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posted September 22, 2008 09:23 AM
I have a scorpion I use as a track helmet. They're nice, but heavy as fack. Good for a few laps then pitting the bike, but i wouldn't use it on the street for long periods.
There's a web page that compares helmet's weight Shoei and Arai are the lightest plus offer a high protection factor.
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posted September 22, 2008 09:28 AM
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I have a scorpion I use as a track helmet. They're nice, but heavy as fack. Good for a few laps then pitting the bike, but i wouldn't use it on the street for long periods.
There's a web page that compares helmet's weight Shoei and Arai are the lightest plus offer a high protection factor.
Do you have a link for that page?
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posted September 22, 2008 09:34 AM
No I can't remember where I saw it....I'll try and find it agagin. Its good because it compares all the helmets ..
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posted September 22, 2008 09:36 AM
here's a decent one, heavy helmets on the bottom-
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmet-weights.htm
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posted September 22, 2008 09:52 AM
Ah! I love Webbikeworld.com. They have good stuff on there. Thanks!
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posted September 22, 2008 10:37 AM
Weight is a big part of comfort. I have to agree that Arais can be loud. I went do far as to buy a Schuberth which is supposedly a very quiet helmet. What a POS. Turbulent, terrible shields, heavy, big, etc. I wore it once and it now sits in a box on the shelf.
I would love to find a quiet light helmet, but it is an expensive proposition to buy one and find out that it doesn't work with one particular arrangement. That Schuberth was expensive. My Arais are louder on the C14 than the ZX10, which sucks, it needs to be the other way around. But the Arais cut though the wind smoothly. I have bought Shoeis and the things just don't fit me well, aside from being loud and the shields plain suck.
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posted October 08, 2008 04:33 PM
Wondering out loud... for all of you that believed the Motorcyclist article to be the gospel... do you ever (EVER) wonder why you never see ANY of the authors wearing anything other than an Arai or a Shoei?
Can you even pick out a single picture where the journalists (any of them) are riding on the track wearing a $50 chinese helmet? If these cheapo helmets are so great, why aren't the people recommending them wearing them? I've been to countless press launches and can't remember seeing anyone wearing anything that isn't an Arai or a Shoei....
Perhaps the authors of that article simply recommend one thing to their readers, but do the opposite themselves...
Classic case of "do as I say, not as I do"... ?
Food for thought...
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posted October 08, 2008 04:40 PM
I have a couple Arai's...
You get what you pay for!!!
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posted October 08, 2008 04:49 PM
 Edited By: NYC ZX-14 on 9 Oct 2008 00:51
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Wondering out loud... for all of you that believed the Motorcyclist article to be the gospel... do you ever (EVER) wonder why you never see ANY of the authors wearing anything other than an Arai or a Shoei?
Can you even pick out a single picture where the journalists (any of them) are riding on the track wearing a $50 chinese helmet? If these cheapo helmets are so great, why aren't the people recommending them wearing them? I've been to countless press launches and can't remember seeing anyone wearing anything that isn't an Arai or a Shoei....
Perhaps the authors of that article simply recommend one thing to their readers, but do the opposite themselves...
Classic case of "do as I say, not as I do"... ?
Food for thought...
Magazine people are given ALL of their gear from boots to helmets to leathers. They have free access to the cream of the crop so why not wear it? If they were workin as a teller making $400/week, the just MIGHT wear a $50.00 bucket. lol
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posted October 08, 2008 05:55 PM
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Magazine people are given ALL of their gear from boots to helmets to leathers. They have free access to the cream of the crop so why not wear it? If they were workin as a teller making $400/week, the just MIGHT wear a $50.00 bucket. lol
not true... and they don't make that much $$$... most, if not all are free lance and have day jobs...
and beyond that, the basis of the article was that the shitty cheapo chinese helmets performed BETTER than an arai... so if that's the case, why are all the journos and the authors wearing Arai?
well?
