You can't go wrong with this helmet especially if u can afford to drop a little more on the design. Look up the bell star rsd, mines the black beauty and its stupid light, aero dynamic and sexy as ****!
I have the Bell Carbon and I hate it. It flows a ton of air, but ****, it's stupidly LOUD. If you value any sort of quiet comfort in your helmet, don't get it. If you want one that flows a ton of air at any cost, it's a great helmet.
FWIW, I have a scala rider G4 radio hooked up to it to talk to my buddy when we cruise and I can't hear the speakers on their loudest volume at ~50+ mph. I have the speakers mounted on the outside of the pads practically pressed against my ears just to hear them.
Yea Arai Corsair-V is $800+, AGV GP-Tech is $600+, Bell Star Carbon $749.99 while the HJC RPS-10 is only around $400. Probably going with the cheapest one (HJC RPS-10) lool
i have the gp-tech, chin vents flow well, the top vents cant say the same imo, i think it was designed more for pushing air through the top vents and pulling air out through the venturi vents in the back, there are holes in the EPS liner but air doesnt blow directly on your head.
other than that my only complaint is the view when you're in a tucked position its hard to see out of the top.
my replacement i'll probably look towards the bell star carbon or corsair. But im also curious what the price range is going to be for the new AGVs that are being release for 2013
I can't even find a store that carries the AGV GP-Tech (in Toronto area). Bell star carbon is $649.99 at one store and $749.99 in another. There's this one place that sells it for $486 which is a good deal?
486 is a pretty good deal..check out sportbiketrackgear.com they have pretty good clearance on both gp tech and bell star....my experience bell star runs big...my agv gp tech is a small and fits perfectly snug it was tight at first but now its just awesome....the bell star is a bit loose not to bad but def can feel the difference I'm sure i need an XS in bell...im also a small in suomy and arai so just some advice for ya
I got my GP Tech from Revzilla for $400 something with free shipping. Great store with great service. That said, I do agree that upper level visibility in tucked position in the GP Tech is noticeably worse than say my HJC helmets.
Bell helmets don't fit my head at all. I tried the RS-1's and Small was too tight and Medium too big. They are for ppl with oval shapes heads. Same with Scorpion. Just don't fit my round noggen... For ppl with round heads, HJC, AGV, and Arai seem to fit best...
never tried those but i had a really bad accident with the Scorpion Exo 1100 and it only scraped and had small crack. could post pictures if anyone interested
I don't think its even worth it buying a helmet over $400 since helmets only have a 5 year life span until the "integrity" of the helmet gets compromised. Should just get like HJC RPS-10 every 5 years for 15 years and that will be the price of buying these expensive as hell helmets that last only 5 years in my opinion.
Shoei RF1100 fits me well, and I picked up my solid color one for <$400 delivered a year ago. I am fund limited so I pick quality helmet over cool paint job. If I could, I'd get both.
This is true, and why I insist on a quality helmet that is not too expensive (so I forgo cool graphics).
But one thing that is being ignored is the helmet collection. After their useful life span, most of our old helmets sit on top of my book cases. The ones we spent more on getting cool graphics ..., look much cooler sitting up there. Laugh if you want, but to many the "display-ability" or cool associated with a helmet keeps paying back for many, many years after the helmets useful life.
Man this thread has got me itching to pick up an AGV as my next helmet. Can anyone with experience pitch in on the difference, besides price, between the GT, Street Road, and Race categories of helmets on AGV's site?
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