Wind noise on my Shoei

[sniff]

I'm looking at getting a new lid as I done over 100 miles on Saturday and ended up with one hell of a head ache.

Any reconmendations on a quite lid I've got around £250 tospend so loads to choose from.

[maviczap]

Do you use earplugs?

Schuberth are meant to be quiet, but possibly outside your budget, and I found I didn't have a Schuberth shaped head

[MJC-DEV]

Roof are pretty good and around that price. I have a Diversion but always wear earplugs anyway. Still get low frequency wind 'booming' from the neck line but never found a helmet that didn't. Very little high frequency wind noise though.
Check out reviews on webikeworld as they rate noise levels on all helmets.

[Argyll]

It's all about proper fitting earplugs. My Shoei is as quiet as a mouse, so long as I get a decent seal on my plugs, otherwise it's a pain.

I use foam plugs and put them in backwards - usually works great.

[embee]

If it fits, a Shoei Qwest might be just the ticket. I went from a Schuberth S1 to a Qwest, it's much lighter (nice), very much better ventilation (nice), better visor (nice) with Pinlock, pretty much the same noise levels though I always wear plugs anyway (pardon), probably better finish quality (also nice). Only downside is the Schuberth internal sunvisor was nice (nice).

Various offers around will have you one for around £240 (plain) I think, maybe a touch less.

Also if it's your thing, the Qwest has built-in round plastic cup thingies to accept helmet speakers, which happened to be exactly the right size to take the units I use which were robbed from some old Sony DJ headphones (mmmmmmmmmmm, niiiiiiiiice).

[pookie]

Have a look at bmw for schuberth made helmets..otherwise recommend http://www.ultimateear.com/asp/contact.asp as there are cheaper than a new lid and then you can keep your existing one. I bought mine at the bike show at excel.