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    Arai helmet attrachment

    Seen a number of MotoGP riders with this clear plastic thing at the rear and front of the helmet

    What is it

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    Spoiler, like on the back of a car. It fucks with the airflow over the helmet. Can be used to lessen the strain, from the rush of air, on the neck of the rider/driver (you see them in open cockpit racing like Formula 1 as well) or to make the overall airflow over the wearer less turbulent and thus increase speed slightly. (I think that is the thinking when you see helmets without the spoiler, but it makes the wearers neck work a bit more)

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    Quote Originally Posted by rambaldi View Post
    Spoiler, like on the back of a car. It fucks with the airflow over the helmet. Can be used to lessen the strain, from the rush of air, on the neck of the rider/driver (you see them in open cockpit racing like Formula 1 as well) or to make the overall airflow over the wearer less turbulent and thus increase speed slightly. (I think that is the thinking when you see helmets without the spoiler, but it makes the wearers neck work a bit more)
    Yea I know what its for, I mean what exactly is it from a product standpoint.

    Can you buy such a thing for private use/what is the product if exists called?

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    Quote Originally Posted by arrien1400 View Post
    Yea I know what its for, I mean what exactly is it from a product standpoint.

    Can you buy such a thing for private use/what is the product if exists called?
    Sort of:
    Helmet:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...st-2017-helmet
    Replacement Spoiler:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...cement-spoiler

    So you can get them but you need to have a helmet that supports them.

    A lot of race helmets will have a small spoiler built in as seen in:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...marquez-helmet

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    Quote Originally Posted by rambaldi View Post
    Sort of:
    Helmet:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...st-2017-helmet
    Replacement Spoiler:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...cement-spoiler

    So you can get them but you need to have a helmet that supports them.

    A lot of race helmets will have a small spoiler built in as seen in:
    https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...marquez-helmet
    But no products for the arai

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    Quote Originally Posted by arrien1400 View Post
    But no products for the arai
    Googling find this: http://www.zipnorth.com/product/spoi...r-arai-helmet/ which includes a chin spoiler. No idea about models though as I wear a much cheaper helmet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rambaldi View Post
    Googling find this: http://www.zipnorth.com/product/spoi...r-arai-helmet/ which includes a chin spoiler. No idea about models though as I wear a much cheaper helmet.
    Those are for auto racing Arai helmets.

    Arai do not offer such an add on for the every day rider from what I have seen. The ones you see on the MotoGP riders are made especially for them. What exactly were you wanting to achieve? They are pretty stable at high speed as they are...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparky Bills View Post
    They are pretty stable at high speed as they are...
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