The gap in your garage is just wide enough to squeeze past the bike sideways. Your helmet sits on a shelf by the door, and you catch it with your elbow every time you reach for the keys. One day it hits the concrete, the next it slides onto the seat.
In a tight garage, a helmet needs a spot that stays out of your way. We covered the general rules in how to store a motorcycle helmet. This piece is about one thing: a helmet holder on the wall that takes up no more room than the helmet itself.
Resting on a dome
A makeshift hook usually holds the helmet from the inside. A peg or hook pushes under the lining, and the whole weight of the shell rests on one small patch of it. A few weeks later you notice it when you put the helmet on, because it no longer sits on your head the way it did when it was new.
The P vertical hanger and the UK holder work differently. You place the helmet on a dome, much as you would on your head. Nothing digs into the lining and nothing presses on it, so after winter you put on a helmet that fits the way it did in autumn.
The wall, not a shelf
A holder on the wall leaves the gap clear. You walk past the bike without turning sideways or minding your elbows. After a ride you hang the helmet where you take off your gloves, and it never ends up anywhere else.
If you own several helmets or want to keep the dust off them, a helmet cabinet is the better choice. For a single helmet and a narrow gap, the P hanger or the UK holder is enough. Start with one spot on the wall and add a second when another helmet turns up in the garage.
