AutoX Helmet Help
29-Jul-2003, 12:43 AM
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AutoX Helmet Help
Hey all you autox experts.
Need your help.
I'm planning to a helmet for autoX and track purposes and was wondering if you have any suggestions?
Is this a bad time to buy a helmet, since the snell 2000 standards are up in a year? (or am i totally off on this one?)
Thanks for the info and info
Need your help.
I'm planning to a helmet for autoX and track purposes and was wondering if you have any suggestions?
Is this a bad time to buy a helmet, since the snell 2000 standards are up in a year? (or am i totally off on this one?)
Thanks for the info and info
29-Jul-2003, 01:51 AM
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This is from an email from a Hada Motorsports member when i was asking for advice for shopping for a helmet:
For Solo 1 or Solo 2 (autoxing) you need a helmet that is Snell rated.
A Snell rating means that the helmet has been crash tested and has passed the test. A Snell M-rated helmet is a minimum (M stands for Motorcycle) for Solo 1 and Solo 2, though if your car has a roll cage you are required to wear a Snell SA-rated helmet (which are specifically for auto racing and are more expensive than a M-rated helmet).
All Snell rated helmets for sale these days should be 2000 approved (meaning the design was approved in the year 2000 or newer), though we still accept 95 approved helmets for another two years (a helmet is only good for 10 years). For more info on what Snell means, go to http://www.smf.org/cert.html
For a M-2000 helmet, you should expect to pay $150-250 depending on the style, design, and manufacturer. These can be purchased at pretty much any motorcycle shop around. If you want a SA-2000 helmet, you'll have to get it from a race shop like CSC Racing in Newmarket (they carry Bell helmets) or Kensai Racing in MIssissauga (they carry OMP helmets). There's also plenty of online shops that sell SA- and M-rated helmets, such as http://www.simpsonracing.ca/
For Solo 1 or Solo 2 (autoxing) you need a helmet that is Snell rated.
A Snell rating means that the helmet has been crash tested and has passed the test. A Snell M-rated helmet is a minimum (M stands for Motorcycle) for Solo 1 and Solo 2, though if your car has a roll cage you are required to wear a Snell SA-rated helmet (which are specifically for auto racing and are more expensive than a M-rated helmet).
All Snell rated helmets for sale these days should be 2000 approved (meaning the design was approved in the year 2000 or newer), though we still accept 95 approved helmets for another two years (a helmet is only good for 10 years). For more info on what Snell means, go to http://www.smf.org/cert.html
For a M-2000 helmet, you should expect to pay $150-250 depending on the style, design, and manufacturer. These can be purchased at pretty much any motorcycle shop around. If you want a SA-2000 helmet, you'll have to get it from a race shop like CSC Racing in Newmarket (they carry Bell helmets) or Kensai Racing in MIssissauga (they carry OMP helmets). There's also plenty of online shops that sell SA- and M-rated helmets, such as http://www.simpsonracing.ca/
29-Jul-2003, 08:05 AM
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yes punk...
in 2005 a new rating will be released and in 2010 another new rating solo 1 and solo 2 keep the 2 newest ratings
that said since I'm getting a roll cage next year I have a m2000 helmet that might need to find a new home while I have to get a SA2000....
there are also closed and open face helmets closed face helmets have a part that covers the face and has a visor (the type of helmet I have) I find the close face is safer but the open face is less constricting..... which is god if your afriad of small places.. (my dad freaked out when he tried on my helmet)
in 2005 a new rating will be released and in 2010 another new rating solo 1 and solo 2 keep the 2 newest ratings
that said since I'm getting a roll cage next year I have a m2000 helmet that might need to find a new home while I have to get a SA2000....
there are also closed and open face helmets closed face helmets have a part that covers the face and has a visor (the type of helmet I have) I find the close face is safer but the open face is less constricting..... which is god if your afriad of small places.. (my dad freaked out when he tried on my helmet)
29-Jul-2003, 11:41 PM
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yeah my helmet cost 250 it was on sale from something like 350 and it was worth it very comfortable ... dude said to sleep in the helmet to break it in .. and damn I put it on well watching tv and wasn't bothered at all .....
20-Aug-2003, 09:44 AM
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the reason you need a SA helmet instead of a M rated helmet when you have a rollcage is simple...
first with no cage the helmet will take 1 large impact in a flip or rollover. M rated helmets are used by bikers for the same reason 1 big impact when they crash...
now the SA rated helmets are beter because they can take multiple large impacts ... which is what happens when you have a cage in your car your head will bounce off all those bars mutiple times in a flip or rollover or crash or what ever.
I hope this helps
first with no cage the helmet will take 1 large impact in a flip or rollover. M rated helmets are used by bikers for the same reason 1 big impact when they crash...
now the SA rated helmets are beter because they can take multiple large impacts ... which is what happens when you have a cage in your car your head will bounce off all those bars mutiple times in a flip or rollover or crash or what ever.
I hope this helps
20-Aug-2003, 12:37 PM
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go to CYCLE WORLD.... 
you'll find most autocrossers on this board went there....
the others (like JSK) can tell you where to find one in the west end all I know of is the east end location
Brimley and Sheppard in scarborough ... on south side of sheppard east of Brimley....
you'll find most autocrossers on this board went there....
the others (like JSK) can tell you where to find one in the west end all I know of is the east end location
Brimley and Sheppard in scarborough ... on south side of sheppard east of Brimley....
20-Aug-2003, 01:17 PM
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Originally posted by gatherer
the reason you need a SA helmet instead of a M rated helmet when you have a rollcage is simple...
first with no cage the helmet will take 1 large impact in a flip or rollover. M rated helmets are used by bikers for the same reason 1 big impact when they crash...
now the SA rated helmets are beter because they can take multiple large impacts ... which is what happens when you have a cage in your car your head will bounce off all those bars mutiple times in a flip or rollover or crash or what ever.
I hope this helps
the reason you need a SA helmet instead of a M rated helmet when you have a rollcage is simple...
first with no cage the helmet will take 1 large impact in a flip or rollover. M rated helmets are used by bikers for the same reason 1 big impact when they crash...
now the SA rated helmets are beter because they can take multiple large impacts ... which is what happens when you have a cage in your car your head will bounce off all those bars mutiple times in a flip or rollover or crash or what ever.
I hope this helps
makes complete sence
thanks gatherer...learn something new every day
