Helmets- Quick question

[yang258]

Hi all,

Just wondering which helmet has the smallest shell? I am after a full face helmet, I currently have a Shoei and find it to be quite bulky. My head is XL so the smaller the shell the better!

Thanks!

[Slide Panda]

That's not really a question that can be answered. Different manufactures have different shell shapes.. so you get a bit of apples to oranges there. Also, there's always going to be a minimum amount of padding in a good helmet that will contribute to the volume.

The RF-1100 line has 5 shell sizes now.. so that could work.

Question though - you *really* sure you're an XL? XL's are pretty damn big. Have you been measured for fit?

I'm not a small guy, and I only really fit a medium in a Shoei Currently I have a large, but I made a rookie mistake and went up a size, not accounting for the compression of the liner padding over time

[DoubleEagle]

That's not really a question that can be answered. Different manufactures have different shell shapes.. so you get a bit of apples to oranges there. Also, there's always going to be a minimum amount of padding in a good helmet that will contribute to the volume.

The RF-1100 line has 5 shell sizes now.. so that could work.

Question though - you *really* sure you're an XL? XL's are pretty damn big. Have you been measured for fit?

I'm not a small guy, and I only really fit a medium in a Shoei Currently I have a large, but I made a rookie mistake and went up a size, not accounting for the compression of the liner padding over time

yuu, have you tried wearing a silk Helmet liner ?

Might fill up the space a bit so that the large will fit a little better .

I was fitted with a Medium 6 years ago when I bought a Helmet from a Dealer. My hair was fairly short then since I was still working.

Now that I've been retired for 5 years, my hair is quite long and I wear a silk Helmet liner and I buy Large Helmets which fit fine.

Dolph     

[Raux]

Marushin makes a series of smaller shell helmets that meet the EC 22.05 standards

http://www.louis.de/_20939c2aa23568fb07c12375fbd273fc8c/index.php?topic=wgr&article_context=list&page=0&grwgr=150&wgr=837&anzeige=0&motorrad=0&hersteller=488&typ_id=

[JEFF_H]

Louis.de doesnt ship to the US tho...