MotoAmerica Laguna

bpro said:
I just saw a post by MotoAmerica showing Fongs crash at Laguna. It appears that his helmet chinbar was broken. Did I see that correctly?

I broke the chinbar on a few dirt helmets in the past but I have never see that on a street helmet.

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That was the rear spoiler that got knocked around to the front. Many of the "aero" parts of the helmets are designed to break away so in a crash they don't catch on anything and torque the helmet.
 
gt#179 said:
That was the rear spoiler that got knocked around to the front. Many of the "aero" parts of the helmets are designed to break away so in a crash they don't catch on anything and torque the helmet.
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No, it was the wrap from the chinbar... you can clearly see the black graphics that were originally on the helmet that were wrapped over.
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badmoon692008 said:
strange...I can't figure out how to piece that puzzle back together but you appear to be right.
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here is a photo of the last version of the helmet (Pista GP R, current version is the Pista GP RR with a bigger/slightly different rear spoiler). you can see the white mount on the side. on the newer version that is further forward so the rear spoiler could break off and pivot over the top and flop around in the front like Fongs photo. I've never seen that happen but that is my guess as to what happened in this case. usually it just breaks off when impacted.
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Really curious to see how the attendance numbers go for this round as its usually a heavy hitter. Attendance has been spotty and its seemingly rained all year, hoping for some good news.
 
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