Helmet Sale At Hein Gericke

Another quick update.. And just in time for Christmas

Hein Gericke are currently slashing the prices on 1000’s of helmets

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Sharp Motorbike Helmet Safety Ratings

Introduced in November 2007, the SHARP Motorcycle Helmet Safety Rating Scheme aims to save lives of riders involved in motorbike accidents.  The first scheme of it’s kind worldwide, the SHARP (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme) aims to give a totally independent rating on the levels of protection crash helmets will provide in the event of an impact.

The helmets are rated on a scale of 1-5 depending on their performance in a series of laboratory tests.  While all crash helmets on sale in the UK must offer a minimum standard of protection, it has been found that there are real differences in how well the various helmets perform in the tests.  The rating shows how much over the minimum required standard the helmets perform.

The scheme is designed to give riders an easy to understand guide to which helmets will offer them the best protection.

One thing which has become apparent, looking at the tables below, is that the more expensive helmets are not necessarily the best performing ones.  There are quite a few helmets costing under £100 which score either a 4 or a 5 in the tests.

These are the Sharp safety ratings released to date.  As and when new ratings are released, I will update this information so it is kept up to date.

9th April 2009

Following an update email this morning I have amended the following list to include the ratings published on an additional 28 helmets.

Make	Model	Style	Sizes	Cost (£)	Rating out of 5
AGV	Airtech	Full Face	XS-XXL	150	****
	K Series	Full Face	S-XL	100	***
	S-4	Full Face	XXS-XXL	180	*****
	K3	Full Face	XS-XXL	149	****
	Ti-Tech	Full Face	XXS-XXL	250	****
	S-4 Stealth	Full Face	XXS-XXL	180	*****
	Longway	System	XS-XL	150	****
Airoh	Leox	Full Face	XS-XL	99	***
	Speed Fire	Full Face	XS-XL	50	****
	Mathisse RS	System	XS-XXL	120	**
Arai	RX-7	Full Face	XXS-XXL	450	***
	Condor	Full Face	XS-XXL	200	**
	GP5x	Full Face	XS-XXL	300	*****
	Viper GT	Full Face	XS-XXL	330	***
	Astro	Full Face	XS-XL	330	***
Arashi	Viper	Full Face	S-XL	65	****
	Galaxy	Full Face	XS-XL	49	***
	Sonic	Full Face	XS-XL	49	***
	Turbo	Full Face	XS-XL	49	***
Bell	M1	Full Face	XS-XXL	130	*****
	M4R	Full Face	XXS-XXL	220	*****
	M5X	Full Face	XS-XXL	299	*****
BMW	System 5	System	XXS-XXL	280	*****
Box	BX4	Full Face	XS-XXL	80	**
	BX2	Full Face	S-XL	60	****
	BX3 Dagger	Full Face	XS-XL	54	**
	BX5 Hurricane	Full Face	XS-XL	49	****
Buell	Turbulent	Full Face	XXS-XXL	180	*****
Caberg	V2R	Full Face	XXS-XXL	100	*****
	Trip	System	XS-XL	100	*****
	Justissimo GT	System	XS-XXL	150	****
Duchinni	D801	Full Face	XXS-XXL	80	****
	D601	System	XS-XXL	90	*
	D701	Full Face	XS-XXL	50	****
G-Mac	Concept	System	XS-XXL	80	***
Givi	HPS40.1	Full Face	XS-XL	199	***
