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[chrisgixer]

I really don't subscribe to the " one helmet maker is quiter than anothe" theory. If the alleged quietest helmet in the world doesn't fit your individual head shape then it will be very very loud indeed.

I think its a case of what's best for "me" must be best for everyone else. Which is not always the case.

So IMO, by the sound of it, Shoei may not be the correct helmet shape for you anyway. Unless you bought I size too big...?

[tunnie]

I really don't subscribe to the " one helmet maker is quiter than anothe" theory. If the alleged quietest helmet in the world doesn't fit your individual head shape then it will be very very loud indeed.

I think its a case of what's best for "me" must be best for everyone else. Which is not always the case.

So IMO, by the sound of it, Shoei may not be the correct helmet shape for you anyway. Unless you bought I size too big...?

Might have done, bought this one before i started my lessons and took my DAS course. 

[Magwheels]

I'd expect design to of moved in considerably more than it has tbh, even as good as Shoei and Arai are. But stupidly, vents, shell shape and paint designs sell more helmets

Spot on 

No RD400's (in fact no strokers at all now) myself but a mate of mine had one of every model until just recently. He has slimmed down his collection now but still has about five I think. I still like the looks of the "E" but they are to small for me to ride now.

There were a couple of GS's down the meet tonight and yes they are the A380 of the bike world! I rode a GS some time back, three indicator buttons, what's that all about? I had to stop to figure out how to turn them off!!!

[chrisgixer]

I really don't subscribe to the " one helmet maker is quiter than anothe" theory. If the alleged quietest helmet in the world doesn't fit your individual head shape then it will be very very loud indeed.

I think its a case of what's best for "me" must be best for everyone else. Which is not always the case.

So IMO, by the sound of it, Shoei may not be the correct helmet shape for you anyway. Unless you bought I size too big...?

Might have done, bought this one before i started my lessons and took my DAS course. 

Off to the shops then young man. And don't be swayed by bs like race track technology, vents and paint, or the name on the top. Fit is everything. As long as it has the correct stickers of course. Acu gold sticker was the one in my day. But I see there's Dot stickers as well now.

 But re noise, if you can get a finger up between the padding and your neck, in the grove where your jaw meets the neck under the ear lobe then that's bad for noise. It can still fit very well in other areas, but you'll go deaf quicker.

And I'd suggest not buying at the first shop either. Take your time.

[tunnie]

Cheers will do

Time to find shops near my commute

[aaronjb]

Yeah that would have been a good test, are you going to get another as your No claims will probably expire for the bike soon?

I think I retain my NCD for 2yrs.  No plans to get another this year.  As I said to you a couple of years ago, if I went without a bike for more than a short time, I'd probably never get another.  It will be a year in 10 days time...

For just a tiny outlay you could have this little beauty and be back on two wheels: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bikes-for-sale/searchresults/detail/nsu/quickly/1965/_/R-NXGN-7619746

Perfect for the elder gentleman...

[henryd]

Yeah that would have been a good test, are you going to get another as your No claims will probably expire for the bike soon?

I think I retain my NCD for 2yrs.  No plans to get another this year.  As I said to you a couple of years ago, if I went without a bike for more than a short time, I'd probably never get another.  It will be a year in 10 days time...

For just a tiny outlay you could have this little beauty and be back on two wheels: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bikes-for-sale/searchresults/detail/nsu/quickly/1965/_/R-NXGN-7619746

Perfect for the elder gentleman...

Lol

[Kevin Wood]

If you don't like the sound of your own engine, you've got the wrong engine. 

1) Buy a V8 Cobra
2) Go find a tunnel somewhere

 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Tunnie must be going too slow if he's got time to notice wind noise!   

[chrisgixer]

Tunnie must be going too slow if he's got time to notice wind noise!   

Your not far off. Tbh. With a decent fitting lid I found there was no need for ear plugs at sensible speeds. Even after a curry.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Tunnie must be going too slow if he's got time to notice wind noise!   

Your not far off. Tbh. With a decent fitting lid I found there was no need for ear plugs at sensible speeds. Even after a curry.

There you go, we've just sorted Tunnies problem!  Smelly socks and more curry! 

Oh the power of OOF!! 

[tunnie]

Happy to have more curry 

Experimented again on the cruise in today, putting various parts of my hand around the bottom of the lid where it meets my neck. Could really reduce the sound again, at one time, with hand on side, air was flowing up by chin and into helmet. So if I can stop that with a tigher lid, should be a lot better. 

[chrisgixer]

There's various attachments available, you may remember Chris Walker used a guard over his nose when racing. They keep the wind out of your vision area, as I used to struggle with eyes watering from air streams drying out my eyes. Then they water and splatter tears on the visor on the brakes and that gets distracting.

Shoei used to do a rubber face mask as an accessory that fits inside the chin piece and covers the nose. That in conjunction with a chin curtain in winter, and a thin neck tube whatever they're called covering the chin, and you'd be almost impervious to weather/temp./misting visor with added noise protection. I never used a double glazed visor attachment/pin lock system.

Carefull though, if the curtain and nose piece fit too tightly and block off air completely, you can't breath, as I found out once when a non Shoei nose piece collapsed

[tunnie]

 

Hoping to try smaller Shoei tonight, I'd be the Small not Medium 

[aaronjb]

Hoping to try smaller Shoei tonight, I'd be the Small not Medium 

How small is your head man?





I think I have an XXL helmet and even that's touch & go..