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Full Member 197 posts Scout LE MKIII Full Member 197 posts
Scout LE MKIII
 I came across this on another forum. The craftsmanship is amazing!



Cheers,
Townsville QLD
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BigTone Administrator 1,638 posts
BigTone
Wow...how can we get one?
Cheers,
Tony
St. Kilda  Victoria
IMRG: 20380071
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Matt01 Full Member 247 posts
Matt01
Very cool
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Scout LE MKIII Full Member 197 posts
Scout LE MKIII
Here is a link to the web site. 

http://www.xianleather.com/Custom-Items.html
Townsville QLD
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CHF10 Senior Member 2,396 posts
CHF10
Illegal though. Sadly.
Live free or die!
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CK Supporting Vendor 124 posts
CK
very cool... shame cant use in Oz.... maybe thats a biz for someone here! .
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Dr.Shifty Senior Member 1,623 posts
Dr.Shifty
If it has a recognised compliance sticker you can use it. NSW, and I think all other states, now accepts foreign standards stickers. Helmets in Oz used to be a dog's breakfast of conflicting standards and rules but they sorted it all out about two years ago by recognising the standards of other countries.
Cheers, Kim.

From Woodrising (no, nobody else has heard of it either)
Rides a Springfield Dark Horse
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NTTS116 Junior Member 11 posts
NTTS116
With respect to the stickers. Helmets with a EU certification can be used since approximately 1 year in all states of Australia. Some manufacturer do not have a sticker at all. After the EU standards a Sticker is not required. Shoei helmets have a EU compliance Lable at the helmet step and that is accepted. But be careful some Police officer do not know about this regulation. There has been just recently a court case where somebody did get a fine for not having a sticker and with the support from a Lawyer he has won the case in court against the police. I think the lawyer was it was Blackburner  but I am not sure. It was one of this Lawyers specialised in the support of Bike rider.
Hope this information helps.
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crash Founding Member 2,565 posts
crash
I think that the lawyer would have been Maurice Blackburn.  They do a lot of work for the motorcycling community in general.  The problem is the cost and inconvenience of having to fight because the people that are enforcing the rules don't fully understand them.  This is not a slight on our constabulary - quite the contrary, they are only doing their job but the notification processes don't seem to filter down to the foot soldiers properly and the regulations (in the past) have been so confusing that they are struggling to keep up.  Sometimes it is open to interpretation and we know that that can cause issues as well.

I think that it is interesting that a helmet can be the safest in the world with all the compliance stickers and still be dropped a hundred times rendering the helmet next to useless yet something like the above is less likely to be dropped (and if it were, it would be noticeable) and offer similar if not better protection for the rider - not to mention that it also adds an extra layer of protection for the rider as I would imagine that this would be a skin over an already existing helmet.

I understand the need for compliance because some of the helmets that can be purchased from china are no better than putting a scarf on your head (or a pushbike helmet).  Some offer little or no protection to the rider from new.
Ulysses #30673
IMRG #AU100394
Current: RoadMaster (ebony and ivory)
Highett Victoria Australia
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Croc Senior Member 570 posts
Croc
Nice to know Crash, on another note.. I was an MRA member when they brought in some helmet laws in the late 70s.  The people making the laws ignored just about all bike associations' advice & it ended up with some of the best helmets in the world being non-compliant & some cruddy helmets (eg Nova, pressed plastic & likely to break apart after a metre drop to the ground) being acceptable.  Some of my first experiences with authorities' attitude to bikers & knowledge of bike riding.
Personally, I would rather ride lidless, was able to for a number of years in NSW, but I know this a divisive issue.  Reasons for & against it.
I'm Not Completely Useless . .
I Can Be Used As A Bad Example!

Kwinana W.A.

Ulysses   #48275
IMRG      #100932
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V-Twin Founding Member 7,820 posts
V-Twin
NTTS116 wrote:
With respect to the stickers. Helmets with a EU certification can be used since approximately 1 year in all states of Australia.
Helmet stickers are well explained by Motorbikewriter here... if anyone is interested.

https://motorbikewriter.com/remove-helmet-sticker
Melbourne, Victoria
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damienpearse Full Member 110 posts
damienpearse
I would prefer my helmet to slide across the ground. I'd be concerned the bitumen would dig into the leather.
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crash Founding Member 2,565 posts
crash
damienpearse wrote:
I would prefer my helmet to slide across the ground. I'd be concerned the bitumen would dig into the leather.


Not so sure you would have to worry about that - the bitumen is quite abrasive and would take the leather off in a split second (just like it does to any exposed part of your body).  I suspect that there is a carbon, fiberglass or plastic shell underneath that would provide the necessary protection.

MRA - They did some good things for motorcycling back in the day - including the first toy run if my memory serves me correctly 🙂
Ulysses #30673
IMRG #AU100394
Current: RoadMaster (ebony and ivory)
Highett Victoria Australia
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NTTS116 Junior Member 11 posts
NTTS116
Here is a link to one new message I found today to the euro norm and Police officer that do not know the rules.

https://motorbikewriter.com/win-incorrect-helmet-fine/
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