USED PRODUCTS
Helmets, goggles, boots, an armoured shirt and a book.
Shark Skwal 2 Used for: six months Price: £230 Info: sharkhelmets.com
Skwalling is a winter sport made popular by the sort of people who enjoy ‘eyewear’. But, quite what it has to do with a motorcycle crash helmet is anyone’s guess. This second version of Shark’s Skwal has all the French brand’s regular niceties: large Pinlock insert, spectacles, safety. during visor misting deep It’s the also exotic good built-in on a tad cold build summer shy sun autumn quality on visor, and vents, easy mornings. and I can’t so a to got ne use stop clammy sense That with the sun chin of vent you visor also ips and shut it ends too up readily closed – every raise a time. hand to wipe and The rear. Skwal’s I’ve used USP them is having three bits times: that light once up to see front what they looked like , once when I caught the button by accident, and once to show my kids (who shook their heads and said ‘really, Dad?’). I get the visibility thing, however if myopic drivers can’t see my headlights there’s little hope for small greeny-yellow lamps on my hat. Overall, it’s as good as I expect from Shark. But save a few quid, and get one without the lights. Mike Armitage