BELL helmets any good?

cypress · 10-06-2011, 05:28 PM

There's a Bell helmet sale going on at Motorcycle Superstore. Prices look pretty good but are these decent helmets? I know in cycling world they don't get much respect but that could be because Walmart carries a lot of BELL cycling products.

dragboat · 10-06-2011, 05:36 PM

Stronger than a do rag

Reaper · 10-06-2011, 08:18 PM

Yes. Bell makes a good helmet. They have been around for years.

garvin90 · 10-06-2011, 08:28 PM

I like the bobber helmets they have. My night driver bought an orange one and dropped out of our cab and it barely scuffed it.

dickc1853 · 10-06-2011, 08:37 PM

Bell was the original helmet manufacturer for motorcycle helmets. They've been around since the late 40s.

fist_of_fury · 10-06-2011, 09:31 PM

Are you talking about the Bell 3/4 helmets? I have one (Black Metal Flake) and I have a Rockhard 3/4 helmet (Silver Metal Flake). The Bell looks better out of the two in my oppinion, but I like where the Rockhards chin strap lands on my chin/throat. IMO the Bell's chin strap is set to far back.

donzi18 · 10-06-2011, 10:48 PM

I am living proff that Bell helmets do the job. In 68 I had a car pull out in front of me from a side street. I hit him doing about 50mph. I broke my leg, cracked a bunch of ribs and put a 3" gash about a quarter of an inch deep down through the top of my Bell helmet. If it had been some cheap piece of crap, I wouldn't be around today.

FIXER · 10-06-2011, 10:54 PM

i have the bell drifter, i found leather up had the best pricing