Comments on: HCI 50 Helmet Recall

By: winky

winky — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:32:10 +0000

I just found this link on the Triumph Rat.net and looked into it as I own an HCI 50. Great, comfortable helmet and looks good on a Brit bike.
How disappointing it was to find this but after having contacted HCI I was overall pleased with the result. They are going to pay for shipping and offered me a wide variety of helmets to compensate me. I was also told that these helmets will be back on the market by the end of July 2009. The reason for the recall was that during the Olympic preparation period in Beijing they had moved there location to a temporary site and the helmets produced there fell short.
They actually made many more of these helmets than those recalled. Inside the helmet there is a sticker that says when it was made and that will determine if yours’ is recalled. Mine, unfortunately, was.

By: frozenprairie

frozenprairie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:40:35 +0000

Phoebe, the danger in your position is that policy makers, who see all motorcycling as inherently dangerous, may go the next step and refuse insurance or healthcare to ALL motorcyclists.
I don’t mind that my tax dollars (I’m from Canada) go toward the healthcare of the obese, chainsmokers, alcoholics, etc. even though those people tend to use more healthcare resources than I do. Some day I may get broadsided by a cager and need lots of medical care. I wouldn’t want to be denied treatment just because I would have sustained fewer (or no) injuries had I been driving a car. And for the record, I always wear a helmet when riding and would even if it were not the law where I live.

By: cc st nick

cc st nick — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:57:47 +0000

wow with each law we lose the right to chose. pay more ride free.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:33:27 +0000

Actually, Ben, might want to read up a little more on safety standards and the research that inspired them. Less than .1% of crashes (that’s 1 in 1000) happen over 70 mph, with the majority happening below 40mph; and out of ALL crashes, the majority tend to have about the same impact force to your head that a fall from a complete stop would have. The bigger problem with DOT is that it’s “on your honor” with only random sporadic testing…which, I assume is what happened to these HCI helmets; more than likely they were NEVER truly DOT; they just got caught, unlike a lot of other helmets currently on the market.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Too bad DOT rating is for 14.6 mph. Not many crashes have such a slow impact. All the concern over DOT, and all it really is, is a brain bucket. As far as I’m concerned, all helmets leave the rider inadequately protected.