealistically high standard, and that you're better off with a helmet built to a lower standard that transmit less Gs in more common crashes. This seems like a silly premise in the face of the COST 327 survey, which shows that almost noone wearing any helmet at all gets injured in a low energy impact. It also seems silly in light of the latest and greatest helmet standards, as both the standard rcommended by COST 327 and the advanced FIA standard require more energetic impacts then Snell does. Then there's the bullshit about the G level allowed by DOT standards, which is a whopping 400 Gs. Their article is full of stuff like this, and their response to Snell's criticism of their article, while well written, does little to refute it.
The simple fact that they call a Z1R "comfortable" should show how objective they are in this article. Even a cursory inspection of a Z1R makes it obvious that it's a bottom dollar helmet. Z1R makes an HJC look like an Arai, in terms of build quality and comfort. Some things to keep in mind: Parts Unlimited is both the sole distributor of Z1R helmets and one of Motorcyclist's biggest advertisors. Motorcyclist published this article during the spring, the time when lots of people are thinking about getting into motorcycling and a sensationalist article would be most effective at increasing subscriptions.
Other things I've mentioned in the past include the fact that almost all of Motorcyclist's editors wear Arais or Shoeis, and as far as I can determine none of them have ever been pictured wearing a Z1R.
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Did I say this was never posted before? Everything on this damn website is a repost. I know that. I said dont cry repost without posting a link since all that does is annoy and bring down everyone here. You managed to pull up several fairly quickly.
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