14-05-22, 08:56 AM
I was long overdue a new crash helmet, so spent a while trying on half the shop, but found that Arai was the only brand that fitted my bonce without issues. Some of the others were just terrible in comparison.
After finally finding one i liked it turned out the shop only had it in grey, which wasn't for me, so i left a bit deflated. So then i looked online and there were loads of really cool colours for the same model and chose one of them instead in the same size i had tried on in the shop.
But when it arrived and i tried it on i found it quite tight on the face compared to the one in the shop, but put that down to being new and would need a while to give a bit.
It didn't.
So i ended up spending another £40 on thinner cheek pads, which did the trick and now i'm really happy with it.
Older helmets tended to rely on the strap holding the helmet in place on your head, but this new one has padding that grabs your cheek bones for a more snug fit so the strap doesn't need yanking up tight at all. Has great venting a a wide vision visor with anti fog insert, and i removed a 2 inch sun visor add on i had in my old helmet and put it in this one to help with extreme sun in the eyes. So all good now. 8)
After finally finding one i liked it turned out the shop only had it in grey, which wasn't for me, so i left a bit deflated. So then i looked online and there were loads of really cool colours for the same model and chose one of them instead in the same size i had tried on in the shop.
But when it arrived and i tried it on i found it quite tight on the face compared to the one in the shop, but put that down to being new and would need a while to give a bit.
It didn't.
So i ended up spending another £40 on thinner cheek pads, which did the trick and now i'm really happy with it.
Older helmets tended to rely on the strap holding the helmet in place on your head, but this new one has padding that grabs your cheek bones for a more snug fit so the strap doesn't need yanking up tight at all. Has great venting a a wide vision visor with anti fog insert, and i removed a 2 inch sun visor add on i had in my old helmet and put it in this one to help with extreme sun in the eyes. So all good now. 8)
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