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posted October 08, 2008 06:02 PM
Because it's their favorite helmet...
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posted October 08, 2008 06:05 PM
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Because it's their favorite helmet...
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posted October 08, 2008 06:05 PM
well, i for one have a gigantic head so a Suomy 3xl is pretty much the only high end choice ive got.
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posted October 08, 2008 07:47 PM
Edited By: Gunner on 9 Oct 2008 03:50
GUNNER wears an Arai that should be enough for anyone to know....
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posted October 09, 2008 07:17 AM
I think they should stop all the WSBK and MotoGP riders as they enter the track and take away their Arai and Shoei helmets and replace them with $50 chinese ones.
I bet that would go over like a lead balloon.
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posted October 09, 2008 07:45 AM
Wondering out loud... for all of you that believed the Motorcyclist article to be the gospel... do you ever (EVER) wonder why you never see ANY of the authors wearing anything other than an Arai or a Shoei?
Can you even pick out a single picture where the journalists (any of them) are riding on the track wearing a $50 chinese helmet? If these cheapo helmets are so great, why aren't the people recommending them wearing them? I've been to countless press launches and can't remember seeing anyone wearing anything that isn't an Arai or a Shoei....
Perhaps the authors of that article simply recommend one thing to their readers, but do the opposite themselves...
Um sure I can...But this seems to be a statement as if their opinoin would be the end all be all. Quality(like beauty) is in the hands of the person chosing based on their own value system. Maybe yo head needs extra padding(Arai)-j/k fish,LOL
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posted October 09, 2008 07:56 AM
and beyond that, the basis of the article was that the shitty cheapo chinese helmets performed BETTER than an arai... so if that's the case, why are all the journos and the authors wearing Arai?
well?
Define shitty cheapo chinese helmets. There are helmets out there that I won't wear(yeah,shitty cheapo chinese helmets included). This is so vague and the readers will obviously apply their worse image of a cheap helmet and compare it to Arai(that's not fare again), Which will have them side favorably. But if you were so bold to name a manufacture that's worthy of comparison in quality, you will see some positive feedback from cosumers(like you've read throughout this thread)
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posted October 09, 2008 08:23 AM
Lastly Fish the basis of the Article was about the Arai Helmet. But you were the one who first chanted "cheap" on this thread and that's when this thread started turning into "Cheap and worthless" vs "Expensive and superior" which is quite different than the article conveyed. Be cool Fish... no harm, no foul.. 
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posted October 09, 2008 03:05 PM
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Lastly Fish the basis of the Article was about the Arai Helmet. But you were the one who first chanted "cheap" on this thread and that's when this thread started turning into "Cheap and worthless" vs "Expensive and superior" which is quite different than the article conveyed. Be cool Fish... no harm, no foul..
I consider them to be cheap and worthless, and I would never risk my life by using one.
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posted October 10, 2008 05:24 AM
Let it be Fish some people wouldn't know good from bad if it bit them in the ass.... Personally I've worn nothing BUT Arai since 1994... All RX7RR3s and 4s.... The best money can buy or a good thief can steal is how I place Arai..... Even Shoei's best don't compare.
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posted October 10, 2008 05:44 AM
OK Fish...Go Arai!! That's what this thread is about about and a shout out for you and Gunner...even though I would never vote for gunner..
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posted October 10, 2008 05:52 AM
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...even though I would never vote for gunner..
Voting for GUNNER will make your penis grow and you will become a man.... You really should give it some thought..
GO ARAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO GUNNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted October 10, 2008 06:40 AM
LOL
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posted October 11, 2008 11:44 AM
Edited By: Gunner on 11 Oct 2008 19:47
Picked up the latest in crash protection from a company that has not yet released it's name.. I think they will catch on big.. It's the latest in head protection.....
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posted October 11, 2008 04:49 PM
Man if that don't look like a side view of me! I'm trying to think if I ever put something like that on! 
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