I don't mean to sound big-headed but...

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...I am. Can anyone point me at someone selling XXL size crash helmets in the UK (preferably in the central London area so that I can try before I buy) that really are XXL and won't cost more than the bloody motorbike?

What seems to have happen is that Chinese companies have taken over the crash helmet manufacturing industries and are shipping in the small through XL sizes by the hundreds of thousands, but can't be arsed to make XXL because most shops only get a handful of customers that need them. That leaves European manufacturers or hand-made as the main sources, both hugely expensive, and me with a head that's too wide to go through the opening of any crash helmet under £150 or so.

I think I've asked this before - for various reasons I've been putting off looking for one, and it's beginning to get a bit urgent as the visor on my current helmet deteriorates, since it's a type that's no longer available.

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[karohemd.livejournal.com]

wintrmute recommends Sondel Sport, at Highbury Corner, and J&S
Motorcycle gear in Greenwich, the latter having a better and larger collection and better prices, apparently.

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Don't know the other guys at all, but I should have remembered Sondel - I think they sold me my second helmet in the 70s. And I can combine that with a visit to Fantasy Centre in Holloway Road if I go on Monday after I've taken my baby snakes to the reptile shop...

Thanks, that's an excellent idea.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Glad that I could be of help.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

http://www.f2motorcycles.ltd.uk/clothing.html

Scroll down a bit. Only £38. From Google (XXL Crash Helmet).

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I'll bear it in mind, but I'm not very keen on open-front helmets - they give you a lot less protection against whiplash etc. in a crash. Interesting site - I've always been slightly in awe of the big Russian bikes, but you hear stories about some of the weird materials that occasionally turn up in them - rubber insulation instead of plastics, cardboard packing to reduce vibration, that sort of thing - which tends to make me a little cautious.