So I did a bad thing
Harley JHB are running a 30 day sale, and they were offering up a two open face helmet special for R700.00 ... I could not resist.
So they arrived here this morning, and was pleasantly surprised to find Bell naming in the one helmet, being a essentially a Bell Custom 500 (Expect to pay around 2.2K for the Bell elsewhere) with a bit of HD Graphics and the other I am still wanting to place the origional manuf.
Both supposedly ECE 22/05 rated .... except for the open face part I know.
It is really pretty impressive the additional field of view one gets with the helmet on, and the feel on the bike is rather awesome.
These helmets will be for the wife and me running to the shop and back, a quick sushi date down the road, or a slow cruise along the beachfront in good weather.
All in, I like the open face option for hot days were I am just around the area and not doing proper speeds. There is a risk associated, but it is a limited risk.
The Mrs gets the base black with typical HD flames, that looks pretty decent in real life, and I get the very vegan light blue with gold pin strip helmet .... this is all they had on special, and I bought them with the mindset that I can just spray them whatever colour I want for the amount of money paid for them.
