How to Make Your Motor Cycle Helmet Fit Great

Video Transcript

"Alright in this clip we are going to talk about how to make motorcycle helmets fit great. So as you can see I have got a variety of motorcycle helmets here. Now, the first thing I want to start off with on motorcycle helmets, is each one is made by a different manufacturer which means it is going to fit differently on your head whether it says small, medium, or large. That doesn't mean it is going to be the exact thing between manufacturers. These couple I have here these are Scorpion helmets and this one is an Arai helmet and these helmets tend to have a little bit more roundness if you have got a really big round head like my friend you can wear this helmet here. This helmet fits my head, it is kind of a narrow head. Now let me show you something, if I were to put on this helmet you can see that you can turn this thing practically around on my head. It doesn't fit. If I get in an accident this thing is coming off my head and my head is going to end up on the cement. Not a good idea. This helmet is my girlfriend's helmet. You can tell it's a girl helmet. If you are going to be riding a sports bike, you are going to have a girlfriend or you soon will have one. If I try to put this thing on my head it doesn't fit. It hurts really bad. Don't wear a helmet that is that small. Not a good idea. This helmet here is my helmet and it fits perfectly. So I'll give you an idea. It slips right on like that. Now one thing when you are buying a helmet, like I said try them all on and the guy at the shop can help you but a couple of safety things as far as making it feel good is you want to grab here. If you can twist this thing side to side like the black helmet and it turns that thing is flying off your head. This, you try to twist it, my head moves, that's good. Also it doesn't go, if I push it up my head goes down. This doesn't move independently on my head. That's also an important safety thing but you also want to make sure like I said trying them on to make sure they actually feel comfortable on your head. Now here is the strap for your helmet. They can show you exactly how to thread it at the shop. It depends from helmet to helmet but I want to get this thing on straight here, o'kay. So this if you'll notice it has little pad here. If you can see that. That's to keep the strap from directly touching your chin and you're just going to want to pull this thing tight until it is on your head nice and tight. The strap has a button here so it doesn't go flying all over the place but anyway those are the best ways to make sure your helmet fits on your head great. This one is my favorite helmet."