Shark Helmets

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SHARK HELMETS
shark rsr2 helmets shark
$458.95-$566.95
RSR 2
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$377.95-$431.95
RSX
shark rsi helmets shark
$283.45-$332.95
RSI
shark s650 helmets shark
$179.95-$197.95
S 650
Shark SXR Helmets
$287.99-$350.99
SXR
Shark SX1 Helmets
$179.95
SX1
 
EXTRA SHIELDS FOR SHARK HELMETS

Shark Helmets are a very well kept secret in the United States that is no longer a secret. Until recently, most of the serious track riders would go out of their way to find a Shark Helmet for track use. Fortunately, they no longer need to go out of their way - MetricBikes Superstore carries the complete line available for purchase on the internet.

Shark Helmets are probably the highest engineering safety helmets available in the world. The France based company spends a tremendous amount of its resources on integrating safety into their Shark motorcycle helmets.

The first step in ensuring your safety is through their extensive safety research. Shark combines the knowledge from three critical safety areas:

1. Crash and head injury dynamics: Shark Helmets has developed better ways to optimize absorption of impact energy.  Shark studies motorcycle accident and head injury data to develop an extensive understanding of helmet safety dymanics. Working with CEESAR, a leading European crash and injury analysis center, detailed statistics regarding motorcycle accidents and head impacts are used to understand variances in position and type of impact; ability of various materials to dissipate and manage impacts and the resulting variance in injury results. Coupled with Shark Helmet's extensive racing experience and high technology laboratory research, Shark is on the leading edge of helmet safety research.

2. Materials performance and analysis: Impact analysis dictates that the correct balance of managing speed at impact together with mass defines total energy absorbed by the brain, angle of impact defines potential reach of the energy to the head and surfaces giving and receiving impact will modify the force angle at which energy is transfered to the head. Consider that a deep penetrating impact on one spot will deliver too many g forces resulting in a head injury and an impact absorbed too slowly will result in brain deceleration duration being too long to protect from head injury. Shark Helmet's choice to optimize rapid deceleration and impact absorption duration helps minimizes potential brain injury:

3. Racing experience: Shark Helmet's commitment toward racing is driven by their commitment to the satisfaction of their customers. Racing is extremely demanding for performance and safety and is very instructive for Shark Helmet's development efforts. Through racing experience and testing, they are able to reach higher levels of quality and safety in their helmets and face shields. Troy Corser (World SuperBike), Miguel DuHamel (AMA SuperBike) and Mike Alessi (MX1 Motocross) are just a few high profile racers that wear Shark Helmets.

The second step in providing top quality products is Shark Helmet's product development. Do very rigid or more flexible structures make the safest helmet? This is the current debate among motorcycle helmet manufacturers. The debate was further fueled by Motorcyclist Magazine's comparison of helmets where the softer shells did better in laboratory testing than most high price helmets with rigid shells. Impact management is the dissipation of impact energy over a larger area coupled with flexible absorption of energy by the motorcycle helmet. Recent developments in automotive safety incorporate crumple zones to dramatically improve crash management. Rather than a rigid structure, an effective design absorbs the energy into the structure to reduce the amount of energy reaching the decelerating body. Helmet safety works by following the same principle. The Shark Helmet principle is to use a TEC shell (different structures for different areas) on the outside of the helmet and fin shocks on the inside of the helmet:

1. Shark uses fin shocks as opposed to a solid liner of EPS (expended poly styrene) foam or even an EPS liner with variable densities. Shark's research has led to the development of the Fin-Shock structure EPS liner.

2. Shark also uses a multi-piece internal shock absorbing structure by making the internal shell in separate parts using different density materials to control by weight their individual hardness. This is in contrast to the popular one piece multi density EPS liner that most manufacturers utilize.

3. Shark Helmets make a balance between outer and inner shells. Where the shape of the shell makes it harder, the inner shock absorber must be softer. Where the shape of the shell is more flexible (i.e. visor aperture), the inner shock absorber must be more rigid. Shark uses the correct combination of rigid and soft structures to achieve optimized deceleration thereby minimizing head injury. This is achieved by choosing the correct combination of glass, carbon fibers and aramid fibers in the Hi-Tec line of Shark Helmets (RSR2, RSX, RSI) and thermoplastic resins in the Performance line of Shark Helmets (S650). Shark uses a combination of long, short and multi-axial fibers to optimally spread energy over a larger surface area. Through greater flexibility of the entire shell as a system, energy absorption by the shell (and not your head) is improved. As a helmet shell does not react the same in all places (due to shape variation), Shark Helmets use variable thickness of shell materials in different parts of the shell.

Although a hard shell motorcycle helmet appears to sustain less damage, it does not allow the energy to be absorbed or distributed away from the head and in fact directs a lot of energy directly to the brain:

The Shark Helmet Tec-Shell and Fin-Shocks, working like a crumple zone in automotive construction, absorb and distribute the impact energy through their controlled deformation and thus minimize the amount of impact energy reaching the brain:

The final step in ensuring a safe helmet is through demanding quality control. Shark Helmets ensures that each helmet delivers the effective safety and comfort desired by demanding customers. All production and assembly is done in Shark Helmet factories where quality can be controlled. More than 15% of Shark Helmet's total staff is dedicated solely to quality control.

All of these factors combined allow Shark Helmet to offer a 5 year manufacturer's warranty. This is unheard of in the motorcycle helmet industry. As a general rule, a motorcycle helmet should be replaced every 5 years unless damaged then it should be replaced sooner. A 5 year manufacturer's warranty covers the Shark Helmet for the FULL LIFE of the helmet! Now you can understand why the Shark Helmet is in such high demand among track riders and racers.

SHARK RSR2 MOTORCYCLE HELMETS

The Shark RSR 2 helmet brings together all of the latest technology made possible by Shark's research. Developed with the best riders and racers in the world, the innovations used on the Shark RSR 2 helmet have led to the birth of an elite top-of-the-line sport helmet:

SHARK RSX MOTORCYCLE HELMETS

Enjoy the thrill of owning an extraordinary helmet. RSX excels in any situation. Its aerodynamic qualities mean it is equally at home for racing or recreational riding. The clean design and advanced technology will bring your senses to life and make this helmet an essential riding companion.

SHARK RSI MOTORCYCLE HELMET

A perfect combination of technology, ergonomics and safety, the new RSI helmet has sharp and aggressive lines that yield exceptional aerodynamic performance. With its balanced, carefully crafted design, and its intrinsic safety qualities, the RSI is the new benchmark in its class.

SHARK S650 MOTORCYCLE HELMET

Flowing lines, economical, comfortable, safe: so many plus factors that will make the Shark S 650 helmet the best value for the money.

SHARK SXR MOTOCROSS HELMET

A new myth is born thanks to close collaboration between a major helmet brand and the world's best Off-Road racers. All the components and every manufacturing detail of the SXR have been designed to give maximum satisfaction to its wearer. SHARK has innovated yet again - a guaranteed success!