For Your Safety; Safety Information: Helmet - SCHUBERTH SR1 Manual

G. FOR YOUR SAFETY

1. SAFETY INFORMATION: HELMET

Never ride without a helmet!
Motorcycling poses specifi c health risks and hazards for riders
and passengers. These risks and hazards can be reduced by
wearing a helmet, but they cannot be excluded. No defi nitive
statement can be made about the specifi c protection offered
by a helmet in the event of an accident. A safe riding style
that is adapted to road and weather conditions is the
prerequisite for your safety.
Use only a helmet that fi ts correctly.
To assure suffi cient protection the helmet must fi t well and
be securely fastened.
Always fasten the chin strap and check that the fastening
system and chin strap are correctly positioned before riding.
Never ride with an unfastened or incorrectly adjusted chin
strap. The chin strap must sit correctly and must not come
loose when pulled. The fastening is only correctly closed
when the strap does not loosen when pulled.
After a fall, accident or any other violent impact to the
helmet, its full protective function can no longer be
guaranteed. The energy that acts on it in a collision will be
absorbed by partial or total structural damage to the outer
and possibly inner shells of the helmet, which act like the
crumple zone of a car. The design is such that this damage is
often not easy to see. The helmet is designed to absorb only
one impact. Once the helmet has been subjected to a fall or
impact the helmet must be replaced. For safety reasons you
should make the old helmet unusable. If necessary you may
send the SR1 to the SCHUBERTH Service Centre, carriage paid,
for a free inspection.
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The protection mechanism of the helmet previously described
may cause small cracks in the shell to occur if the helmet is
dropped from even a small height (<1 m).
Any helmet that has been subjected to a major impact must
be replaced.
No helmet can offer protection against all conceivable
impacts. This helmet has been specially developed for
motorcycling. It is not suitable for other purposes.
Check the helmet regularly for damage. Small scratches will
not affect its protective performance.
The helmet should be replaced after 5 years, depending on
the intensity of use and care taken of it. The outer shell is
designed for a longer service life in principle; however, since
the materials of other components are subject to fatiguing
and wear, the overall functioning of the system is subject
to deterioration and the conditions in which the helmet are
used are beyond our control, we recommend for your own
safety that you replace the helmet after the period stated
above.
Strong sources of heat (e.g. exhaust heat) can cause damage
to the graphics, the inner shell and the internal lining.
Direct contact with fuels, thinners and solvents may cause
structural damage to the inner and outer shells of the
helmet. Do not allow the helmet into contact with such
substances, even for cleaning purposes.
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