Radical new motorcycle helmet hitting the road next year

It’s a dirty little secret: motorcycle helmets can sometimes do more harm than good.

Optimized for high velocity impacts, when faced with low speed crashes their stiff energy absorbing EPS lining doesn’t deform and can transfer too much energy to the wearer’s skull. 

It’s a compromise that saves lives, but leads to many minor concussions that could add up to major health problems down the road, especially among off-road riders who take a lot of low speed spills.

But now a small California startup company thinks it has the solution.

6D Helmets has developed a brain bucket that incorporates what it calls an Omni-Directional Suspension (ODS) system between the outer shell and EPS core.

Twenty-seven hourglass-shaped dampers, each comprised of two circular cups on either side of a rubber core, are positioned around the helmet and designed to provide a cushioning barrier against low speed impacts.

(continue reading at FoxNews)

 

Comments

[lauren]

Great post. I was looking up Rocky Ridge Camo for my husband when I came across your post. I am glad I did because my friend and I were just talking about helmets being both good and bad for you. I will have to send this to him. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Raven]

For $750 a pop, it does sound like a reasonable investment; especially if it can save your life and future.