Buying helmets from Europe

[coman37]

I think you will find that if not Eu supplied then it will not have ACU stamp and likely to be unable to use on trackdays

Coman

[Winston Smith]

I think you will find that if not Eu supplied then it will not have ACU stamp and likely to be unable to use on trackdays

Coman

You'd be right on that one!  The ACU badge isn't required for road use though

[cpettifer]

Just bought a white C3 from J&S for £424.99. In the car today though...

[Ubertours]

ACU stickers are available on fleabay!!!

[wiltsguy]

I got a C3 as part of the settlement for my 'shipwrecked' incident recently.
The helmet came from one of the main on-line helmet suppliers and the invoice to the ferry company was a whole lot less than £400 quid. And it came with a spare visor.
The local bike shop was asking £468 AIRecall.
Shop around mate.

[mecki]

I paid £630 for a C3 including communication system at HG last month.
I used their trade-in offer with an old Takei helmet I bought over 10 years ago for £30.   

[martin_14]

Sorry, but there is some bollox being talked on here.
You can buy and wear what you want from where you want.  The crunch comes for those selling.
If you couldn't wear a UK helmet in Europe you'd have to buy a new lid every border crossing!
US helmets can't be supplied as they pass different tests, but you can buy one and wear it legally.
It is the supply that isn't alllowed - not the purchase and wearing.
The other aspect is if buying outside EU then import tax and duty is to be paid.

I'm not sure of that. Wearing any helmet in Italy without the ECE-22 will definitely get you a fine. US market specific helmets are Snell certified, which is irrelevant this side of the pond. 

[Winston Smith]

So you would expect, say, an American rider in Europe to buy a new helmet when over here?

I cannot believe that Italian police go stopping riders to check for CE markings (never happened to me yet on all my trips there and throughout Europe).  British police certainly wouldn't.

The production and supply is governed, but you could legally wear a 1977 Cobra helmet and provided it was fastened it would be legal.

I agree, the Snell certificate means nothing in Europe, but wearing one would be down a legal ruling as to whether that helmet - the same production as one sold in Europe - would still be classed as a helmet.  I think the courts would look at it applying the looks, walks, and quacks like a duck it must be a duck method.