http://www.smf.org/cert.html
http://www.smf.org/
http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm1/helmets-kbc-table-vr1.htm
Joe :)
Jon Wennerberg wrote:
>I'm buying a new helmet for lsr, and want to make sure I get one that has
>the Snell M2000 rating. KBC brand has received some rave reviews, so I
>shopped around on the web yesterday, found good prices, but couldn't satisfy
>myself that the thing had the Snell label in it. In one of the photos a
>sticker is shown on the back, right above the DOT sticker. I called their
>offices but only found folks that don't share a native language with me, so
>I don't know if their reassuring words were to the point in question.
>
>So I asked the guy that wrote one of the reviews, and here's his response.
>And also, am I not correct in assuming that an inspector at Maxton or on the
>Salt will demand more than just a sticker on the back?
>
>Jon
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick at webBikeWorld.com [mailto:Rick@webBikeWorld.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:40 AM
>To: 'Jon Wennerberg'
>Subject: RE: KBC VR-1
>
>
>Hi Jon:
>Thanks for visiting webBikeWorld and for writing! I went upstairs to check,
>and the VR-1 pictured in the article does not have a sewn in label that says
>anything about Snell approval. But my feeling is that there is no way they
>could claim approval in the USA without actually having it -- they'd get
>sued so fast they'd be out of business in no time!
>
>The tracks and/or clubs around here usually have a list of approved helmets
>and they go by that. I haven't experienced anyone looking for sewn in
>approval labels. I will see if I can find anything out from KBC about why
>they don't sew a label inside.
>
>Cheers,
>Rick.
>
>---------
>Rick Korchak
>rick@webBikeWorld.com
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jon Wennerberg [mailto:jonw@up.net]
>>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:05 PM
>>To: rick@webBikeWorld.com
>>Subject: KBC VR-1
>>
>>
>>But does it have the all-important Snell M2000 label sewn
>>into the inside?
>>I race at Bonneville and I know that they inspect for that --
>>not just the
>>sticker that I see on the back of the helmet in your photo.
>>
>>I'll buy one as soon as I know it says Snell in there.
>>
>> Jon E. Wennerberg
>> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
>> #436 M/PS/G 1340 CC
>>2001: 200.471 mph - 2002 GOAL: 220.554++mph
>> Marquette, Michigan 49855
>> (That's Way Up North)
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