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northwind · 06-01-07, 01:26 AM

I got this Condor about 3 years ago, and since then it's been used daily... Only about 20000 miles on it but because so many trips are short it's worn a little faster than you'd think. Fit's still good but the lining's falling to bits, and the cheap Arais aren't as servicable as the top notch ones.

I'll really miss it... It's been all-day comfy, it survived 2 decent sized knocks in crashes with just a few scratches and still tested out fine at Arai, it's not too noisy... The weight's OK too, and it's great in bad weather. Good finish on the outside as well, it's scratched but then I did whack it off Knockhill at 70mph, then again at 60 and 50

Lots of people don't like the visor mechanism, because it feels like you're killing it when you use it- but I've changed visors hundreds of times on this one and it's always worked fine, just feels bad.

I still seriously dislike Arai's vents, I think they're ridiculously fiddly and overcomplicated- using them with winter gloves isn't so easy, and the visor vents are just plain daft- cut into your field of vision, make the visors expensive, and don't do anything that the brow vent in my old HJC did (much simpler). The wee lock on the visor's a joke too IMO. In fact, all of my actual gripes are centred around the visor.

But, that's really my only beef. I'm very likely to buy Arai again, most likely a higher model (Signet GT, maybe, HG are clearing stock)- it wasn't that cheap but it's lasted more than twice as long as my HJC, didn't cost twice as much, and it's still perfectly wearable- I'm going to patch it up for a spare. The HJC was dead when I replaced it...

Obviously it helps that I have the classic Arai Head

You can see the chips in the side in this pic- that's all that it has to show for that 70mph getoff, and it did take some hits. It's also been bounced a few times through incompetence

But like I mentioned, I had it checked by Arai and they passed it despite taking abuse that would make most people scrap their lids- I would have probably replaced it if I'd not had the option to check it out.

06-01-07, 01:26 AM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Arai Condor nearing its end... I got this Condor about 3 years ago, and since then it's been used daily... Only about 20000 miles on it but because so many trips are short it's worn a little faster than you'd think. Fit's still good but the lining's falling to bits, and the cheap Arais aren't as servicable as the top notch ones. I'll really miss it... It's been all-day comfy, it survived 2 decent sized knocks in crashes with just a few scratches and still tested out fine at Arai, it's not too noisy... The weight's OK too, and it's great in bad weather. Good finish on the outside as well, it's scratched but then I did whack it off Knockhill at 70mph, then again at 60 and 50 Lots of people don't like the visor mechanism, because it feels like you're killing it when you use it- but I've changed visors hundreds of times on this one and it's always worked fine, just feels bad. I still seriously dislike Arai's vents, I think they're ridiculously fiddly and overcomplicated- using them with winter gloves isn't so easy, and the visor vents are just plain daft- cut into your field of vision, make the visors expensive, and don't do anything that the brow vent in my old HJC did (much simpler). The wee lock on the visor's a joke too IMO. In fact, all of my actual gripes are centred around the visor. But, that's really my only beef. I'm very likely to buy Arai again, most likely a higher model (Signet GT, maybe, HG are clearing stock)- it wasn't that cheap but it's lasted more than twice as long as my HJC, didn't cost twice as much, and it's still perfectly wearable- I'm going to patch it up for a spare. The HJC was dead when I replaced it... Obviously it helps that I have the classic Arai Head You can see the chips in the side in this pic- that's all that it has to show for that 70mph getoff, and it did take some hits. It's also been bounced a few times through incompetence But like I mentioned, I had it checked by Arai and they passed it despite taking abuse that would make most people scrap their lids- I would have probably replaced it if I'd not had the option to check it out. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"