Problems with wind noise on 1250 GS.

[GSian]

As good as an Arai?

Maybe worth considering...

I've had most helmet brands over the past 40 odd years. this is the best by far. Still use a Shoei Glamster and Bell o/f on the Harley though, Klim looks silly on a cruiser

 

[GSian]

Good thing is with the Klim transitions is that it goes completely clear at night. There is a drawback, if you stop with the visor up in sunshine, when you put it back down it's patchy where the sun comes through the peak. Doesn't take long to level up and you get used to it.

 

[GSMarky]

Good thing is with the Klim transitions is that it goes completely clear at night. There is a drawback, if you stop with the visor up in sunshine, when you put it back down it's patchy where the sun comes through the peak. Doesn't take long to level up and you get used to it.

Sunshine.... Think I remember that!!

 

[GSian]

You really need to get a trip to Yorkshire to help with vitamin D.

Suppose I should have said daylight.

Sunshine.... Think I remember that!!

 

[GSMarky]

Suppose I should have said daylight.

50 shades of grey more like.

 

[Hartley]

I wear spec's now for road riding with my Arai X4, but not with my Arai RX7 due to lack of space although I can just squeeze them in should I wish. Track riding & trials riding, plus looning around on my Bonnie with an open helmet I do not wear glasses. So I don't need glasses to see where I'm going, but I do if I need to read the dash or sat nav at a glance - same in a car.

I did try a Shoei Neotec flip up thing with an inbuilt Senna intercom when I got my last GS new in 2020. I hated that helmet so much that whilst up in Scotland I wanted to simply throw it away and go buy a cheap one just to get me home. Luckily perhaps there weren't any helmet shops up on the North coast and into Syke so I brought it home with me never to be worn again.

Why? Because the internal sun visor, plus spec's & plus the main visor (can't remember if it had a pinlock..) meant that the optical distortion & light actually getting through were both dangerously poor - for me. The intercom/sound was totally hopeless & maybe this is linked to the OP question about noise...

I have for as long as I can remember always worn an Arai (did have a Lawson Shoei road helmet in the '80s to match my LC) & that quality you get used to. The Shoei felt cheap & not safe, so that and the crap visuals meant I got rid plus the flip up chin bar was flimsy.

There is a reason that Arai do not install an internal visor & that's because they won't compromise on safety.

As soon as the new Arai Tour X5 is available in colours & in size Large, I will have one immediately (awaiting my 'in stock' email from Sportsbikeshop). I find the visor swapping on the X4 a PITA, but the visuals through the tinted/non-tinted visors with pinlock is superb with spec's too. Arai lining, vents etc all top class stuff.

Take your point, looking through several layers could well present a problem.
I’ve had two Arais and loved them both. Still have an Edward’s Rep that I still wear but really shouldn’t. When the drop down visors hit the market I opted for lids with this. The old Arai visor change was also a bit temperamental.

I’ve yet to find a helmet as comfortable as those Arais. I Have a Neotec 2 which I think , based on my experience , is an overrated helmet.