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Originally Posted by RodH
Sorry Luca, but I think that you are far too willing to believe and defend everything that the Dept for Transport feeds you with regards to the Sharp Test, irresepecive of whether or not their results fly in the face of all previous helmet tests.
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Sorry RodH, but I think you are far too willing to believe and defend anything that the Arai marketing department feeds you with regards to the Arai tests, irrespective of whether or not their test results fly in the face of independent tests whose only objective is to give consumers an independent view of the relative merits of manufacurers product perform.
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Arai's helmets exceed greatly all of the testing standards throughout the world.
In Europe ECE22.05 is the standard to which all helmets sold must meet.
But Arai sets high demands for Its own helmets - much higher than ECE22.05.
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As I understand it, it is because of the flaws in the EU testing standards that the DoT decided to set up the SHARP scheme, because the EU tests are publically defined and so manufacturers can "tune" their products to pass just, as they optimise fuel consumption in the EU car tests, and bikes have a flat spot where they are tested for emissions.
We are all free to make our own minds up, afterall its oure own bonces! I am more inclined to take notice of independant tests rather than a helmet manufacturers publicity.
Btw I knew a motor racing team in the eighties who were sponsored by a particular oil company, and had to pour their preferered oil brand into their sponsors cans in the privacy of their workshop so that no one saw them top up their car at the track with the wrong stuff!!