[Ducati] Two up riding (was holiday cheer)

[Alec Moss]

I rode an '84 Harley FXR with an older, very comfy FLH seat for almost 20
years, and my wife rode with me when we were younger, but not much later on.
For most of those years I wore an open face helmet, but had a windshield.
Not a large one, but large enough to get behind.  In '99, before a trip to
Colorado from the SF area, I bought an Arai Quantum, size large.

And now I'm getting to the point.  When purchasing that helmet, no effort
was made by the salesperson to 'fit' me with the right size.  Arai helmets
come in four head shapes and the Quantum is next to the roundest one.  I
bought a large Quantum and it felt fine.

At the recent IMS show in San Mateo I tried on some Arai helmets and the
large Quantum still felt the best.  I then talked to Robert at his The
Service Pavilion booth, tried on another large Quantum and it felt good, but
he wanted to measure my head and found it to be a medium.  So I tried on a
medium Quantum and, while it fit the top of my head, it was way too tight on
my face, in short a cheek muncher.  So Robert switched out the cheek pads,
putting in thinner pads until I could close my mouth without pinching the
inside of my cheeks.

The result, a medium Quantum with fitted cheek pads is the most comfortable,
best fitting helmet I have ever worn.

Maybe many of you get your helmets fitted, but from what I've been reading
about on-line and mail order purchases, many of you don't.  I highly
recommend having whatever brand you buy fitted if possible.  You'll be a lot
more comfortable and probably a bit safer.  Might even find it less noisy
too.


Alec



On 24/12/06 6:25 AM, "Steve Abramson" <desmo900 at optonline.net> wrote:

> Although it was 
> refreshing in a different way, I don't know if I really want to have half
> helmets slung over our heads. I would prefer to be in my cheek muncher, and
> maybe get some non-obtrusive intercoms.
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