New Helmet - RF1400

[Pyrrho]

I've ridden many miles with Shoei and HJC shields opened to the first detent. In the humid summer weather of Pennsylvania, you really need that air, and I've never had the shield move. Of course, I do ride with the stock shield in the highest position or with a taller aftermarket shield.

As have I when I was younger and less concerned about safety and just happy to have a helmet on. Once I switched to Arai I didn't find the loss of intermediary position detents a loss on the shield because the increased airflow from vents was sufficient. As an earlier post has shown, reflecting what I learned from the 1981 Hurt report, is that the majority of the time, you're going to be impacting with your chin or face first. I wouldn't want a partially-opened visor when that happened, no matter how convenient the manufacturer made it.