I know helmets have been mentioned in one of FFs threads but I'm curious about what helmet you use and the positives and negatives of it rather than sponsored adverts so to speak.
I use the Nexx XR-1R which i bought a few months ago.
Comfort is good, but despite the reviews regarding noise damping I find it quite noisy. Oddly, it suppresses the engine noise of my bike, but the wind noise is very loud. I often feel like I've been in a loud disco! This is the opposite of the Index i used temporarily before buying the Nexx where I can here the engine noise but wind noise is reduced (800bht putting safety to one side).
When I bought the Nexx and got it home, after close inspection I was curious about the visor clips which looked flimsy. I commented to my wife at the time they would last 5 minutes. Yesterday while filling with gas I flipped the visor to speak to the attendant when I heard the clips fall to the floor with the visor hanging to one side. Both had snapped. Disappointing and dangerous to say the least! At 750bht, they can be replaced at Panda. A cheap, small piece of plastic.
Why did I buy it. It received good reviews from many places, felt comfortable when I tried it and when compared to Arai and Shoei on the Sharp safety rating it equaled.
So what do you use and why. And what makes us choose an Arai, Shoei or Nexx when they rate poorly or avergae in the safety rating when compared to cheaper brands such as Caberg for example?
I'm thinking of changing as i feel the fit now worn in, isn't quite right.