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Old 06-01-2007, 09:26 PM   #26
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Absolutely. In fact, I'd just had a conversation with a friend two weeks previous to the accident who'd been similarly knocked unconscious whilst wearing one- he warned me to get a better helmet. Shortly after my accident, HJC helmets were banned from racing @ NHIS, citing many instances of concussions. I got a Vemar next, and Just picked up a scorpion EXO-700 last weekend. both are infinietely better helmets than the HJC's.
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I thought they only banned their polycarbonate (aka plastic) ones. The regular composite shell helmets they didn't.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/...?article=25781
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