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What brands offer the biggest sizes? I measured my head about it came about to be about 25.3"
Im currenty using this 8+ year old helmet that says its a Large but ive tried on like Fox XLs at a moto shop and pretty much got my head stuck.
This is the tag
Most of the brands ive see stop at 25"
Am i SOL or what ?
Im currenty using this 8+ year old helmet that says its a Large but ive tried on like Fox XLs at a moto shop and pretty much got my head stuck.
This is the tag
Most of the brands ive see stop at 25"
Am i SOL or what ?
Maybe I'm just mistaken.
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DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
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$189.95 - $239.95
My oldest son wears between a 7 3/4 and an 8. He has tried on so many helmets. The problem seems to be that for many helmet manufacturers they only have a couple of sizes for the shell. The liners are different, but the shells are no bigger. Currently, he wears an HJC. It seems to fit the shape of his head. I believe it's an XXXL.
Ryo (spelling ?) at Honda Racing told me to get a helmet from Japan--I mean from Japan, not a brand from Japan--because the Japanese have big heads (he's Japanese, of course). I didn't follow up too much on how to go about this because Aaron got the HJC.
On a related note, there's a website called bighead hats .com with all kinds of different hats. It's the ONLY place I've found hats to fit him.
Now either my brain and skull are shrinking or they're shifting sizes to larger....small is now medium, medium is now large and so on and so on
PS: low cost helmets like the one you pictured are notoriously poor fitting. Once you try a GOOD quality helmet you will never go back. The fit and way more importantly, the protection factor is off the scale compared to the $99.00 specials.
The old saying still applies: "10 dollar head , $10 dollar helmet"
http://www.oneal.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_43&products_id=858
...mic check, is this thing on? Check... 1,2
I just went thru all the major brands and for whatever reason the Fox V3 easily fit the best. And I've never been a Fox guy. Don't really care for their mostly black graphic designs either .... but that's what feels best on the noggin.
BTW - with some of the brands going with the ECE spec over the DOT/Snell spec it's hard to figure out what's best. Do a Google search on 'ECE vs DOT vs Snell'. Then you have to sort out crashing at MX vs crashing on pavement.
Pit Row
I wear a size 7 3/4 to 8 hat (depending on the hat maker), and I wear XL-XXL helmets, depending on the helmet company.
I've found that Shoei XLs fit me really well, as do Arai XLs. I recently wore an O'Neal XL that fit pretty good, and I tried an AGV in XXL that was actually too big.
Shoei makes XXL, too. I know that. So, my recommendation is to go try Shoei XL-XXL and AGV XL-XXL.
And i think ill go for an AGV MT-X, shoeis are just so damn expencive, im going to florida next month so ill see what i can find at moto shops down there since there isnt much here. Is there a AGV dealer locator? I cant find anything on there site
I have the same problem with gloves. Moose has XXXL gloves, and they are golden!
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