Comments on: MD Product Review: Shoei Neotec (News) (Product Reviews)

By: Vaughan

Vaughan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:23:23 +0000

I love my Multitec too but I think I’m going to love my Neotec a little more for the sun visor alone because I ride a lot at sun up and sun down. There is also greater visibility with the Neo and the Pinlock covers a larger area pushing the edge further out of the eye-line. I sense a greater amount of ventilation going on which cannot be a bad thing. I don’t find the noise level in either the Multi or Neo to be any problem at all but I play a bass in a loud rock band so other opinions may vary. Good hats them both. I consider my noggin to be worth the expense of hard-earned and hard-saved moolah, not everyone would agree with me of course…

By: kadzy

kadzy — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:59:48 +0000

good point, also much easier to talk you your riding mate at a traffic lite, etc

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By: kadzy

kadzy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:31:11 +0000

funny, my 4-star Nolan N90 ranks higher than many full face helmets, besting most high end lids. no doubt, a racer would want the best helmet they could fit on their heads, but they also wear what a sponsor would recommend. a team would also demand the lightest helmet, why else would many fasteners on a motogp bike be made of titanium, yes, modulars do tend to be heavier, but they do not have to be less safe when properly designed.

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By: bikerrandy

bikerrandy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:04:22 +0000

Ziggy, I have a FF helmet and flip-up and wear glasses on occasion. My FU is far more practical and I don’t believe it’s less safe the a FF helmet. My FF does have better air flow(cooling) but that is all, IMHO.

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By: ze

ze — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:54:14 +0000

Actually the results show that they are unsafer, check there: http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/testsratings/

The only Shark helmet with 3 stars is the openline, all others are 4 or 5

From shoei is the same: 3 stars for multitech and 4 or 5 for all the others except the old rf1000.

Hjc? the same, the modulars are 3 star at most…

So where’s the surprise?
Modular of course are more practical but will ever be less safer.
No surprise, if they were safer people who race would use it, and no one who race ever used them…

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By: ziggy

ziggy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:21:15 +0000

Guys, it’s just not that hard to remove a regular full face helmet. You should do it anyways often so as to give your head a rest and let your scalp breathe. Don’t tell me the convenience of lighting up a smoke outweighs the safety afforded by a quality full face helmet – talk about specious reasoning! And as for hot weather, well we all know the old axiom: If it’s too hot to wear proper safety gear, it’s too hot to ride.

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By: mr_dirtrider

mr_dirtrider — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:02:59 +0000

Not to mention the cooling benefits… when you ride in a place like Phoenix, it is nice to be able to flip that up to get more air when sitting at a light. After having one of these, I won’t go back.

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By: x-planer

x-planer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:36:10 +0000

Well, you know what they say when you “assume” ziggy. I would say any ride that has several drops and crashes in a day is a dirt bike ride. Several drops and crashes on a dual sport is not too good. And on an adventure ride on a big trailie you really shouldn’t be crashing, dropping or picking up your almost 600 lb adv bike at all. Makes for a long day. Anyway, the flip up are good helmets, I’ve started using one after almost 40 years of full face and I like it. Any crash that would destroy the chin bar on a modular as opposed to a full face would be a bad impact.

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By: x-planer

x-planer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:59:11 +0000

Apparently Jay has special needs. The whole point, Jay, is that you can get a drink, have a smoke, whatever, without removing the helmet. We really don’t have to do it your way, Jay. Really.

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By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:25:25 +0000

The full face helmet made sense to me after a front flat caused me to stick a perfect three point landing while going around a corner as fast as I could in ’75, the third point was my chin. No more 3/4 helmets for me, I’d prefer to ride helmetless, either protected or not as I see it. Most of my time/miles are “protected” as I ride.

I may have to check out the Neotec, I wanted to wait for the modular’s to work out their “bugs” before risking my chin The appeal of a “flip bar” on a good helmet is apparent to me.

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