Not sure what my bin man is gonna say, is it ok just to put them in the bin?

Yep, worse things been thrown in, cookers, nikes arms and legs :D

LOL :D

Save 'em for go-karting rather than using your nice new lid :D

There is nothing to stop you throwing it in the bin, but make sure that you cut it in half first if you can or at least cut the straps off.

There are a lot of riders who scoure rubbish tips and bins for this very type of thing and will wear them rather than buy a decent fitting new one.

Cut a helmet in half ! :eek:

What with ?

[Edited by Jonto - 20/06/2003 14:41:29]

yeh good point jonto :D I was just thinking that....hmm must develop my muscles a little further before i can snap a helmet in half with my bare hands:D

Recently crashed and my Arai is now scrap. Although it just has a few small scratches on the outside, the liner is all deformed. Once I get my insurance payout, I will cut off the straps and offer it to the local police for their various roadshow so that they can show how damaged a near perfect helmet can be.

If they don't want it,I'll drill a load of holes in it, and do as much damage with a sledge hammer as possible before I bin it

i just threw out all my old lids last week..never crossed my mind to "damage" them.

if some pikey cheapskate wants to go through my trash for an old lid then sod em!

they should also avoid eating my moldy dinner scraps but im not going to signpost that either!

save them they make interesting flower pots

No problem throwing them in the bin. I can manage to 'hit the hoop' at about twenty feet (in the big green wheelie types) but over that can't get the lid into the bin... lol!

Seriously, cutting the straps off is definately a good idea...

LOL :)
What scanky sod goes through rubbish tips looking for helmets though?!?!?!
Ewwwwww!

I've seen it at our local tip, the gippos who work there skank everything.

I always cut the straps and give the helmet a good old pounding with a hammer to really mark it up...

MartinL is on the right wavelength, I have seen some used as hanging baskets, nice touch :)
....although the petals do tend to blow off above a ton !

Have a P1ss in it too.. :D

i tried bashing one up once with a hammer (was ready to be thrown - honest) and boy it was tough ;)

hmmm hanging baskets eh.....

After bashing a damaged Aria with a hammer before dumping it I realised how fekin strong it was and bought another one exactly the same.

After hitting the armco at the Nurburgring at 120mph:eek: I got to see first hand just how tough Arai's are!!!

Wouldn't recomend this excessive form of testing though:D:D

Gardening is much safer.

mate crashed his brand new shoei at a donnington track day, so decided to slice it in half and make a nice (but expensive) clock out of it :cool:


kev :)

LOL I might as well keep the knackered one at this rate! Im going to be looking at everyone on a bike now wondering if they scavenged the helmet off the rubbish tip!
:D