05-08-20, 09:47 AM
(05-08-20, 01:00 AM)coffee link Wrote: I've had a problem with my neck muscles for a bit and after only a few miles I found myself holding my head up and riding a lot one hand,I looked into the weights of helmets and although I don't like open faced ones if I wanted to keep riding in some sort of comfort I thought I'd better try one.I bought a Shoei platinum R and couldn't believe how light it was,immediately my problem was a stack better and now I find I can spend a good hour without getting to much neck pain,ok,you get a fair amount of wind blast and I wear a pair of wrap around glasses but it beats not riding .I think it weighs around 1000,1100gms.all I know is it's a gods send for me at the moment. :thumbupI would of thought that wind blast would far outweigh a few grams weight loss in the helmet.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.