I have 3 full face helmets which are used and selected alternately depending on riding condtions: a carbon fiber Vemar VSC, carbon fiber HJC FS-15, and a collector's Shoei X-Eleven Daijuro Kato Memorial (D. Kato was a 250 MotoGP champion killed in his native land at the Suzuka circuit during a 2003 race. This helmet is rarely ever worn by me and mostly kept in a display case).
The $800.00 Vemar, which is a little over 5 years old and cost me half of the aforementioned price, is made in Italy to Euro and US DoT safety specifications. It is worn by some of the world's highest performance drivers in FIFA Motorsports (Formula 1). It was supplied with replacement shield screws, pads for crown and cheek in the same size as the original equipment. Replacement parts and shields are extremely difficult to find.
Since it was nearing it's useful service life, I decided to rip into it with gusto this morning and found that the guts are literally held together by wedging each component against the next. No hot glue gun needed, or plastic snaps to break, or even Velcro. It took me about 10 minutes to complete the job and was surprisingly simple.
The $800.00 Vemar, which is a little over 5 years old and cost me half of the aforementioned price, is made in Italy to Euro and US DoT safety specifications. It is worn by some of the world's highest performance drivers in FIFA Motorsports (Formula 1). It was supplied with replacement shield screws, pads for crown and cheek in the same size as the original equipment. Replacement parts and shields are extremely difficult to find.
Since it was nearing it's useful service life, I decided to rip into it with gusto this morning and found that the guts are literally held together by wedging each component against the next. No hot glue gun needed, or plastic snaps to break, or even Velcro. It took me about 10 minutes to complete the job and was surprisingly simple.