Helmets

Lowering GST to 5% on helmets vital for safety, aiming at 10 Million units this fiscal: Rajiv Kapur, MD, Steelbird

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Lowering GST to 5% on helmets vital for safety, aiming at 10 Million units this fiscal: Rajiv Kapur, MD, Steelbird

Home-grown helmet manufacturer Steelbird Hi-Tech has unveiled ambitious plans for the fiscal year 2024-25. The company aims to market 10 million helmets, backed by significant growth initiatives including manufacturing capacity expansion and the potential establishment of a new facility in southern India with a projected investment of Rs 100 crore. Besides that, the company is … Read more

How Do We Get More Motorcycle Riders To Wear Helmets?

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How Do We Get More Motorcycle Riders To Wear Helmets?

Image: Bell Helmets Your brain is a pretty important part of your body. Everything that makes you who you are is held in that little three pound sack of fat and neurons, so you should probably do what you can to protect it. Wear a frickin’ helmet, you dorks! Only nineteen of these fifty United … Read more

I Cannot Overstate The Importance Of A Good Motorcycle Helmet

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I Cannot Overstate The Importance Of A Good Motorcycle Helmet

Two weeks ago, I embarked on my first offroad ride with my BMW F800GS: 100 miles of mixed dirt, gravel, pavement, and mud, stretching from Massachusetts’s southern border to the town of Greenfield. I came back from that trip a better rider — one with experience riding in mud, gravel, and with limited traction. I … Read more