Modern Vespa

Hey all

Anybody any experience of the Caberg Trip helmet? This is my first purchase and overall I like it but I do find a great deal of wind noise at speed.

I'd like to know which other helmets are recommended by the MV fraternity. I like the composites and copter style helmets (I've got a piaggio copter on order but it's taking, like, forever to arrive...2 months+!! ) and am a little dirtrustful of open facers in case of accidents (road rash in face..owwww!! ). However, they do look cooler when riding with shades.

Oh, such a dilemma

Cabergs are very popular and used by a lot of London bike couriers and I imagine they know a bit about helmets.

I have a thing for Arai FF and also love Davida open-face helmets. Not based on anything scientific but rather 10 yrs personal use.

That's a damm sexy helmet.
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/motorcycle-helmet/caberg-trip/

No personal experience with that flip-down model, but it sure looks nice. I've worn Cabarg 3/4 helmets and like them. They're pretty popular here in Rome.

I've been looking at the Trip, which is actually a pretty good price even if imported into the US compared to helmets of similar quality. I like the Justissimo, too (which is for sale in US), but the Trip is more favorably reviewed in a few places. Thing is, I'm hesitant to buy a helmet I couldn't return. [Yeah, it's not officially DOT, but I don't think anyone would notice or care.]

How's the fit? What would you say the shape of your head is (if you don't mind me asking)? Round, long oval...?

I've yet to upgrade to a modular because of fit issues with the Nolan 102 and a couple others I've tried on-my head's in the category of "Fred Flintstone shaped," kind of cylindrical. With a 7 5/8 hat size (62cm or so), I can't even find a ball cap to fit on the damn thing, much less a porkpie. :?

Think I'm more in the Barney Rubble mould (smaller and rounder... ).

Fit on the trip is pretty good. I tried an open face with a peak last week and felt as if it was going to blow off in a headwind. In fact, the front did lift up and I had to hold it on at one point...pretty hairy when riding!!!!

I do find the trip it a lot easier to put and take off on than a full face as you don't have to ease the chingurd over your face. It clicks down with quite a satisfying noise and I've never had an issue with fastening or excess movement when on. The visor is pretty easy to lift up and down and it's quite comfortable to ride with the outside visor up and the tinted, inner visor down. The bottom of the inner visor is very close to your nose though so this might be an issue if you were to ever have an accident.

Mine also came with a load of free extras - helmet bag, wind stop for the chinpiece, bumbag etc, so very good for the price £90.00 incl delivery ($180 I guess?? )

Anyway, enjoy

Craig

Hi Geordie Boy, my situation with the Caberg Trip is similar to yours.

It's my first helmet and I've had it 5 months. I have little experience to draw upon for comparison, but I do find it noisy at speed compared to the Nitro helmet I used while training.

I got all the freebies with my purchase, but I did not get a wind stop/chin curtain. I didn't know there was one until I read your post. Am a bit pissed as I've always found it very drafty under the chin.

I could not go back to a helmet without an internal sun shade after the Trip. I use it all the time. However, on my 'long oval' head the shade comes down only just below my eyes (the Caberg V2 sun shade fit me better in this regard). This is far from the perfection described in the webbikeworld review and goes to show you can't account for individual head shapes.

Of the five air holes on the chin bar, only the middle three have gauze over the hole. The outer two are small but completely open and in my experience directed jets of cold air onto my cheeks and eyes. I've since stuck fabric over the inside of these holes.

The 'rhino' styling of the chin bar tends to obscure the view of the instrument panel. No biggie.

Overall I'm happy with the Trip, for its price it seems well made, has good features and nice styling. But I am a little surprised that webbikeworld rate it quite so highly (their "favourite flip up helmet") and that they found it to be "a fairly quiet helmet".

Yep I got me self one of those Trip lids 8)

Ive had it for about a year and it is the only full face helmet I own. Its anti fog mechanism (??) is great and I have had very little trouble with fogging ,only happens on very cold days while at low speed, but once you let her rip no more problem i.e. the faster you go the better it is 8)
I do have to wear a scarf over my face when it gets really cold as the venting in the chin bar really lets the air whistle through when at speen and your chin can get frost bit if your not carefull

The internal visor can sometimes catch me on the snozzer thus leaving me with a nice little bleeding battle scar , maybe a small piece of foam or rubber on the nose groove would sort this out but i kind of like a litte bit of pain from time to time... keeps me awake on the morning ride.

The quality seems good and ive had no bits fall off or break but dont get one of the rubberized coated ones. Once you scratch the outer all the rubber stuff starts to flake off and it looks like your lid is shedding skin.

Its a tad noisey at speed also but I can live with that as I have to wear ear plugs due to the bastard loud scorpion pipe i've got 8) 8)

All in all its a great helmet for the price, you should be very happy with it.

Hope that helps

Would the internal sun shade work if you're wearing glasses or is it too close to the face?

It's ok with glasses.I've got a Caberg Justissimo,pretty much the same helmet..