uk spec helmets?

seen this on ebay, £285 coming from hong kong
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arai-RX-7-RR4-...QQcmdZViewItem

but how do you tell if its up to standard? seems too good to be true as they normally go for £500 (& he has good feedback)

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Watch out theres one particular wesbite that has those for £379, but they are not Arais, they are a chinese copy of an Arai...
HTH

if its too good to be true . . . then it probably is.

[northwind]

Assuming it's genuine, there's 3 things to watch for... One is that an import might not have the neccesary safety markings to be road legal in the UK- Arai make different variations for different territories. This seems to be the case with that one, it has SNELL (US accreditation) but not CE or BSAU that I can see. SNELL places more emphasis on rigidity, ie protection against penetration damage over protection against blunt force trauma. Doesn't mean it's not safe but it might mean it's not legal. It also might get you bother at a trackday, though in practice for both I bet nobody ever notices.

Second, the Arai warranty won't apply- and this is a big deal with Arai, since the aftersales is immensely good. Take my old Condor... 3 and a bit years old, kind of beaten up after a crash on a trackday and being dropped, oh, a dozen times or so. The fabric lining's basically disintegrated since it was constantly used and really not cared for, it had a hard life. Just sent it back to Arai for a giggle to see if it'd pass the safety examination, and apparently they've refurbished it and repaired the lining too, and it's on its way back! Won't know how much that means til I get it back but most lids, you'd just throw in the bin by this time. My HJC was a wreck after less than half as much use and no crashes.

Last, the sizes may not be the same as a UK lid, Arai vary their sizing worldwide.

I'd say if you want an Arai for under £300, get a Chaser or an Astro-R. Or try Hein Gericke and see if they still have the Signets cheap. Old lid but still good. My Astro-R was £250 frinstance, it's noisy but quality.

thats for that

the invalid warrenty worries me so i think i will give it a miss


but i have got my mind set on one of these 3

cant find the 1st one in the uk

probally the 07 RX7 Corsair Edwards rep if i can get a good deal but dont tell fizz

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hovis

probally the 07 RX7 Corsair Edwards rep if i can get a good deal but dont tell fizz

*uses Jedi Mind powers on Hovis*

"This is not the lid you are looking for, you dont need a Colin Edwards Rep Arai, You can go about your business of choosing a different design lid"

Arai do a Joey Dunlop Yellow lid with black lining, its a bit limited edition but you might still find it... hang on a tick I'll find a pic for you.

ere tis

http://www.thevisorshop.com/acatalog..._CORSAIR_.html

yup, seen that, but its a bit too yellow (i mean a bit plain looking)

This is not the lid i am looking for, i dont need a Colin Edwards Rep Arai, i will go about my business of choosing a different design lid"

looks like i will be going for the top one "freedom" ? if i can find a uk one

or the Colin Edwards Rep Laguna Seca the retro looking one in yellow ( i can put 5 on white backgrounds on the tail piece then)

[fizzwheel]

I nearly bought the white one, but My GSXR is blue and my SV is yellow so I wanted something that'd work with both bikes.

Dont know if you've found it or not, but heres the Arai Europe webiste, might be worth a look so you can see whats available

http://www.araihelmet-europe.com/php...?page=fullface

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Dont know if you've found it or not, but heres the Arai Europe webiste, might be worth a look so you can see whats available

http://www.araihelmet-europe.com/php...?page=fullface

the yellow freedoms is not on there

how about this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arai-Quantum-F...QQcmdZViewItem

quite fancy a simpson star wars type one, get it painted up looking like a stormtrooper..................then all white leathers

[fizzwheel]

Not my thing really, but its certainy individual enough for you though. Dont know if I would buy a 2nd hand lid though.

The stormtroper lid idea would look pretty cool though if you could pull it off.

the Edwards stars and stripes is a nice one.