So I needed a helmet...

My old helmet didn't fit right, had been dropped a million times and was probably worthless in its sole job of protecting my head in the event of a crash. So, I tried on a few helmets locally. But to be honest, I felt kind of cheesy trying them on locally, knowing I was going to check online prices. Of course, if the price was fairly close, I'd have bought locally, not only to help local businesses but also because the whole waiting thing sucks....

I also decided it was ok if I tried on helmets and not buy if I had spent money at a local shop before. So, I had two shops I would check. One was a dealership where I had inquired about how much it would cost to have a mechanic check out a bike I was interested in. When the shop manager told my $150 I thought that was fairly reasonable and asked what they checked. His reply started ' Well.....uhhhh, we check the turn signals, and ummmmm uhhh the oil level....' I silently crossed that particular shop off my list.

But they have really nice shiny new bikes to look at so every once in a while I stop in to stare at new bikes. I went there and saw they had actually expanded their offerings. There was a fairly large selection of helmets (for Tallahassee, anyway) And the salesperson knew what he was talking about and didn't try to sell me a GSX-R.

I even found a helmet that was comfortable, and fit well. Too bad it was way out of my admittedly cheap price range. So, I then spent a few minutes drooling on the Bandit 1250, Versys and Er 6N. Wow, very nice looking bikes.

I then headed over to a local shop were I bought my chain and sprockets. Their selection wasn't quite as large and sadly the few helmets I tried on did not even come close to fitting. No Icon helmets for me!

Well, part of my  trip was to compare helmet brands and to see if hopefully anyone local sold a Scorpion Exo in a size that would fit my hugely long head. No one did.

So I went to Motorcyclegear.com and after speaking (well, ok, typing) to one of their workers, ordered this helmet:

Here's the info. on the helmet.  It was too good of a deal to pass up. Even if it totally doesn't match the bike, my jacket or me :)