Keep a child safe with a youth motorcycle helmet. When it relates to defending young kids on motorbikes or ATVs, nothing beats a helmet made just for them. Youth motorcycle helmets can be available for anyplace from $40 to $400. Just like their adult counterparts, these helmets are available as full face or open face. Some even have Blue-tooth capability.
Helmet shells can be built out of various materials together with plastic, fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fiber. The shock-absorber inside is foam, a substance whose shelf-life is about 5-7 years depending on storage. For this reason, helmets need to be replaced within that time frame.
Youth motorcycle helmets are designed smaller than adult helmets in all ways, that permits for a lighter weight while keeping DOT standard protection. A kid wearing a small adult helmet could have trouble with the weight of that helmet being too much for their necks, although they appear to fit properly.
Youth helmets are designed for head sizes from 19"-25". After finding a good size to try on, check out the fit. Be sure the helmet sits properly on the child's head with no movement front-to-back or side-to-side. There must be no gaps whatsoever between the cheek pads and the cheeks or the brow pads and the temples. If, after securing the strap, the cheek pads are pressing on the cheeks and not just touching them, try with the next size up or one more style. If the kid wants a full face helmet, be sure that pressing on the chin piece does not cause the helmet to touch the chin or nose. If it does, the wind produced while using may also make it touch and that would prove to be not only exasperating, it would be unsafe. If all this checks out, have the child wear the helmet around to store to see if it's relaxing over an extended period of time.
Child Helmet Laws - State laws differ as to whether helmets are mandatory, but only 3 states do not have youth helmet laws. They are New Hampshire, Illinois and Iowa. Laws not withstanding, each kid should wear a helmet on a motorbike or an ATV.