May 24th, 2012, 04:59 AM
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ninjette.org guru
Name: Bobby
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Join Date: Apr 2012
Motorcycle(s): 2008 Kawi Ninja 250R, 2013 Honda CRF450R, 2008 Honda CRF250R, 2001 Honda XR400
Posts: 301
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Originally Posted by trixter
DOT (and most of the others) are a minimum rating. 2 helmets could both pass the DOT test but one would not do that well in a crash, you dont really know based solely on the DOT certification.
I bet you could get a hollowed out ham to pass the DOT tests. IIRC the DOT test is only at 35mph and hasnt been updated in 40 years. Most pass/fail certification systems are similar although afaik every other country has higher standards for what will pass. My helmet is certified by 4-5 different groups, one of them being DOT, my guess is that it will perform better than a DOT only sub-$50 helmet.
SHARP (UK) has 5 levels, if its level 1 you know it is at least level 1 but not more than level 2. You can then rank helmets that would otherwise pass a certification level but may be better. They dont test every helmet though but they do test many. |
Sweeeet, thanks for the link dude! My helmet got 4 stars...
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