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The same criteria applies to crash helmets. How long would you leave it before replacement of something that protects your head and you only know if it has done it's job when you have an accident?
Some of the rubber fitted as OEM to MZ's from new was lethal and you didn't wait for 10 years to replace it! The same criteria applies to crash helmets. How long would you leave it before replacement of something that protects your head and you only know if it has done it's job when you have an accident? I remember Stadium used to recommend replacement of it's Project 7 and Project 9 polycarbonate helmets every two years and fibreglass helmets every five. I have a Davida jet helmet that I've used no more than half a dozen times in the 15 years I've owned it. It is kept in it's box in a dark cupboard where I understand it should not deteriorate as it is not being attacked by light? I normally replace a fibreglass helmet after 7 years unless its been dropped.
I would always give warning that they would cook and boil there heads, before passing out and having a accident
After a recent topic on here about tyres I am seriously considering changing the TT100's on my 750F1, they were fitted when I rebuilt the bike in 2007 and with the amount of miles I do they will probably last another ten years but they will probably be as hard as a rock by then.
I can't really see any government introducing the ten year rule for everyone. There are already mountains and mountains of old used tyres that nobody appears to have a clue what to do with. Can you imagine those piles if everyone has to change tyres at 10 years. Won't happen outside of commercial use, and how many of those tyres actually last 10 years.