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“Now please no cutting, Hildegard.” Hildegard also must not, to the lush Flip-Up offer makes the handle to the saw unnecessary. 14 motorcycle helmets for folding and unfolding in laboratory and field test of motorcycle.


Yes, bike is totally unfair. Or how can you call it when a 120-euro-helmet must compete against a 500-euro model? On the other hand, helmet in any other category, only one claim as a reason to buy is determining: “There shall be a folding helmet!” Many more require potential buyers of motorcycle helmets do not at the beginning of times. According to the current helmet standard ECE-R 22-05 virtually all of the latest flip-up helmets are tested. Folding hood, removable interior, one-handed operation of the chin part, practical buckle – the offer, with few exceptions, all also. A special (helmet) brand affinity folding helmet buyer does not usually – BMW except once – and then the customer is a little confused in front of shelf and understands only flip-up helmet. Five-minute test helps carry as little more.

To shed some light on the flip-up helmet and dark, ordered 14 MOTORCYCLE current flip-up helmets. In addition to the detailed field test (see box page 75) had the test candidate and an extensive laboratory program at TÜV Rheinland in Cologne to go through. From the far more usual testing procedure ECE MOTORBIKE from a few points. Thus, the stripped was conducted with all candidates in the unfolded part of the chin. Of course, the helmet manufacturers whose models have only a helmet ECE approved, explicitly states that these helmets may be driven in a closed state. But that is not always heeded in practice, and that’s why chose MOTORCYCLE the said test set. The five approved as a jet helmet models were within the limit of 30 degrees, and for some other models, the values ​​were considerably higher, but they have not in the points standings, because as I said: the manufacturers prohibit the open-top driving. The achieved impact damping values ​​were all in green (ECE) region, but well-known accident researchers such as Florian students from the University of Heidelberg, the motorcycle was advice to share, to realistic values ​​to be just half that – or specifically, HIC 1200 instead of 2400 . To get there, and just have some premium producers still some challenges ahead. Good, practical flip-up helmets are in existence for now is building at last even safer!