[Sean_Burke]

I wish Nicky well and all, but $700 for a lid?



Hope he's getting a fair chuck of change from Arai for this.

 

[14845]

Clearly, this is a press release. You should state as much at the beginning of the article.

 

[mph9146]

7 bills for a lid? I'd tell Arai to go $#@! themselves....that's rediculous. Still, i'm sure the ricky racer clone croud will just HAVE to get one ;P

 

[Joe_Momma]

I can get a Quality Arai or AGV for half of that and get custom paint job for less than that. Bleh!



I know it's Nicky, but it's not even that pretty.

 

[scarecrow800]

It's cute, but have you seen Melandris' Spiderman helmet and leathers? Sweet! And I don't even give a poot about Spiderman.

 

[Lowrez]

$700 for a helmet?

Are you kidding? "Ricky Racer" can't justify $30 for gloves let alone $700 for a helmet. They usually wear whatever helmet the dealer through in (around here it's the HJC CL-12 9 times out of 10).

Real racers, of course, buy whatever design is on closeout from last year to save a few bucks.

It's guys like me that don't have a racing addiction to feed and aren't saving pennies to buy a new Ti exhaust that get these. See, we need to off set our Aerostich Roadcrafters and other elments of practical motorcycling. (functional luggage, waterproof boots, heated grips)

 

[Lowrez]

Agreed. News is news, press releases are press releases. Confusing one with the other is bad.



I trust MO will take care of this without anyone having to go KPaul on the subject.

 

[Grover]

Congratulations, you just initiated what may become one of the best inside jokes in which we can all share from now on.

 

[dogs1]

WHEN IS THERE GONNA BE ANOTHER TEST?

I HAVE BEEN STARING AT THE SAME ***** FOR OVER A WEEK NOW.,...

C'MON JB, TEST A NEW ZX-12 OR SOMETHING

 

[intruderman]

There's no denying Arai is a great helmet, but I think the Hayden design is butt ugly. I want a Pridmore replica HJC AC-10 helmet, about half the cost of the Hayden.

 

[Patrick-of-the-Hills]

Last racer-replica I wanted was the original white-base Doohan, which should have been issued with every first-year CBR900RR.



You can't be who your fakey-do helmet says you are; have the guts to design your own. Besides, the flat-black or white ones are cheaper, no? Support your local airbrusher!

 

[24905]

Does anyone know where to get old designs, like this one:

http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcbeware/mcphotos/agvq304t.jpg

?

Local dealer is clueless.

 

[das]

Personally, I'm partial to the new Duhamel replica Shoei. The dragon is pretty cool. I can only take so many random swirls on a helmet. Also much less than this Hayden helmet.

 

[banda]

In defense of the CL-12

The HJC CL-12 is a pretty darn good helmet. I have one for track days, when I can't wear my HJC Symax. Both lids look pretty good with my 2 pc. Roadcrafter.

The days of Korean helmets being inferior are about over. Have you seen some of the new KBC lids? They're pretty sharp. Five years ago, I wouldn't have touched a KBC or a HJC with a ten foot pole. Now they are making high quality, comfortable, durable Snell rated lids at rock bottom prices.

 

[Closet_Bad_Ass]

I paid less for my first bike...not all that long ago. It improved my riding skills much more than this helmet could. Am I implying that this helmet will not get anyone around a track quicker than a helmet priced in our atmosphere, as opposed to the stratosphere? Repeat after me, "Buying a helmet that looks like Hayden's will not enable me to ride like Hayden."



How can Maaco paint a car for $300 (granted, it will be a crappy job) but Arai can get away with charging $300 to paint a helmet?

 

[hackfu]

Not to worry. JB is currently sampling Honda's new ST1300. We also have new model information from Kawasaki, as well as a Suzuki Volusia.

 

[blackburd]

Re: $700 for a helmet?

Amen on last year's closeouts.

Harada replica. It's got enough different colors to clash with anything I wear!!!! ;-)

 

[blackburd]

More motorcycle reviews

You may as well run a comparo on the ST, and the Volusia. Someone will will ask for it.

 

[sarnali]

can't he's to busy counting his harley stock, {he's s shareholder ya' know}

 

[4in6]

You can get an Arai RX-7RR4 for $425 bucks at www.kneedraggers.com and get it painted for cheap by an airbrusher. The badest helmet I ever saw was on the Las Vegas Extremes 2 video. It was a Shoei and it had pictures from how should I word this um "Gentlemens Magazines" of women performing a certain act on each other. It was coverd with them. They somehow laminated them on the helmet it was awsome.