Ever fly with your full face lid? How did you pack / protect it?
Flying south to rent a bike and would prefer not to rent a used helmet.
Flying south to rent a bike and would prefer not to rent a used helmet.
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Helmets on a plane??
- Thread starter timtune
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I fly with my helmet in a helmet bag as carry-on all the time. Not a problem.
No you're allowed two pieces. I normally carry a backpack and the helmet bag.
Did it on my trip to Thailand in ‘17 and will do so again when I return this year. Helmet as personal item in its carrying bag. Backpack as my carry on luggage.
RC-31
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+1 to the helmet as carry on -- in a good helmet bag. Never had a problem.
A few times I even rode the bike to the airport, parked in the free motorcycle parking right at the terminal (check out PDX), and flown wearing my leathers and boots.
TSA let me walk through the scanners no problem.
When you're wearing your gear it doesn't count against your carry-on luggage
A few times I even rode the bike to the airport, parked in the free motorcycle parking right at the terminal (check out PDX), and flown wearing my leathers and boots.
TSA let me walk through the scanners no problem.
When you're wearing your gear it doesn't count against your carry-on luggage
How long and (un)comfortable was that flight?+1 to the helmet as carry on -- in a good helmet bag. Never had a problem.
A few times I even rode the bike to the airport, parked in the free motorcycle parking right at the terminal (check out PDX), and flown wearing my leathers and boots.
TSA let me walk through the scanners no problem.
When you're wearing your gear it doesn't count against your carry-on luggage
backpack, i changed once we were in the air.
and really depends on the airline as well if they count it. I flew once with AC and they allowed my backpack + helmet bag and carryon.
Then local Hawaiian airline did not and was about to make me check one of my bags. The plane was half full. I was in a time crunch for my rental and so I quickly took it out of the bag, threw it on my head and said there. They allowed me to bring it.
POWERMAN
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How so? Do the hand held scanners pick it up? Or is it an issue with the xray machine?
The x-ray machine picked it up. The guy thought there was something sewn into my jacket (drugs i'd guess?) and was going over all of the doubled up kevlar panel areas. He gave me a weird look when I said the jacket was kevlar, then once I said motorcycle I was on my way. It was at Pearson so his English wasn't very good.
Trips after that I just take it off and put it in the bin.
POWERMAN
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Thanks for the heads up. Having lived in the middle east, something like this would get security all up in my ***.
It's bad enough I get bomb screened every 3-6 months when flying lol.
Who are you flying with?
Air Canada has a max size for personal item 6"x13"x17" so a helmet is too big. Carry on is 9"x10"x15.5" so technically it's also too small for a lid (min dimension of the helmet is about 9.5" wide). Maybe they let it slide but not risking an expensive trip on the whim of some airline employee.
Air Canada has a max size for personal item 6"x13"x17" so a helmet is too big. Carry on is 9"x10"x15.5" so technically it's also too small for a lid (min dimension of the helmet is about 9.5" wide). Maybe they let it slide but not risking an expensive trip on the whim of some airline employee.
Do you protect the lid inside the bag? I figure luggage gets tossed around some and is not always treated kindly.
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