Comments on: Tachibana motorcycle helmets

By: Darmah Bum

Darmah Bum — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:20:05 +0000

Cool looking lids. Where can you buy these in the States?

By: econobiker

econobiker — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:44:04 +0000

You could still buy a full-face non-vented flat-shield helmet up to the mid-1990s here in the USA at such automotive discounters as JC Whitney. I know because I deliberately hunted a black full face helmet down and bought it along with the tinted black flat face shield. To me the mirrored modern face shields will never eclipse the evil look of the old style helmet and black shield. (Excepting of course the original Simpson bandit with a black face shield)

Sadly the nuclear arms race-like demand for helmet vents and crazy graphics plus off-short manufacture and 3D computer designed helmets/molds has eliminated the simple helmet market.

By: db

db — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:19:12 +0000

love the bell star knock off, would definitey purchase

By: D

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:21:32 +0000

So what’s it take to get imported helmets passed to the Australia Standard? I’m pretty sure I need a toecutter helmet.

By: Chris Hunter

Chris Hunter — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:07:02 +0000

You can read the site in English via Google Translate:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tachibana-helmet.com%2F&sl=ja&tl=en

By: Ecosse

Ecosse — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:34:30 +0000

very cool. but, not being able to read japanese, and living in the ‘states, this is all merely eye candy.

By: Hiwatt Scott

Hiwatt Scott — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:10:01 +0000

The SHM with faceguard (the matte black one above) is very “Toecutter”. I dig it.