Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Shifty wrote:Shoei:

1. Because I have a Shoei head
2. Because it's a well-known/quality brand
3. Because they have the only designs that weren't done by fingerpainting children and/or people on drugs

what Shifty said.

brand-new RF800 in 2001, it is just about to be replaced by a Diabolic II.

hmm I've got three good reasonably new helmets ..

ARAI - Astro... The best helmet in the friggin world!!! (1 month old)


KBC - TK8 .. still fits beautifully after 2 years

Shoei X-eleven Vermuellen replica - what a waste of friggin money!! It's so bloody noisy i don't use it and it sits on the stereo cabinet.. (3 months old and used 3 times)

the kid wrote:

Strika wrote:I wear an Arai, as it is the best fit for my head, of the top end Helmets available on the market at the moment.

Zactly the same

Zactly the same, the same

PC

I have the KBC Racer 1
My MX helmet is an ARAI MXA cost me $490 in Dec 94 & needs to be replaced, except they cost too damn much now & they only make the fixed full face now.

to those looking at a new helmet
get what fits
remember...everyone's scone is different
also see our buying guide here-

http://www.ksrc-au.com/html/buying_a_helmet.html

have a Shoei Tokudome at present. top quality helmet. my head seems to fit a shoei quite well, so i am happy to keep using them.

used to have an Arai, but price was too high. but with the cost of those high-end helmets, i used a Vemar or CMS helmet for racing. why? coz when i crashed, it only cost me $150 & not $1000. i wrote off the Arai in race crash, and then moved to the others.
some will say "a cheap head wears a cheap helmet", but i couldn't afford to fork out $1000 on a whim...

AXO, same a Aardy's, great but noisey, KBC....top value for money great quality, pity I droped it of the mirror, HJC, very happy with them all

cambo: version 2 wrote:some will say "a cheap head wears a cheap helmet"...

That is true to a certain extend. Some would find themselves paying too much for design/artwork and neglect safety.
I'm not a big HJC fan but I got a HJC, simply becoz it fits well and it's safe. Being both SNELL and DOT approved and half the price of other 'top of the range' helmets.
If I can get the same amount of protection with half the price, why not?
Fancy design/artwork can't save my head in an accident.

hmm ive had a few..keep fucking em wen i crash...
trashed list-
Arai
AGV
Bell
Axo

current lid is the XLITE..not bad..but not that impressed with it...the best is the Axo..it took 2 blows & still has no marks on it...
i ussually try to go for sumthin different...

neka79 wrote:...the best is the Axo..it took 2 blows & still has no marks on it......

you didn't fly over the bars far enuff....


and neka
me'lil'mate
nice to see you here

Like Mr Kaw I also have a Nitro. One of the cheaper ones too, and it does the job fine. Might even get me another one down the track, cannot hurt to have a spare.

I got a HJC helmet, and it's hard to say whether it's better than others as I haven't ridden for any long period of time with other helmets. Basically price, fit and the fact that it wasn't cheap polycarbonate got me hooked onto it.

Having said that, the Shoei and Arai helmets felt absolutely awesome if you can afford the 700 or 800 dollar ones.

This poll is so wrong, it left off KBC....

I have a KBC VR-1 and was very happy with it until recently... I am now beginning to find that it is getting a bit roomy.... That said, I ride to work every day, so I go through helmets quicker than most people...

KBC helmets are of a very high standard, but without cost an arm and three legs....

check out the VR-2... composite helmet, quick release visor and awesome graphics

My KBC was OK for a while, but...

It's quite low at the back, which restricts head movement when crouched
It's heavier than most others
The padding compresses with use, leaving it too big and moving around.

Moving from the KBC to the Shoei was the best, it's like a new level of freedom