helmets, what you got???
10-03-2006, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BADMOFO
When I first saw this guy sitting in his truck with his helmet on I thought it was the "Great Gazoo" from The Flintstones! 
That was right before "someone" thought his truck was a Toyota. 
J/K!
This is a nice helmet which is fairly inexpensive. Open face helmets are better in my opinion unless you are going faster than 150mph. Even Warren Johnson used to wear an open face.
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=10497
That was right before "someone" thought his truck was a Toyota. J/K!
This is a nice helmet which is fairly inexpensive. Open face helmets are better in my opinion unless you are going faster than 150mph. Even Warren Johnson used to wear an open face.
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=10497
LMAO!! That is what I felt like though. So, that open face helmet is ok for the track? I will have one pronto if so, make it easier to get my freaking glasses on.
Oh, and I smell a ban coming on.
10-03-2006, 05:55 PM
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I haven't been told to wear a helmet yet at BMP.. Good thing the track i go isn't too strict. But, i do bring one with me just in case they tell me to wear one. This is what i use.> http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=10497
Good thing the track i go isn't too strict. But, i do bring one with me just in case they tell me to wear one. This is what i use.> http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=10497
10-03-2006, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
The Great Gazoo. LMAO!! That is what I felt like though.
So, that open face helmet is ok for the track? I will have one pronto if so, make it easier to get my freaking glasses on.
Oh, and I smell a ban coming on.
LMAO!! That is what I felt like though. So, that open face helmet is ok for the track? I will have one pronto if so, make it easier to get my freaking glasses on.
Oh, and I smell a ban coming on.
The open face helmets are good to go. They make seeing everything better in my opinion. I've seen those G-Force helmets in person and they are a nice piece for the money. Hardly can tell the difference between the Simpson and the G-Force.
10-03-2006, 08:03 PM
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[QUOTE=BADMOFO]When I first saw this guy sitting in his truck with his helmet on I thought it was the "Great Gazoo" from The Flintstones! That was right before "someone" thought his truck was a Toyota.
J/K!
Yep then he snapped his fingers and ran a 13.25 the great Gazoo where are you thats some funny **** yeah I like youre avatar.
That was right before "someone" thought his truck was a Toyota. J/K!
Yep then he snapped his fingers and ran a 13.25 the great Gazoo where are you thats some funny **** yeah I like youre avatar.
10-07-2006, 09:31 PM
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The difference in the helmets is the SFI ratings. The higher priced version has a nomex lining (and prob. nomex chin strap). You don't need that unless you plan on trapping over 150mph (I think). Both helmets have a chin strap....doh! I'd prob. get the $90 one, as that is a great price. It's on sale, it's usually $139 I think.
10-07-2006, 10:18 PM
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Just checked a Jeg's catalogue in my library (bathroom). The 650 has a nylon lining and is in the book for $109. The 750 has a nomex lining and is in the book for $149. They are both on sale. FYI, the Simpson version, the Cruiser, is $149 for nylon and $269 for white nomex and $294 for black nomex, making the G-force look even better. They are nice helmets, like I said, a friend has one that I've seen in person.
10-08-2006, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
Ordered!! If I look like Gazoo in this one, screw it, I will get Gazoo airbrushed on the side of it.
Actually, I didn't think about the Gazoo thing until reading this thread, but I was wondering where the space shuttle was parked at 
You'll love the open faced helmet.
10-08-2006, 06:08 PM
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With the Helmets, make sure whatever helmet you get has a Snell rating, should be at least Snell2000 rating at this point. I used a borrowed helmet when I went a month or so ago and it had no rating. Luckily the tech guy let me use it since it was a Fri. night street legal thing and it was my first time to that track.
As far as the cage goes, isn't it 11.99 or faster requires a cage unless the vehicle is completely stock running between 11.49 and 11.99? (like the new Vette Z06s and Vipers that can run an 11 straight off the show-room floor)
As far as the cage goes, isn't it 11.99 or faster requires a cage unless the vehicle is completely stock running between 11.49 and 11.99? (like the new Vette Z06s and Vipers that can run an 11 straight off the show-room floor)