What to do with crashed helmet?

All knowing WERA, I crashed in a Shoei X-11 last year and its been hanging on my wall ever since. I emailed shoei about maybe sending it to them to see if they can study it but they said its not damaged enough to be any use. So what now? Toss it in the trash?

I mean it did its job of protecting my noggin, but shoot, its hard to watch that kind of dollars get dumped in a landfill...

Thanks,

Steve

 

Your local fire department/ rescue squad to use for training.

 

Drill three holes, fill it with dirt, put a plant in it and hang it as a flower pot.

David

 

seriously?

i have about 8 old helmets....

 

Didnt some one make a lamp or totem pole out of his a year or so ago?

 

have a yard sale someone will buy it for 5.00

 

I don't know what they do down there, but at Loudon junk helmets are gladly accepted by the U.S. Marshalls for use in training cornerworkers the proper procedure for helmet removal.

 

i found slaw's crashed helmet in the trashcan next to me at Nelson this weekend...

 

hang it on the wall next to your trophys!

 

What are trophys?

I'm all for putting it next to the rest of the carnage I have mounted on the wall (or whats left of it from that crash).

 

Open an Ebay acct with username Hargo, and sell it.

 

Want me to sign it for ya ? :up:

 

I had the same dilema with a crashed scorpion helmet

me and some friends spent an afternoon destroying it in my driveway, there were baseball bats, a truck, and a dog involved it was hilarious!

 

what no alcohol involved!!!

 

"Now thats funny right there, ... I don't care who you are"

 

yes, your DOT will probably take it too. I know PennDot will

 

In our MSF classes we use an old (damaged) helmet that has been sawed in half to show students the components of a good helmet (so they can see how thick the crushable foam lining is). It's also handy to be able to show them a rashed up helmet so they can appreciate the value of letting the helmet take that abuse rather than their face.

You may check to see if a local class would be interested in using your helmet as a training tool. Your helmet could be instrumental in saving another face, cranium and life.

 

Yep, do a search on here. If I remember correctly, the guy posted up some pics of the final result as well.

 

Yes, theyr'e probably in jest, but don't sell or give away your crashed lids unless you cut the chin straps out of them and let people know they're not for use... People are stupid.

I argued with a guy 2 years ago who wanted to buy my 5 year old rain tires that were hard as rocks (even though they looked good). I wouldn't give them away, they were simply dangerous and this dude just wouldn't give up. Finally I cut both sidewalls and tossed them at him. He called me an asshole, but I saved him a lot of pain and headache by preventing a crash on them. They simply weren't safe for use but he couldn't grasp that concept...

 

That'd be me. I couldn't bring myself to throw out years of race history, so I drilled them and ran an old torch lamp through them. It's got a bigger shade on it now, and looks pretty cool. Once my 1 year old gains access to the basement, this whole thing is going to crash yet again.

Pete