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Old 28 Jun 08, 10:34 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AndyH View Post
MrR. I spent a lot of time working in Aisia and in particular, Japan. I bought 2 Arai RX7 Doohan replicas a few years ago. Cost me £235 each compared to £499 rip off price here. I heard of this size and shape difference when i came back. Being an engineer, i decided to put it on a CMM machine (3 D measuring machine) and compare it with a UK spec (with a gold RAC/ACU sticker) and guess what.

NO BLOODY DIFFERENCE AT ALL. The Jap spec is missing the gold RAC/ACU sticker only which can be got from fleabay for pennies.
I always assumed that the different shape would be in the interior of the helmet rather than the exterior.
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