DOT strength motorcycle helmet?

[Coldfire]

Has anyone made a Mark VI motorcycle helmet that is strong enough to be DOT approved?

I'm looking for something to wear as I smash down the street on my CBR 1000RR.

I'm a little tired of my old Shoei Diabolic...

Thanks!

 

[colmon 9]

there was an airbrused one on ebay a while ago, but you wont find an actual dot aproved chief helm

 

[Coldfire]

there was an airbrused one on ebay a while ago, but you wont find an actual dot aproved chief helm

Well I'm not looking for something DOT approved, but rather something strong enough that if it were tested, it would pass DOT, but not weighing significantly more than today's motorcycle helmets.

 

[daystar558]

grab a shoei and stick some fibreglass on there. itll pass.

 

[Jim]

I don't think it will be hassle free though... However motorcycle helmets are DOT approved on the honor system, meaning the manufacturer says yeah it's DOT approved, and that's good enough. You should look at modifying a helmet, maybe make some pepakura stuff and fit it onto a normal dot helmet. That one on ebay that was airbrushed, had limited visibility, not really a good idea. Though, you won't be able to open your visor once you do modify it.

 

[Coldfire]

I don't think it will be hassle free though... However motorcycle helmets are DOT approved on the honor system, meaning the manufacturer says yeah it's DOT approved, and that's good enough. You should look at modifying a helmet, maybe make some pepakura stuff and fit it onto a normal dot helmet. That one on ebay that was airbrushed, had limited visibility, not really a good idea. Though, you won't be able to open your visor once you do modify it.

I think I'll do that and just make my own out of a smaller Shoei X-eleven(they're smaller than the RF1000) helmet.

I probable wont be able to post here anymore, because Doom feels that my avatar is inappropriate for children. Nevermind the fact that I see this kind of revealing attire on women all the time at beaches and water-parks in front of many young children. Whether it's an appropriate pic for this forum is another story, but his reasoning about the children is flawed as I have demonstrated...

Thanks for the help guys and keep on fraggin' it up!

 

[abandonship]

mmmmm... i like your avatar...

hahahaha

 

[feigned echo]

mmmmm... i like your avatar...

hahahaha

i second this slightly perverse comment.

 

[Jim]

Maybe he thinks it's inappropriate because it's passing along a bad message... That much potential road rash could really hurt. It's one thing riding without proper gear, but taking a passenger without proper gear, or as little as that... Then again, I think it's probably inappropriate for the obvious reason, and why not just change it, it is their site, you're their guest here... It's a pretty cool site.