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Time for a new lid. I found a great price on a Shoei VFX-W, but I'd like to confirm a couple of things before I pull the trigger:
1. My head size is on the upper end of "medium" (22.75") and the max according to Shoei is 22.875". I've heard these helmets run a little small and I'd need to bump up to a large. Can anyone confirm?
2. I'm wondering about how this helmet interfaces with 100% goggles (Racecraft, to be specific). The face opening looks a little small. Is this accurate, or is there enough room that my goggles aren't forced in there?
Thanks!
1. My head size is on the upper end of "medium" (22.75") and the max according to Shoei is 22.875". I've heard these helmets run a little small and I'd need to bump up to a large. Can anyone confirm?
2. I'm wondering about how this helmet interfaces with 100% goggles (Racecraft, to be specific). The face opening looks a little small. Is this accurate, or is there enough room that my goggles aren't forced in there?
Thanks!
A cheap helmet that fits properly will protect you better than an expensive helmet that does not fit
The Shop
People who don't think helmets are that important will get a Darwin award sooner than the rest of us
In typical Vital fashion, the original topic has morphed into a debate. Let me address a couple of comments:
In regards to brick-and-mortar stores, you're preaching to the choir. I have been working in my family's business my entire life (lumber/hardware). My (power) tool sales have basically fallen off the face of the earth in the last ten years because of internet sales and big box "giveaway" pricing. There are other categories I can compare to this, but you get the picture. I try to keep my prices as competitive as possible, but I've also got to make a profit. In my other hobby (cycling) I try to do as much business as I can with my local shops, however, there's a line I draw in the where I just can't justify spending more (sacrificing) just because they're brick-and-mortar. For me, that line is somewhere around 5-10%, depending on the total purchase. I wouldn't ask my customers to pay any more. Oh, I also have $200 in Motosport gift cards.
I live in the sticks, the closest Shoei dealer is over an hour away from me. Between the fuel and my time, it makes more sense for me to order online, like others have pointed out, it makes more sense. Did I mention I work 6 days a week?
enketchum, I'd appreciate it if you'd just check out of any thread I post. You're either a troll or a raging narcissist, in either case you're an asshole. Darwin Award because I won't try a Shoei helmet on at a shop? Brilliant.
Oh, by the way, do this with your goggles on, too. That means the goggles you actually wear....
Nowadays I tell people to take their Leatt (or other neck-device) and chest-protector and wear them during a check-fit, too.
Even a place thru Amazon, JC Motors, sent me a helmet with free shipping, it was too tight, and they sent me a return shipping label at no charge. And the new larger helmet is coming again with no shipping charges.
I know you said you found a cheap price, but some people are pretty liberal with their shipping charges.
I personally would have bought local, and almost always do, but they didn't have the particular helmet I wanted.
Cheap helmet companies make one shell for several sizes and make the pads different thickness to change the size. The medium size for that shell will usually be the safest because it's enough padding with enough shell and foam
Pit Row
Thanks Obama!
I find Shoei very true fit, my head is like 58-59, and M fit me perfectly. Give me a grimace, which is a good sign.
I think this is because Shoe used to sell the same helmet in the US as in Japan and it was "Asian" shaped for round heads. Now they actually sell specific helmets for each country. I also have a Japan-domestic VFX-W that my son wears and it is very round shaped compared to my US model Shoei.
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