Hornet vs Shark

[illustratedman]

During a nasty crash a couple of years ago i sustained a neck injury which is starting to cause me trouble/more pain than usual when riding. Docs have said nothing to be done but im not going to let it stop me riding until it becomes dangerous/unbearable. I need to change my helmet for something lighter and have narrowed the choice down to two after doing some research. I've tried on the shoei hornet which felt lighter and better balanced for me than my current shoei raid2 and the main benefit of this was the much larger face port opening giving a better field of vision, less head movement for shoulder checks etc. My concern is does the peak catch the wind to the extent it would negate the benefit of the weight loss and greater vision aspect of the helmet.

My other choice is the shark rsi which has some good reports particularly relating to weight, has anyone tried one of these, ive always stuck to shoei over the years so dont know what quality is like on sharks especially as i use the bike as my main transport and it would get a lot of use.

I've rule out some of the lightweight carbon lids on either 'cost' grounds and reports that the finish on some bare carbon lids deteriorates easily. I know i could remove the peak on the hornet but without it it looks f@#kin awful and i am a tart.

 

[vilguy]

the peak doesnt catch the wind that much on the hornet. Alot less so than the arai tour anyways. The peaks really only there for style purposes as its useless as a sun visor. Great helmet, nice and quiet... really nice quality.

Im after one again myself

 

[SilverFish]

the peak doesnt catch the wind that much on the hornet. Alot less so than the arai tour anyways. The peaks really only there for style purposes as its useless as a sun visor. Great helmet, nice and quiet... really nice quality.

Im after one again myself

+1 to that, the Hornet's peak is pretty small, and more 'style' the substance.

If you can stretch to about £470 ish, you can get yourself a Uvex Carbon Fibre Enduro - see here: http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155927&page=2

I dont think its that much lighter IMHO - but if you can try it on, its a very nice helmet.

Mike

 

[illustratedman]

Helmet

Cheers guy's thanks for the info, i didnt think it would catch it that much as is looks a lot smaller than the tourx visor, that uvex looks like a nice bit of kit but cant stretch that far on my budget at the mo.