Snide helmets

Greg Masters

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• Jul 9, 2014

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For racing, one is required to use an approved helmet bearing either an ACU sticker (2-wheeled sport) or an MSA sticker (4-wheeled sport).

At a recent car race I was at, a diligent scrutineer spotted a helmet with a fake MSA sticker. In fact the entire helmet appeared to be a snide version of what it claimed to be.

If you're buying cheap, make sure that you know exactly what you're buying.

 

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• Jul 9, 2014

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Fake helmets...........now that's just scary

 

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• Jul 9, 2014

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AberdeenAngus said:

Fake helmets...........now that's just scary

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A bit like fake eggs.....

 

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• Jul 9, 2014

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The art of fakery has reached new heights Even bonafide retailers are being duped
Mobile phone chargers that catch fire Medicines that are poisonous Fireworks that kill The list is endless

 

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Made in China no doubt

 

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As scary as car spares, discs that appear to be Brembo in all the correct packaging but cheap far eastern crap, similar with pads.

Electronic components packaged as Bosch which are cheap copies that have nothing inside the casings etc etc.

Or bearings bought by manufacturers as being SKF which were cheap Chinese rubbish that had been made with no manufacturing marks then etched up with SKF part nos and put in hooky packaging

 

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• Jul 10, 2014

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What about those bloody fake chinese parts fitted to most brand new BMW models, that's really poor, or are they really chinese?

 

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Lots of good things are made in China. Toyota, Honda, VW, Suzuki, Fiat, Ford, GM, PSA Peugeot-Citroën all have plants (or JVs) in China. IT companies by the thousand, etc etc. The Chinese also make some pretty good nosebag too!

It's not all rubbish, but most of it isn't snide either.