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06-12-2006, 03:05 PM
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| Forum Addict   Join Date: Jul 2004
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|  The Schuberth S1 Full-Face Helmet A Bit of Background I've been wearing motorcycle helmets for about 14 years. When I started out on two wheels, I was riding a 50ccm roller (Piaggio Vespa), with a top speed of 50kmh/35mph. I needed to wear a helmet (there are mandatory helmet laws in most of Europe), and bought the cheapest lid I could find. Usually a low-end full-face. Just before I moved up to a 125ccm motorcycle, I bought a new Bell full-face helmet, so I continued to wear that lid with the 125. The Bell was okay, but when riding through a tunnel, the noise was deafening. The Bell helmet just didn't offer any noise reduction at all. When I moved up to a big bike, suddenly I was moving a lot faster, and spending a lot more time on the motorway. Definitely time for a new helmet. I've heard lots of people talking about Shoei and Arai, so I decide to look at a Shoei. I try a couple of them on, and the saleswoman talks me into an expensive Shoei model (originally priced over $1,000, now marked down to about $600). I finally gave in and took the Shoei home..... Read the rest of this outstanding article here! |
