MattG

Yeah I had a feeling about race helmets not being suitable which is why I thought I'd ask, similar to how you can't use race suits for karting (racing is built for fire resistance and karting is built to take abrasion) To be quite fair, I have budgeted to buy a new lid around the £300 - £400 mark and so I have no issues in shelling that out to give me some chance of survival if anything DOES happen. Thanks guys - top advice!

Thanks for the info fella - well the way I see it is if I trust an £800 lid to protect my head in an open wheel car doing 140mph (admittedly in conjunction with a HANS device) then I'd trust it to protect my head in an accident on the roads. The only difference being circuits are designed to obviously cater for you coming off the track - roads aren't as forgiving! I may look into a second helmet anyway, but for the time being, it looks like I can get away with it and save some cash till the next paycheque. Any experience of ordering from Japan rather than actually picking one up in person? Wondering how it works out as against the UK prices. If anyone has done it then I'd be interested to hear. I've ordered a lot of stuff from HK before (airsoft gear and the like) so have a rough idea of cost - but direct exp of ordering helmets / recommended stores would be good. Cheers! Matt.

No, I have a Bell helmet that I use in single-seater racing on circuits (currently about to start testing in Formula Jedi when the cash comes!) and so my question is if they are suited to the purpose of motorcycles as well. I believe the helmet Snell SA2005 homologated and obviously FIA approved - but I imagine they're not suitable for road use?

Just an interesting one... but can a racing helmet be used on a motorcycle? I'm not familiar with the 'standards' of motorcycle helmets so any guidance on the markings required would be dandy. Admittedly I've budgeted £300 for shelling out on a new lid anyway but I'm curious as I can then start getting my gear sooner rather than later.