1200 What Helmet? It's Doing My Head In (pardon The Pun)

Shoei GT Air for me

Comfy, light, quite, lots of ventilation,pinlock,internal visor

Works for me

 

Just asking, but are flip up's as good in a bump as a solid one piece helmet ?

 

Another vote for the Shoei GT Air (and I have an Arai shaped head). Best helmet I've had and can't fault it.

 

I have had Caberg but wont again. Decent value helmet but for longer trips spend more dollar. HJC full face = underrated, quiet but not a flip helmet so changed for touring. Shoei Neotec was excellent but didn't offer the flip down sun visor when I changed it (for that reason). Current is Schuberth C3 Pro. Excellent helmet, quiet and all day comfy but like someone said, leave the visor up in a shower and the rain gets onto the inside making riding difficult. Oh, and like someone else said it's not a good helmet for the old hair parting. Mine goes from my left ear to my right ear and I've spent months trying to comb that bugger out :Banghead:

 

You should look at the HJC flip-up if you already like their helmets. I'm well chuffed with mine.

 

The pillock really causes bother!

I have a few helmets but my go to is still always the xd4 despite the wind noise. I even bought a shoei hornet to give that a go but it's not a patch on the Arai in terms of quality.

I've currently got on the go an agv, icon airframe carbon ghost, shoei hornet, Arai xd4, Arai quantum, Arai rx7 and for all day comfort the xd4 is streets ahead of them all.

I'm in the market for a Schubert c3 pro though to see what that's like. Just a shame I stopped smoking before taking the plunge on a flip up!

 

I'm seeing positive comments for the Shoei Air - Step up from XR 1100? I need to order, as I have a non-standard size head XXL, I think. Mainly for touring.

 

Shark explore carbon for me. I got one from an Italian online shop for abou £180 down from an rrp of about 350 I think.. Not sure how it compares but it is loads quieter than my old ago agv seen in my avatar. It looks good without the peak too. I use mine with the visor and without the peak but the goggles are an amazing fit. No wind in the cheeks, and no steaming obviously.

 

Get contacts. One thing I find is that internal visors just aren't dark enough. When the sun's low, it may as well be clear. Because they think they covered the need for a sun visor though, darker tints aren't easy to come by. I'm thinking about getting some tint wrap and making it darker myself.

 

Yep, I've used one for 3 years of touring and commuting and I'm about to retire it. I'd give the helmet a 7 out of 10.



The inner visor is ok-ish, it is certainly more scratch resistant than the one in my C3 which marks if you breath on it. On the flipside it mists up really badly. In the end I ordered an iridium visor from Japan and ride with that 90% of the time.

Vents are good, stability is good and I was running it with a Sena intercom which fits well as there are speaker cups. Lining nowhere near as plush as other brands and the plastic pop stud fasteners aren't very strong. The visor mech is a bit too rigid.

Like most matt finishes, the paint marks easily.

Fit is snug, which I like. I take a small and the same in my other helmets - Schuberth C3, Arai Tour X3 and HJC RPHA 10+. The HJC Lorenzo is a recent purchase I got on a whim because it was cheap (was really after an AGV Corsa Rossi but couldn't justify the spend). It doesn't really replace the Shoei as it is more of a full on race lid.

 

Just ordered one from J&L in Carlisle, exact same colours. Pick it up on Tuesday. Knocked £60 off the price as well. I'll let you know how I get on with it if you want.

Cheers!!