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Title: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: VladTepes on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:10 AM
Well tomorrow, all going well, I should have my new Shoei.

What should I do with my old helmet?

It's a touch over 6 years old, is starting to shed the liner and sometimes smells like off milk...  :lol:

Should I keep it as a 'spare'?
I've never had need of a spare helmet in the last 6 years so perhaps there's no point and it would just be another useless bit of crap taking up space.

Should I destroy it in the name of science?

Should I destroy it in the name of humour?  (I could shoot it or something)


Any and all suggestions welcome.  The weirder or funnier, the better 
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: seth on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:10 AM
Make it in to a hang in basket plant holder
:stir:
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: VladTepes on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:15 AM
Nah I don't do plants...
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:22 AM
I like the destruction for science idea Mike.  How about seeing how hard (or something) you have to hit it to break it & where / how does it break?

Be interesting to see how it actually does stand up & what / how they break.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Kiwifruit on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:53 AM
Take liner out and send it to Col so he can give it to his mate with the turban  :stir:
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Globalrider on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 01:31 PM
I have a shelf in the bike garage dedicated to 'old gear' - The boots and helmets of past years in the dirt and the hundreds of thousands of miles on many bikes - Make me reminisce every time I look at it!
:cheers:
stan
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Andre on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 05:05 PM
Donate it to a scarecrow.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Tony Nitrous on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 05:16 PM
Not sure out here, but in the UK helmet spray painters always wanted them for practice work.  Interestingly custom helmets aren't as popular out here as they were amongst folk I knew in the UK.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: ARH on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 05:19 PM
Send it to Trump... he may be in need of it shortly  :lol:
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Sweaty on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 06:37 PM
You asked for it :)
Donate it to a Dwarf
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Hooli on Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 09:05 PM
Local fire brigade? I'm told they like them to practice removals, like they get old cars to play practice cutting up.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Proteous on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 03:06 AM
Lamp shade?


(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/0f/9a/0d/0f9a0ded14e4ca379e31446d0c8ed275.jpg)
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: VladTepes on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 10:25 AM
Might not be quite so impressive a light with a full face helmet.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Proteous on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 09:44 PM
oh i disagree there are lots of images on google of full face lamps and lights
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Basil Brush on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 10:52 PM
Ornament in your mancave... :salute:
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:00 PM
Wear it together with your CPAP and call yourself Darth-V.
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: ARH on Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:51 PM
 :rofl2: :rofl2:
Title: Re: What should I do with my old helmet... ?
Post by: KiwiCol on Friday, 27 July 2018, 03:06 AM
Quote from: Andre on Thursday, 26 July  2018, 11:00 PM
Wear it together with your CPAP and call yourself Darth-V.
I did that in January of this year, 'slept' in my helmet on the side of the road, waiting for it to open at 7am.  Not a good experience, riding with a full face helmet is fine, plenty of air getting in, not so when you're stopped.  Kept running out of air & waking up gasping - was too cold to take it off so ended up alternating with visor open for a bit then closed for a bit. Naf all sleep though.