Arai Owners

[crazyjoyce]

Anyone have problems with the visor sealing against the helmet?

Possibly getting one as my next helmet coming from a shoei, which allows you to adjust how the visor fits against the seal so you can stop any wind leaking in

Cheers guys and have a good christmas

[Darth]

Dunno about the Arai but my 2yr old HJC CS-R1 has a tiny raised lip which has now started to fall off meaning i now get an anoying wind noise and draft in my eyes
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[STONEY!]

the arai is also adjustable, go to your local stockist and ask for a demonstration

[Paulington]

I have a car racing Arai but I have no such problems. It's like wearing a duvet on my head.
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[Nixon]

If you bought it from a 5 star dealer take it in and get it serviced, it is free and they can fix it in seconds, have you tried using the silicon lube that came with it?

[andys675]

if you want to adjust an arai visor against the seal, take the outer pods off and put the visor back onto the base plates, then you close the visor so it is locked, undo the base plate screws and then push and hold the visor against the seal, then retighten the screws, you can then check how tight it is by trying to stick the corner of a piece of paper between the seal and visor all the way round inside, when you're happy with the seal remove the visor, replace the outer pods and then put the visor back on, if unsure take it to a five star dealer who should be experienced enough to do this operation is minutes

[crazyjoyce]

excellent, sounds like the Arai adjustments are pretty much the same as the Shoei.

Any recommendations for a Shoei XR 1100 over an Arai Viper GT or the other way around?

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[evoboy]

Shoei or Arai.

Which ever fits your head best.

I have both an Xr1000 and an Arai Quantum (old!)...

Personaly prefer the fit of the Arai, but neither hurt my head. I did have to change the cheek pads to thicker ones in the Shoei though.
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[tutton]

On my second arai viper gt,
Not too noisy till around 120ish,
seal is good, nice fit, and the pinlock was awesome when i used it..
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[crazyjoyce]

both helmets fitted nicely, but never having owned an Arai before i wasnt sure about the visor mechanism.

there dont seem to be many xr 1000 in the size and style i want around anymore so ive given up looking for one of those for the sake of my dark visor fitting it!

love the uk flag viper so i think im going for one of those when all the shops open again.

anyone used helmetcity.com before?

[kawashima]

I have Arai Tour-X and Shoei Synchrotec. I think Arai has better sealing than Shoei. There's last "Click" on Arai when you close the visor, but not on Shoei.
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[tutton]

Having already posted i currently own a JR rep viper gt, bought from helmetcity, paid, was delivered when said, and packaged well with a good price really, only issue is if you pay on a card where its not being sent and isnt a place of your work then they wont send because of insurance reasons
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[2Hondas]

[Shreddie]

[Seb]

The visor mechanism on my Arai is pretty much my only grievance with it, a week or 2 of visor swapping and it quickly needs adjusting again, best case you get a little whistling at certain speeds, worst case you get a jet of air blasting over your eyes which is pretty unpleasant.

It's a shame as in every other way my Chaser is faultless, it'd still happily pass off as a new lid if it wasn't for a pair of marks that were my own fault, it's proper comfy and the fit is spot on.

Replacing it is going to be a tough act, I'll probably wind up with a Shark RSR2 or one of those BMW/Schuberth lids, the Arai sidepods are not really worth the hassle imo.
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[bunglehaze]

I have the new quantum which if I am honest so far is not pushing my buttons. Flimsy thin visor and the mechanism feels a bit clunky. Also got the Shoei xr-1100 and shark rsr2 carbon and I tend to wear the shark most out of them.

Just testing the arai so it may redeem itself somehow during the review - time will tell.

leigh
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