Arai Helmets

Excellent Arai product

This Arai Chaser V Nation replaces my previous Arai Chaser and was delivered within 24 hours. The standard of finish is excellent and the fit perfect. I wasn't expecting the anti fog lens with the helmet, but I was delighted to receive and fit it. I've just completed a 500 mile weekend ride through the Highlands of Scotland in the pouring rain on a Ducati Monster - a good test of a helmet in the first week of ownership. This helmet was remarkable as there was no draft inside the helmet and absolutely no misting up. This is the first journey where my eyes haven't watered! Another excellent product from Arai.

Got a cheap head? Get a cheap helmet.

Sliding down the road on my head badly damaged my first Quantum. It sounded like the road was going to wear through the shell, it didn’t, but it did rip my leathers to bits, so I now have a new one. If I place my new Arai next to the £40 helmet supplied by the insurance to get me back on the road, it makes me think. The chin strap on the Arai is a two ring affair that cannot come undone accidently and won’t get jammed if a bit of road dirt lodges in the mechanism. There are no styling bumps on the exterior of the shell, it is just a smooth dome, nothing to catch and jar your neck if you perform some high speed break dancing moves. The quality is stunning it is finished to a high standard. It came with a pin-lock visor, not sure what this is all about, it seems a bit fussy, but it works well and doesn’t fog. Ventilation is good, but the leading holes get full of dead flies, I now keep the chin vent closed having been force fed shredded bug at 80mph. Not a vast variety of colours, I’m not into fancy artwork and wanted a flat colour. My choice was black or white. This is not a reason for choosing or rejecting a helmet, just a niggle. I bought this helmet without trying others on, as it was a replacement for an older version. It is worth going to a large showroom and trying on a few makes, they are all different, but you do have to suffer the pushy salesman. Sportsbikeshop delivered next day, free, and well packed. They had all makes in all the colours in all the sizes.

What a cracker!

This is my first Arai but I'm not disappointed. The build quality is superb and the comfort level brilliant. Wind nose is low and the new max vision Pinlock is a revelation. And the best thing... the paint job. I've got a Triumph so wanted a lid to complement it, this so does!