Originally Posted by embee

...update...

I've just got a Shoei Qwest and so far it's great. Very light, very good ventilation, very good noise levels (and that's comparing to a Schuberth S1), build quality appears to be top rate. Just need to sort out a sun strip before I'm off on hols to Italy ... Definitely recommend considering the Qwest/XR1100 (XR1100 more suited to sports position, Qwest suited to upright/touring).

Got a very good discount from http://www.vcustoms.co.uk/ , excellent customer service. They are a relatively small outfit, but carry good quality brands and can get stuff in the next day if you order. They got me some gloves (needed non-stocked size) and posted FOC, they said phone with card details when I received the gloves.