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Posted: 4/25/2012 4:49:28 AM EDT
The Icon Airframe "Guardian"     |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 4:52:13 AM EDT
[#1]
Pretty badass helmet. $345 shipped on EBay.
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Posted: 4/25/2012 4:52:35 AM EDT
[#2]
Nice
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Posted: 4/25/2012 4:56:07 AM EDT
[#3]
I'll take it
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Posted: 4/25/2012 4:58:59 AM EDT
[#4]
Definitely cool. You're right about that.
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:00:51 AM EDT
[#5]
Not Snell-approved. Do not want.
(I kid, I kid!) |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:05:30 AM EDT
[#6]
Love it. Let me know when they come out with one with guys in 5.11s, polo shirts, plate carriers, and battered AKs.
Seriously, that is just plain bad-ass. Just showed it to SWMBO. She likes it, too. St. Michael just adds to it, as he's the patron saint of parachutists. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:08:38 AM EDT
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Not Snell-approved. Do not want.
(I kid, I kid!) It really should be Snell approved... |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:10:27 AM EDT
[#8]
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Not Snell-approved. Do not want.
(I kid, I kid!) Well, it is Icon... |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:14:31 AM EDT
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Not Snell-approved. Do not want.
(I kid, I kid!) Well, it is Icon... I don't know wat that is supposed to mean. Icon makes good shit. I have two Snell Icon helmets. They are excellent. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:15:30 AM EDT
[#10]
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Not Snell-approved. Do not want.
(I kid, I kid!) My Icon is snell approved, its an 2004 model though. I can't beleive they would only go dot approval |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 5:17:24 AM EDT
[#11]
needs more bio hazard symbol
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:13:53 AM EDT
[#12]
While I am diggin' the graphics, the rest is total shit!
Icon makes some serious junk that looks good
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:27:12 AM EDT
[#13]
Well i personally dont care for it!
It would match all the ugly, bedazzled affliction shirts that all the meatheads wear! |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:29:47 AM EDT
[#14]
Looks good, I like it.
I just wouldn't wear it, I'm a Nolan fanboy. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:30:29 AM EDT
[#15]
I like this one
 Someone here had this pattern on a set of AR furniture |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:37:13 AM EDT
[#16]
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Love it. Let me know when they come out with one with guys in 5.11s, polo shirts, plate carriers, and battered AKs.
Seriously, that is just plain bad-ass. Just showed it to SWMBO. She likes it, too. St. Michael just adds to it, as he's the patron saint of parachutists. that cartoon angel chick is supposed to be st michael? 
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:48:06 AM EDT
[#17]
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Love it. Let me know when they come out with one with guys in 5.11s, polo shirts, plate carriers, and battered AKs.
Seriously, that is just plain bad-ass. Just showed it to SWMBO. She likes it, too. St. Michael just adds to it, as he's the patron saint of parachutists. that cartoon angel chick is supposed to be st michael? That's what I was thinking, why is St. Michael a chick? |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:58:37 AM EDT
[#18]
OK. So maybe he's the version from Constantine...
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Posted: 4/25/2012 7:07:25 AM EDT
[#19]
Cool.
BTW, according to some research, not having SNELL approval (DOT only) may actually be a good thing. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 8:08:30 AM EDT
[#20]
nice. I like this one more:
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Posted: 4/25/2012 8:16:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/25/2012 8:26:03 AM EDT
[#22]
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Looks good, I like it. I just wouldn't wear it, I'm a Nolan Shoei fanboy. Same here |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 11:28:30 AM EDT
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GgwpUiiRSRc/SWaH6JFRKCI/AAAAAAAAGS0/6nYxA1h4ye4/s400/_0983osbe-tornado.jpg Those are pretty bad ass. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 11:29:32 AM EDT
[#24]
I wore quite a bit of ICON stuff when I was big into sportbikes.
It is good stuff, and I like the helmet. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 11:30:31 AM EDT
[#25]
I dig the theme, but it's not something I would wear on my head.
Still a cool helmet though. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 11:32:33 AM EDT
[#26]
I have a leather ICON jacket that I've been wearing for several years. They make decent stuff for the street.
I believe their goal is to bring protective gear to people who would not be able to afford or or normally wouldn't wear protective gear. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 12:07:26 PM EDT
[#27]
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Cool. BTW, according to some research, not having SNELL approval (DOT only) may actually be a good thing. With pre-snell2010, you'd be correct. But snell2010 finally went to similar to ECE22 standards, and now actually does some good. 
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:21:50 PM EDT
[#28]
Icon = prefered squid gear.
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:24:40 PM EDT
[#29]
I've been around amateur, expert, and professional racing for 20+ years. ICON as a brand has only been out a portion of my time, but I've yet to see a privateer, or factory racer choose to wear their lids. Speaks volumes.
They look nice though. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:26:17 PM EDT
[#30]
That's sweet.
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:27:03 PM EDT
[#31]
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Love it. Let me know when they come out with one with guys in 5.11s, polo shirts, plate carriers, and battered AKs.
Seriously, that is just plain bad-ass. Just showed it to SWMBO. She likes it, too. St. Michael just adds to it, as he's the patron saint of parachutists. that cartoon angel chick is supposed to be st michael? That's what I was thinking, why is St. Michael a chick? She is kinda hot. 
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:28:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:28:30 PM EDT
[#33]
Icon helmets are suuuuper uncomfortable on me.
