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Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

How to Choose the Right Motorcycle Helmet | Testing Helmets at the Snell Foundation

Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

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4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

There are so many different manufacturers and models of motorcycle helmets on the market that choosing the right one for you can be a daunting task. Clinton Smout from SMART Adventures deals with this every day, and he has some important tips for...

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0:00.0

Best Rest Products Products is where the number one tire pump in the business for us motorcyclists comes from.

0:05.0

It's called the cycle pump made in the USA has lifetime warranty.

0:08.0

They also distribute the Google Tech filters for North America.

0:11.0

The website Cycle pump.com.

0:14.0

That's best-dressed products at cycle pump.

0:17.0

com. According to a UK study, 25% of motorcyclists are wearing the wrong size helmet, and that mistake could be devastating in a crash.

0:38.0

Let's face it, with all the choices us riders have out there, choosing a helmet becomes a daunting task. So it's important to

0:44.3

understand not only what's at stake when shopping for a new dome but also what

0:47.9

really matters and most importantly how to make sure you get the correct fit.

0:52.0

Today we have the chief engineer from the Snell Foundation how to make sure you get the correct fit.

0:52.6

Today we have the chief engineer from the Snell Foundation, which is arguably the world's

0:56.6

most respected testing body for helmet safety for motorcycles.

1:00.0

And we also have Clinton Smout, an instructor that teaches the helmet routine to 4,000 students each year.

1:05.8

And we're going to get some great questions answered here.

1:08.4

Like, is my helmet garbage if I drop it off the table?

1:11.6

As well, does an expensive helmet offer better

1:14.2

crash protection than an inexpensive helmet? All this and much more coming up.

1:18.5

My name's Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us. We get a good one

1:22.1

for you.

1:23.0

Okay, before we get going, I want to thank some sponsors that help bring this episode

1:31.8

of Adventure Rider Radio to you.

1:33.4

The first one is Max BMW Motorcycles.

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