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Bigj
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 02:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
If you really wanna go old school, why not do it with a genuine, made in the USA, circa 1985 Bell Helmet?
www.genuineaccessories.com/Vintage/Vintage.htm
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Rex
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 08:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I have two old bell buell helmets...never worn....the lighting one and the red white and blue one...cool flat backs...REX
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S320002
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 09:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Rex,
Have you checked the lining of those helmets lately? The lining of my first Bell, circa 1975, turned into a pile of black granules several years ago.

Greg
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Djkaplan
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
My long retired (and granulated) Bell MotostarIII still has vintage - circa 1980 - mud on it.
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Rex
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 09:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I will check and see on the linings....look brand new to me...Thanks REX
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Brand New or not they dry out and the foam is no longer able to absorb energy.
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Midknyte
Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 03:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
General reccommendation I've heard/read is to replace at ten years regardless of apparent visual condition.
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Henrik
Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Midknyte; make that 3 - 5 years and you're closer to current recommendations... ; )

Henrik
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Boatz
Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 12:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Yeah, I have a Simpson(anyone remember those?!) that I bought new in Nov 83 along with my GS1100E.
I took it out last year for the girlfriend and the foam on the neckpiece was just powder inside the cloth. I guess the open cell foam has a shelf life. The rest of the helmet looks great. It even matches my Buell Volcano Gray pretty close. Got an Arai last year when I bought the ZX-11. NIce helmet.
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