Helmets in China

[MotoKai]

Threadbump! Motokai,I'm about to pull the trigger on the exact same helmet, which is selling for 616 RMB in a shop up near Scootertown. It's a great fit, which most of the modulars I've tried are not, and seems to be a good package of features. How's yours holding up after more than six months of use? Comfort? Quality? Noise levels? Stuff you don't like? Did you ever find the cover for the little BT hole? thanks!

For me, the fit was the most important part, and my HJC fits great. In fact so happy with it that I bought a 2nd for the 2-up days.

Actually, this is my only complaint. The helmet seems to be "wide" which means it takes up a lot of horizontal headroom on the bike when you have a pax. So the 2-up rider needs to pay special attention to helmet positioning when riding - or else bang, bang.

[slabo]

Some helmet pornography. They only show how the shell is made, it was interesting to see EPS part being made.

[Rockrz]

hi buddies,
I am deepak from india and recently shifted to shanghai for business purposes. I am looking for a good helmet but not very costly as my stay in shanghai is not going to be very long. I am looking for a LS 2 helmet off-road style with a visor. can you tell me a shop near shanghai where i can get this helmet and also the approximate cost of the helmet.

sorry to trouble you in this regard

I have recently purchased a scoyco jk-17 riding jacket from a dealer in shanghai. the cost quoted online was 186 rmb whereas the dealer sold it for 320 rmb. hence asking as to where i can get a good deal

regards
rockrz

[MotoKai]

The HTC helmet with visor can be found for around RMB 800 on Jiaoji Lu (go about half-way down the block, and you'll see one of the bigger helmet shops on your right).

[Rockrz]

The HTC helmet with visor can be found for around RMB 800 on Jiaoji Lu (go about half-way down the block, and you'll see one of the bigger helmet shops on your right).

thank you. I will definately checkout this place this saturday. by the way, you have mentioned HTC. is it a helmet brand or is it the offroad lineup of the LS-2?
sorry for the noob question :P

[euphonius]

Rockrz,

The LS-2 is widely available in the shops up on Jiaoji Lu. Catch the No. 7 metro up to Xincun Lu. Xincun Lu runs roughly east-west. From the metro, if you walk east about 100m, you'll come to this place:

Chemichen aka C.C. Shop (in Taobao)
Xincun Lu 433-1 near Xixiang Lu
上海市普陀区新村路433号-1近西乡路
Chemichen's Taobao shop
Proprietor Qin Xiaochen 秦尧辰
Mobile: 13585898820

If you walk west on Xincun Lu about 200m, you'll arrive at the north end of Jiaoji Lu. About 100m down Jiaoji Lu, you'll notice yourself surrounded by all things motorbikes, chiefly scooters, and on your right you'll find a teeming warren of hundreds of shops. This is scooterville. You'll find your LS-2 helmets there, along with many other local brainbuckets.

Here's the thread I PM'd you about.

cheers

[filipu]

And how much would you pay for a helmet? I bought one HJC in poland for 100e and I thought its quite a fair price, now I was thinking about AGV for 1500rmb and its still a nice price as long as you dont compare it to other helmets that hardly ever exeed 300RMB. 500% more expensive. Is the difference in quality so big?

[Worr]

Hi,

For one of the questions in first posts - that helmets here feels different than in EU or US - that's true, at least with Shoei (so I'll assume it's true also with Suomy and other serious brands). The shells are made specifically for most common head shapes in particular regions. Unfortunately, I cannot find a pdf with the description how the shells are made, I read it some time ago :/.

Since I'm stealing the topic :) - do you know where I can find HJC /LS2 helmets in Beijing? East side of 4th ring road preferably?

[Lao Jia Hou]

do you know where I can find HJC /LS2 helmets in Beijing? East side of 4th ring road preferably?

You can check out FLH & Mr Yu's shop. Each carry HJC and maybe LS2. Here's a map:



Some other options can be found in this post: click here.

[filipu]

I bought AGV in this shop yesterday. http://www.wldamotor.com/gong%20lu/gl%20boot.htm They have HJC and LS2, as well as shoes, clouthes and other stuff. Its near west intersection of 5th ring and subway line 1