I've ridden motorcycles for 25+years (I think I'm younger than most here). I've ridden a bike all the way between Prudhoe Bay, AK and Machu Picchu,
Peru, and a fair amount in Baja.
I think you should want to buy a new helmet. You don't know how many times a used helmet has been dropped, and what may have happened to it.
Most, if not all, helmet manufacturers recommend replacing helmets if they've been dropped, or had some other impact. Some of that is likely driven
by an attempt to reduce liability, some of it based on a desire to sell more helmets, and some of it is based on the fact that a dropped helmet may
not protect your head as well as if it hasn't been dropped.
I have owned many helmets. Every single one of them new. Almost all have been $500+.
I have a $1,000+ helmet in my office that took a bad impact (with my head in it), and got really scuffed up. It could have been repainted to look
like new, but I retired the helmet for safety reasons.
I'd also get a Leatt brace, or similar, to protect your neck from breaking in a fall. It has saved mine more than once.
Also, look up ATGATT, and live by it.
Good luck, and be safe.
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