Helmets

[darrsi]

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. :thumbup

What was the previous lid you had?


I'm using an Arai these days, but my previous helmet was a Shoei and as much as i like the Arai i found that Shoei visors were MUCH better in the rain. I've yet to have an Arai visor that rain runs off properly, which is very annoying.
The Arai is quite light, although in fairness i need a new one too.