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The only fashion accessory legally required to survive being wrong about your reflexes.
means A protective helmet worn by motorcyclists to shield the head from injury in a crash.
from A straightforward compound of two borrowed parts. 'Motor' comes from Latin 'motor,' meaning 'mover' (from 'movere,' to move), while 'cycle' traces to Greek 'kyklos,' a circle or wheel — together naming the wheeled, engine-driven machine that emerged in the late 19th century. 'Helmet' is older and homelier: a diminutive of Middle English 'helm,' protective headgear, kin to Old English 'helm' and Germanic words meaning 'to cover or conceal' — the same protective instinct that names the 'helm' you steer a ship by. So the word literally stitches a moving wheel to a covered head.
- Origin
- Invented after T.E. Lawrence died in a 1935 crash
- Lifespan
- Replace every five years, even unused ones
- Drop test
- One serious drop can quietly ruin it
- The bell
- Bell Helmets started selling them in 1954
- Snell standard
- Foam crushes once, sacrificing itself for your skull
arai rx-7v — japanese helmet brand worn by motogp riders like marc márquez since 2013
shoei x-spirit iii — premium helmet used by professional motorcycle racers worldwide, especially in wsbk
bell race star — american racing helmet standard in motoamerica and street bike culture since 2010