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Flipping heck, this is an emotive one, cheers for all the replys.
Its all about safety and little else for me. I went for the Arai for its reputation as the 'best' helmet based on nothing but opinions and sales blurb. The Arai fits perfectly and I am having a fitting session at the shop to try all the different cheek pads and skull caps to really optimise it. I love some of the AGV designs but they fit me like a square peg in a round hole.
As for the helmet looks i think all Arais look naff (apart from the Joey Dunlop & TT ones) so I am having a plain black one. I am choosing fit and compromising looks/fashion because I believe it to be the best helmet I can get. If testing is going to undermine this then perhaps I need to think again and save myself a few hundred quid!
I have a niggling doubt that top spec race helmets put a lot of effort into lightness/aerodynamics with the odd scrape down the tarmac. What I need for the road is the best noggin protector possible and nuts to everything else. These test results will be very interesting indeed...
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