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:36:22 PM EDT
[#34]
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I've been around amateur, expert, and professional racing for 20+ years. ICON as a brand has only been out a portion of my time, but I've yet to see a privateer, or factory racer choose to wear their lids. Speaks volumes. They look nice though. I have never seen an icon helmet or any icon gear @ a track day. Their stuff is geared toward the street stunting/posing/wannabe crowd. The same guys w/ 3" chicken strips and helmet mohawks.... Whatever gets ur dink hard I guess...
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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:44:04 PM EDT
[#35]
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I've been around amateur, expert, and professional racing for 20+ years. ICON as a brand has only been out a portion of my time, but I've yet to see a privateer, or factory racer choose to wear their lids. Speaks volumes. They look nice though. I have never seen an icon helmet or any icon gear @ a track day. Their stuff is geared toward the street stunting/posing/wannabe crowd. The same guys w/ 3" chicken strips and helmet mohawks.... Whatever gets ur dink hard I guess...
The helmet mohawk is the dumbest thing I've ever seen, and a pretty goo dindicator of the person wearing it. |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 8:43:48 PM EDT
[#36]
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Icon = prefered squid gear. Eh? I thought squids dont wear gear at all. No doubt about their target market seeming to be stunters though. First time I saw Icon stuff was on that show Jason Britten hosted and hes a stunter. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 8:59:43 PM EDT
[#37]
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Icon helmets are suuuuper uncomfortable on me. But I bet Rashad wished he had one on when he took that blow to the head.
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:10:36 AM EDT
[#38]
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GgwpUiiRSRc/SWaH6JFRKCI/AAAAAAAAGS0/6nYxA1h4ye4/s400/_0983osbe-tornado.jpg details thats an Italian made helmet by OSBE. the model is called tornado, and the versions in that pic are shown with the breathing mask which is a extra piece bought seperatly from the helmet it self. What i thought of when i saw it was that scene from the new Star Trek remake movie. The one where the cop is on a hovering "motorcycle", if you could call it that, chasing a young Kirk in a 60's model sports car that he eventually drives off a cliff. |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:13:49 AM EDT
[#39]
Quoted: I like this one http://www.h2oimaging.com/new2.jpg Someone here had this pattern on a set of AR furniture I saw AR furniture with that pattern on it somewhere on the web. I wish I could find it again.  |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:18:16 AM EDT
[#40]
Perfect helmet if you ride to work in your ACU's...
ICON SSR Operator helmet. |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:23:46 AM EDT
[#41]
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Icon = prefered squid gear. Squids = kids that DON'T WEAR gear. 
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...I believe their goal is to bring protective gear to people who would not be able to afford or or normally wouldn't wear protective gear. They do seem to cater to the crowd who would be "too cool" to wear gear, unless it looks cool: Poser dudes and chicks. Mostly. It is nice to see gear that fits the ladies ...appropriately. |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:42:31 AM EDT
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GgwpUiiRSRc/SWaH6JFRKCI/AAAAAAAAGS0/6nYxA1h4ye4/s400/_0983osbe-tornado.jpg details Made in France, mon ami.
OSBE/GPA |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 1:17:27 AM EDT
[#43]
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GgwpUiiRSRc/SWaH6JFRKCI/AAAAAAAAGS0/6nYxA1h4ye4/s400/_0983osbe-tornado.jpg details Made in France, mon ami.
OSBE/GPA thats weird...the ones that say gpa on them appear to be made in france. the ones pictured above say OSBE are made in Italy. They appear to be absolutly identical with the exception that where one says OSBE the others say GPA. |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 1:31:57 AM EDT
[#44]
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thats weird...the ones that say gpa on them appear to be made in france. the ones pictured above say OSBE are made in Italy. They appear to be absolutly identical with the exception that where one says OSBE the others say GPA. OSBE still does the ski helmets, motorcycle helmet production went over to GPA. OSBE lineup: http://www.osbe.it/prodotti.html if you click on "caschi da moto" (motorcycle helmets) you get transfered to the GPA website.
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Posted: 4/26/2012 1:38:28 AM EDT
[#45]
Meh, Icon is worn by squids and is fitted too small for listed size. Plus, only squids and RUBS like to wear those helmets with shite all over them in my experieince. I only wear Biltwell lids, anyway.
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Posted: 4/26/2012 3:32:32 AM EDT
[#46]
Icon has been doing military oriented stuff since they came out, they actually sell Icon stuff at the clothing sales and PX on base.
In the last few years there has been some controversy over the Snell ratings. Some say that the Snell is inferior to the European ECE rating. IIRC they said that the Snell rating was on helmets was biased toward helmets that have a hard outer shell but don't really look at energy absorption. The Euro rating looks more at how the helmet absorbs the impact over just how the shell holds up. |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 3:47:39 AM EDT
[#47]
This thread reminds me why I stopped hanging out with the biker crowd. Too much like high school.
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Posted: 4/26/2012 3:53:20 AM EDT
[#48]
Looks like the artist that drew the "Walking Dead."
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Posted: 4/26/2012 3:55:36 AM EDT
[#49]
Icon helmets never have seem to fit me right. I do however love my overlord prime leather jacket. To all the haters saying they are only for squids I don't get it.... To me that's like saying handguns are for criminals bc it's what they use to rob. My jacket is made from great leather & has enough protection pieces to make me feel comfortable while riding everyday. If that makes me a squid then...
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Posted: 4/26/2012 4:03:22 AM EDT
[#50]
An Icon helmet saved my beautiful face in a motorcycle wreck. They are great.
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