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From: gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: 1985 Bell GT Royale  -  The Return of the Fly
Message-ID: <494@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-May-85 16:53:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: sphinx.494
Posted: Tue May 14 16:53:55 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 17-May-85 04:36:32 EDT
Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center
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  I recently purchased the new top of the line Bell Helmet - the GT Royale.
List price (as told to me by my Honda dealer) is $250 but, he was willing
to give it to me for $200.
  I purchased it from Dennis Kirk for $184 (no tax, no shipping charges)

  Anyway, putting the helmet on brought back memories of the movie The Fly.
The hemlet is gigantic - not as bad as a giant flys head but almost.
  
  One of the features of this helmet is that it has a removeable, washable
inner liner.  The problem is that this liner when installed rests against
another styrofoam(sp) liner in the helmet shell.  The result is a 
"styrofoam squeak" when the two surfaces rub together and this happens
oftern enough as the fit is not at all tight.
   
  Another feature is the two position visor activated by a trigger mechanism.
Press the trigger once and the visor cracks open, press it again and the 
visor flips all the way up.
  The problem is that the trigger is a hair trigger.  nine times out of ten
you will not be able to get the visor in the "cracked" position.  It seems
that its all or nothing.
  
  A third feature is adjustable venting.  There are three positions - closed
de-fog and full.  De-fog blows air up to the visor.  Full, according to the
instructions, supposedly vents the inner lining.  Looking at the helmet
construction I couldn't imagine what this could mean.
 
  Needless to say, I sent the helmet back and purchased a Simpson 32  "Darth
Vader".  Plenty of venting, slightly poor perif. vision but better than
a poorly vented squeaky flys head anyday.
  
  Gary