Grex	RF2	Full Face	XS-XXL	120	****
	R1	Full Face	XS-XL	100	****
HJC	HQ-1	Full Face	XS-XL	249	*****
	CS-12	Full Face	XS-XXL	69	**
	FG-14	Full Face	XS-XXL	150	***
	CL-ST	Full Face	XS-XL	109	***
	FS-10	Full Face	XS-XXL	169	***
	CS-12N	Full Face	XS-XXL	120	***
	CS-R1	Full Face	XS-XL	99	*
	FG-15	Full Face	XS-XL	139	****
	IS-16	Full Face	XS-XXL	119	**
	FS10 Carbon	Full Face	XS-XXL	249	***
KBC	Force RR	Full Face	XXS-XXL	90	*
	VR2R	Full Face	XXS-XXL	180	**
	FFR	System	XXS-XXL	140	*
	Magnum	Full Face	XXS-XXL	139	*
	TK8	Full Face	XXS-XXL	59	*
	XP3	Full Face	XXS-XXL	129	***
Lazer	Fibre Pro	Full Face	XS-XXL	140	****
	LZ6	Full Face	XS-XL	60	*****
	Tornado	Full Face	XS-XL	90	**
	Vertigo	Full Face	XS-XXL	70	****
	Fibre D1	Full Face	XS-XL	200	****
	Granville	System	XS-XL	100	****
	Revolution	System	XXS-XXL	140	****
Marushin	Tiger	Full Face	XXS-XXL	100	*****
	RS1 Carbon	Full Face	XXS-XXL	200	*****
	Ikusa	Full Face	XS-XXL	119	****
	Samura	Full Face	XS-XXL	99	*****
	Shivan	Full Face	XS-XXL	119	****
	M401	Full Face	XS-XXL	TBA	**
Nitro	N810VX	Full Face	S-XL	100	****
	N820VX	Full Face	S-XL	120	****
	N330VX	Full Face	S-XL	50	**
	N755VX	Full Face	S-XL	80	****
	N1430VX	Full Face	S-XL	100	****
	N1600VN	Full Face	S-XL	80	****
	N1700 VF	Full Face	XS-XXL	119	*****
	F347VN	System	XS-XXL	99	***
Nolan	N62	Full Face	XS-XXL	130	****
	N84	Full Face	XS-XXL	150	****
	N103	System	XXS-XXL	250	****
	N102	System	XS-XXL	200	****
Nuvo	SP2	Full Face	XS-XL	119	****
Premier	Monza	Full Face	XS-XXL	170	****
Roof	RO10 Diversion	Full Face	XS-XXL	245	****
	RO10 Daytona	Full Face	XS-XXL	245	***
	Boxer	System	XS-XL	215	****
RST	Racevent	Full Face	XS-XXL	125	***
	Cobra Vent	Full Face	S-XL	79	****
	PC1S	Full Face	XS-XL	60	*
Schuberth	S1 Pro	Full Face	XS-XXXL	400	**
	R1	Full Face	XS-XXL	320	**
	C2	System	XS-XXL	350	****
Scorpion	EXO-700	Full Face	S-XL	100	****
Shark	RSR2	Full Face	XS-XL	319	*****
	S500 Air	Full Face	XS-XXL	114	****
	RSF 2i	Full Face	XS-XL	159	****
	RSI	Full Face	XS-XL	199	****
	S800	Full Face	XS-XL	149	****
	Openline	System	XS-XL	190	***
	Evoline	System	XS-XL	250	****
	S650	Full Face	XS-XL	125	****
	RSX	Full Face	XS-XL	169	*****
Shoei	Raid II	Full Face	XS-XL	250	****
	XR-1000	Full Face	XS-XL	330	***
	X-Spirit	Full Face	XS-XL	480	****
	Multitech	System	XS-XXL	300	***
Suomy	Extreme	Full Face	S-XL	400	***
	Gunwind	Full Face	S-XL	220	***
	Spec 1R	Full Face	S-XL	300	***
Takachi	TK-30	Full Face	S-XL	60	**
Urban	N20	Full Face	XS-XXL	100	***
Vemar	VSREV	Full Face	S-XL	190	**
	TA12K	Full Face	S-XL	70	***
	VSSEV	Full Face	XS-XL	119	*
	VTXE	Full Face	XXS-XXXL	149	**
	VXP	Full Face	XXS-XXXL	79	***
Viper	RS 40	Full Face	XXS-XXL	50	***
	RS 66	Full Face	XXS-XXL	70	***
	RS V121	System	XS-XL	150	***
	RS101	System	XS-XL	60	****
X-Lite	X601	Full Face	XS-XXL	120	****
	X602	Full Face	S-XL	200	****
	X701	Full Face	S-XL	260	****
	X801	Full Face	S-XL	320	****
	X1002	System	XS-XXL	249	****

Also take a look at the following entry

Choosing The Correct Size Motorcycle Helmet