I got an Arai Astro Race. Vents are good on that. Not masive gaping holes, but very efficient, which keeps you cool but not too noisy....

 

Shoei X-11 has the best vents. After that Suomy. If you want quiet and great vents you go with Schubert, but they are pricey and come with a dark visor inside the helmet though. Very cool!

 

me going from shoei to arai (RX7 corsair), I have to say arai its got vents all over the place

 

the scorpion 700 series have very good venting

 

My new KBC VR-2 Laguna has excellent venting. Great pricing on it too.

 

Hi if you want the best cooling effect i would use a half helmet now if that is not what your looking for then a helmet that raises from the chin forgot the name but someone should know it, but if your looking for a full face then any top of the line brand should work example, shoei x-11 or Rf1000, arai rx7, signet, corsair, Soumy, shark,ogk but remeber with vents come with wind turbulence in your helmet which can be a burden to some ...also you dont need to go high end on helmet im sure there are helmet low end but that on you if you are worried about it if not then no problem....

 

from what I have read, the x11 seems to be the winner in venting.

 

X-11

 

I just went from a suomy (which I loved) to a KBC racer 1 comet. (not all that fond of) The KBC cost like 120$ and moves a lot more air than the suomy. If price is a major consideration www.motorcyclecloseouts.com has the KBC marked down to 120ish from msrp of 330ish. Not bad for the price.

 

X-11

+1 It's a trade off...Do you want more vents, to keep cool also a bit noisy. Or less vents, hotter but quieter.
Living in Las Vegas, I go for more vents with a little more nosie

As for Arai.

 

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/shoei/x-eleven/

thought was intresting.

 

Another little fact they don't mention in that article is the X-Eleven is designed a little tighter than our normal sizes due to it being our race spec helmet. This little extra snugness helps fight movement and lifting on your head at higher speeds. Some find this uncomfortable and go up one size however we always recommend wearing the smallest size you can that doesn't give you a headache. The person who wrote the article should have tried swapping the cheek pads for 31mm pads and I bet the large would have fit him great.

 

i can say to stay away from icon mainframe my new ine is very hot here in ga. it vents very good with the shield open but thats the only time

 

i can say to stay away from icon mainframe my new ine is very hot here in ga. it vents very good with the shield open but thats the only time

Bro Icon products are junk, except their leather jackets. I remember seeing a member on this board had a wreck and his helmet split and the whole face portion seperated.

 

Shoe-x11 is definitely a cool helmet.

 

i can say to stay away from icon mainframe my new ine is very hot here in ga. it vents very good with the shield open but thats the only time

Bro Icon products are junk, except their leather jackets. I remember seeing a member on this board had a wreck and his helmet split and the whole face portion seperated.

**considers throwing Icon helmet into river**

i dont like the sound of that....

 

i can say to stay away from icon mainframe my new ine is very hot here in ga. it vents very good with the shield open but thats the only time

Bro Icon products are junk, except their leather jackets. I remember seeing a member on this board had a wreck and his helmet split and the whole face portion seperated.

That would be me. Yes, where the part that covors your chin is no thicker then a credit card.

 

i can say to stay away from icon mainframe my new ine is very hot here in ga. it vents very good with the shield open but thats the only time

Bro Icon products are junk, except their leather jackets. I remember seeing a member on this board had a wreck and his helmet split and the whole face portion seperated.

**considers throwing Icon helmet into river**

i dont like the sound of that....

Here ya go...see that point, friend had to pull that out of my eye lid! Talkin about VERY close loosing my eye..had 5 stitches in my eye lid and 6 above my eye below my eye brow where that point went though my eye lid somehow. Hoever I do have to say that it did do its job, I didn't have a concusion and it was a high speed inpact...I landed face first on the road, even my gloves didn't have a spec of dirt on them.

 

Suomy Spec1R or Shoei X-11, not too cheap on the wallet though,but then again, how important is your head to you?

 

Suomy Spec1R or Shoei X-11, not too cheap on the wallet though,but then again, how important is your head to you?

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