The reality of the rules is that the helmet has to meet the requirements
of the Tech. inspectors at whatever race you are going to. This usually
means it has to be a full face helmet, either motocross or street bike
style. The West last year required a tear off system no matter which kind
of helmet you had. There was alot of talk between the organizers last year
and Steve Daum concerning the Snell standard being raised to 2005 this year.
I have only skimmed the 2005 rules as of yet so I am not sure as to whether
or not this actually went into effect. I know our guys will be going to the
races with brand new helmets as to avoid what happened last year to us (half
of our helmets getting impounded, including my one year old Simpson Super
Bandit).
Mark Hagedorn
Western Washington University
Vehicle Research Institute
Program Assistant
360-650-3045
mark_hagedorn@hotmail.com
http://vri.etec.wwu.edu/minibaja/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Hutchenreuther" <emhutchenreuther@hotmail.com>
To: <mini-baja@Autox.Team.Net>; <BMmonteSS@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Legal helmets?
>I ran into this last year. If you research Snell 2000 a little more you
>will
> find that by full face they mean a chin bar integrated with the structure
> of
> the helmet. So a motocross style helmet can meet this rating. Full face
> helmets are designed to protect during a face first landing onto concrete
> at
> high speed, and against whiplash as the chin bar contacts the chest. By
> the
> same definition an open face helmet could still have the full visor, but
> no
> chin guard. Lesser rated helmets may still have a bar in front for
> protection against mud and stones, but the bar will not be as strong.
>
> In another spot in the rules (at least last year's rules) the term "full
> face" is misused to identify a helmet with visor (as an alternative to
> goggles). That is an oversight on the part of the rules committee.
>
> During my 4 years involved in mini Baja I have heard the same questions
> repeated over and over, it would be beneficial if we could start using the
> Baja forum so that replies are available for future reference by others.
> Just my $0.02
>
> Eric Hutchenreuther
> Kettering, Flint MI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BMmonteSS@aol.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:48 PM
> Subject: Legal helmets?
>
>
>> The rules seem to be conflicting a bit on helmets. One place says that
> auto-x style helmets are required, and another place states that a snell
> SA-2000 rated full face helmet is required.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bronson McNemar
>> Fairmont State University
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