Yea I bought one, Was glad it fit great ... OK I thought fantastic, first ride last night, and the freaking thing presses up against my cheeks and squishes it into my teeth, I wake up this morning with insides of my mouth on fire ... The lining of my mouth is shredded ... WTF ... Horrendous design. Arai's are worse usually. I shouldve stayed with Bieffe, but they dont have my BR-16 anymore. WTF I am so screwed.
Cool.
Srinath.

You get to go helmet shopping!

AGV
HJC
Scorpion
Lazer
Z1R

What size do you wear?  A friend of mine is looking for a helmet.  He is borrowing a spare that I recently purchased.  The helmet he is using is a medium Shoei, size 7 1/8 to 7 1/4 size which seems to fit him pretty well.

If yours is a medium, then maybe you can sell it to him?

PM me or email me.

I love my Scorpion helmet.  Great fit for me at least.  Good helmet for the money.

I'ma Shoei kind of guy, but I can't get an AGV that'll fit my narrow head.

It's your fat face Shrinath, got same problem myself.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Wanted to switch to a full face a few years ago myself and couldn't find one I could open my mouth and close without biting insides of my chubby cheeks.  Settled for a Symax flip face for a couple years and it was tatalled along with my 97 Gs late in 03.

Last year I was determined to get a full face to replace the Symax and tried on all they had and settled for the Shoei RF1000.  Found a XL that was pretty comfortable and was ready to buy when I discovered the removable cheek pads and took them out and helmet was too loose without them.  Bought the L instead and rode home with my mouth clamped closed.     Next morning I took out the pads and reduced the thickness of the foam in them to about half.  Been a comfortable good fitting helmet since.  Your Shoei have remocable cheek pads?

Added another HJC flip face this summer for all the 90F weather we've had, like to flip it open when caught in slow hot traffic.  Still wear the RF1000 for serious riding.

Do not blame the manufacturer for your head not fitting their helmets.

Quote from: smokeycvI love my Scorpion helmet.  Great fit for me at least.  Good helmet for the money.

I like my $140 Scorpion better than my $350 Shoei.

Don't chew gum and ride at the same time?

Odd that you had a poor fit with the Shoei. i have a long head and Shoei's RF series are one of the few helmets i have found that fit well.

Like others have said, don't blame Shoei if the helmet doesn't fit and you didn't do your home (head?) work...

Yea Not shoeii's fault ... maybe. I believe they are meant to fit this way though. Those cheek pads are the size of an elephant's butt, no way they dont make cheek contact with anyone's cheeks ... Mine aren't removable (AFAIK) I think people just put up with it. Now those insanely tight cheek pads may help in a crash. Like your head is so tight in there ... there is no movement where your head knocks about inside it. The fact that I dont like it just means that I am just not into trading some light pain every day for the more severe pain in case of an accident. I ride everyday, and say I crash once in 3 years (whihc itself is less than my actual frequency, driveway and other tip overs exempted) and say that crash is one where the helmet takes a beating whihc again is not, I have only had 1 crash in 4 where the helmet even got into the act, so once every 3 years you'd ahve less pain ... and you're taking the insane option of little less everyday face pain. Yea I am begining to want a scorpion or Agv - pacific and flyer looked nice. But breaking this in may help.
TZBoy - Mine is a large.
Cool.
Srinath.

Maybe i'll buy it for myself and use it as a daytime helmet so that I don't have to switch my visor in and out all the time  

I'll ask around and see if anyone i know is looking for a helmet.  What shall i tell them that you want for it?

Quote from: JamesGDon't chew gum and ride at the same time.

+1  I tried it... Bad idea!   :lol:

And...  I love my scorpion too.  But, I have a slender jaw and a HUUUUUUUUUGE head...  So, I don't know how it will fit you.

I have a big jaw.  The Scorpion is snug, but the foam is yielding enough that it doesn't pinch my cheeks in.

My boyfriend just bought a Scorpion helmet a few weeks ago, and he loves his. He's trying to get me to buy one, but I'm resisting (my ears go so nicely on my black XS generic helmet). I'll likely go with Scorpion within a few months.

Quote from: seshadri_srinathTZBoy - Mine is a large.

What? Your mouth?  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

The devil made me say that....  :dunno:  :mrgreen:

Edit: I almost forgot...  :kiss:

Quote from: pandy

Quote from: seshadri_srinathTZBoy - Mine is a large.

What? Your mouth?  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

The devil made me say that....  :dunno:  :mrgreen:

Edit: I almost forgot...  :kiss:

Well my head too ...          ... cos my ego has to sit there ... as well as the mouth controller. Those 2 can take up most of the mid west ...  :lol:
Cool.
Srinath.

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I've got a fat head and I like the two Nolan's I have, both XL's. My horns get crushed but that always happens :lol:

Anyway, everybody's head is a little different.

imagine that...you like cheapo helmuts.......

Quote from: smokeycvI love my Scorpion helmet.  Great fit for me at least.  Good helmet for the money.

I highly reccomend!! Fits AWESOME and air flow is great...

Matte Black EXO-700 here.