New AMA helmet rule

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To: All AMA Members
From: American Motorcyclist Association
Date: December 14, 2020
Re: 2021 AMA Racing Rulebook Update (Competition Apparel)

2021 AMA Racing Rulebook Update

The following rule change was created through the AMA Competition Commissions process. The change has been approved by the AMA Board of Directors and will go into effect January 1, 2021. New rules for the 2021 season are shown and printed in bold italic type.

Update to be included in all amateur AMA Racing disciplines:

All helmets must be intact and no modification may be made to their construction that alters the helmet from the condition it was tested and approved. The helmet is made to provide protection and is not a platform to attach foreign objects. For example, cameras or other accessories are NOT permitted to be attached to the rider’s helmet.

For more information, please contact:

AMA Racing Department
13515 Yarmouth Drive
Pickerington, Ohio 43147
Phone: (614) 856-1900
Fax: (614) 856-1921
americanmotorcyclist.com


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That actually does make sense from a safety standpoint. Forces in a crash aren't going to go as designed with another object attached to the lid and all. Wonder what lawsuit prompted them to make it formal though?

 

That's OK...there are many go-pros left to fill the gap.

 

Agree with this one.

 

I like it....

 

How the hell am I supposed to "do it for the Gram" if I can't have a camera duct taped to my chin bar?

Ridiculous.

 

So it's still OK for the Supercross guys to have a Go-Pro stuck on the top of their helmets, with it being a "Professional" event and all?

 

key word is amateur, i am guessing. Ski

 

If that's the case it's a load of bollocks. So being a "professional" means that you take more care fixing a Go-Pro to your helmet than an "amateur" does? You either ban that sort of thing across the board or not at all.

 

I wonder if that includes Eject helmet removal systems?

 

My guess is that’s really they referencing the arai diffusers?

 

What about that new Arai spoiler??

 

Bunch of places already dont allow helmet mounted cameras.

 

So...can you mount a gopro INSIDE the helmet? Maybe somewhere at nose level? What's the worse that could happen?

 

Did you miss the "FOR EXAMPLE" example?

 

I've crash tested many GoPros and they've always flew at least 50ft from the crash site.

 

We made the same rule several years ago in Mini Roadracing here in Alberta.

 

Same thing for the CSBK (Canadian Superbike) No cameras on the helmets... amateur or pro !

 

AMA continuing to prove why they suck.

 

No I didn't. However, the language states "foreign objects" which by definition is an object that is some place it should not be. Being that Arai designed it's spoiler as an exact fit to it's Corsair, it's not foreign in design or by nature. A Go Pro cam etc.. I totally get.