New Helmet - RF1400

[Grumpy Goat]

The Corsair X is Arai's racing focused helmet, competing with the Shoei X-14. The eye port is fine in a forward lean racing position when you're kinda looking over the top of your bifocals.

Makes the narrower eye port all the more surprising. Thanks for clarifying. I did go to the Arai site and while they did not say it was race-focused they did show a motorcylist in a tuck position as a graphic background to the web page suggesting what you said.

As for the stone chip, I attribute that up to the rigidity (hardness) and thickness of the surface clear or gel coat. In retrospect, I wish I would have discussed the issue with Arai before applying the touch-up paint. I'm curious as to what their response would have been.

I agree that the chip is due to the hard surface, but my point was more about the roundness making any impinging object glance off so that the likelihood of chipping is reduced. Anyway ...

As for the lack shield detents, that's one of those .... It's how Arai does it!.

And that is their choice I suppose. I don't have to like it.

Don't get me wrong, I am not here to bash Arai or any other helmet. Just sharing an opinion on the helmet based on the nitpicks you had. We all have those.