I really like my XR1000, and don't find it particularly noisy with ear plugs. It's easily the most comfortable helmet I've had the pleasure of wearing.
I really like my XR1000, and don't find it particularly noisy with ear plugs. It's easily the most comfortable helmet I've had the pleasure of wearing.
I found the HJC carbon fibre helmet really light and really noisy. Fit was good... i'd have one.
Same here, except I found the ambient noise (engine, road and traffic noise, etc.) with the XR more than with my three previous AGVs. Wind noise was on a par or slightly lower. Others have said a whisper kit or chin curtain cuts out a lot of wind noise, which makes sense, as if I stick one hand under the base of the helmet, there's a dramatic decrease in noise levels.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
The Shoei whisper kit fits on an HJC.
The best thing I've done recently to improve helmet noise is buying a nekkid bike. Seriously.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Don't get me started. I have been trying. You can't get them anymore - open face with goggle clip, that is. Except for uber-expensive ones like Davida. Why does the market never work to supply a demand.
Seriously, open face is FAR quieter than full face. When full face came out everyone hated them cos they was so noisy.
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
When I went to buy my first proper helmet I tried on a lot of different brands and models - and it's not long ago so it should still hold true.
One of my main concerns was that I quite easily could touch the chin guard by pushing my jaw forward - not good.
The two only helmets I found acceptable in this regard were the XR-1000 and a rather expensive Arai (which was super nice of course). I doubted that the Arai was ~$600 betterer than the Shoei and bought the XR-1000. For the record I use a medium sized XR-1000 so I dunno how that would compare to yourself.
The whisper kit does help quite a bit on the wind-noise, but I still ride with my earplugs in if I'm going out on the open roads. That's no more to do with the wind noise than with the voices of the huey and the banshee though.
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it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Me too. Same problem.
And again, although I didn't find an Arai that fit. The Raid II fits me nicely as well.
I take an 'L'.
I'm going to go to Motomail on Thursday evening and test-ride an HJC HQ-1 and the XR-1000 back to back. They're about the same price, so I'll buy whatever's nicest.
In the meantime, Mully's spare helmet (a 'THH') is proving surprisingly pleasant.
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