Very large helmets. YES!

[bungbung]

Hmmm. New helmet smell...

For those of us a few years out from a new helmet:

I have an old Shoei Raid, the model without removable pads. It had become pretty noxious inside so I tried a can of Carburol Helmet Sanitiser ($12).

Two applications later (the entire can) my helmet is a much more pleasant place to be. I had tried warm water/hair shampoo a few years ago, this product gives a better result, and does not require the long drying time either.

[Mort]

I used to clean mine in the bath with bubble bath they leave out in the sun upside down for a couple hours - job done.

Good tip on that website hitcher - good prices there.

[Moki]

... www.ridersdiscount.com.

Yeah I bought a Arai TX through them last year after much research on the Arai sizing (moving over from a Shoei, and previously, AGV). Fit perfect.

Excellent service and just about $500 kiwis landed, which is about 50% price if I were to buy it here. Of course, I'd be disappointed if it didn't fit, but then again I'd buy another one and flick the first one one on TM. As for taking the chance of returning the lid if somethings not right or broken, I guess I entirely rely on QA standards the producers of excellent quality gear put their wears thru, and manufacture to, to believe that the goods I receive won't fall apart the first time I wear them.

[TK3]

I had to get in a XXXXXL moto-X helmet from the states it was a FX helmet, it was the only copany on the market that sold a 5 XL... he tried on a KBC XXXL and could get past his ears...

[Taz]

Hitcher just you wait until Rob Taylor sees this post and starts going on about you buying overseas and costing New Zealanders their jobs!! Sure you could have gone to your local shop and got them to beg the Shoei importer to indent you an XXXXXXXL or whatever helmet and then had the priviledge of waiting 6 months (or more) for it to arrive and paid $1000+ for it. But then your conscience would have been clear right?

[Hitcher]

Hitcher just you wait until Rob Taylor sees this post and starts going on about you buying overseas and costing New Zealanders their jobs!! Sure you could have gone to your local shop and got them to beg the Shoei importer to indent you an XXXXXXXL or whatever helmet and then had the priviledge of waiting 6 months (or more) for it to arrive and paid $1000+ for it. But then your conscience would have been clear right?

And it would have only been available in black or white for about an extra $250.

I did post a thread some weeks ago giving NZ bike shops a chance to match the US online deal.