I maybe wrong (I normally am) butI am not sure that it is a legal issue to own and use an imported lid, I think that it is illegal to sell lids that don't have the ECE 22-05 or the older British Standard 6658. There are 2 things with the regional lids. One is, that head shapes and ergonomics vary slightly, so an Arai lid in EU may well not fit if you bought it from APAC. The bigger and regulatory aspect is for racing, in the UK you need the gold acu sticker on the helmet in order to race and helmets from elsewhere don't have these. In the US you get the Snell Dot, for example. Even so, you can take an imported helmet to the ACU and they will, if safe, affix a Gold sticker... as I have.
To the servicing aspect, I would imagine that the lifetime servicing won't be available for imported lids as a rule. However, i am sure if you took a lid to an aria autlet they'd probably do anything you needed for you anyway and they will all be able to get replacement parts for you.
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Originally Posted by Douglas
I hope that you imported one with an EU approval sticker, and not one from the US or Far East, which of course would not be legal here. Just in case anyone else is thinking of following Ravi, its worth checking before buying on line from abroad
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