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Arai: New Colorway for Off-Roading VX-PRO4 Helmet
Arai’s got a new set of colorways for their tried-and-true VX-PRO4 helmet – and considering all their lids are hand painted so meticulously, the red and yellow schemes are nothing short of stunning. Back in the beginning of September, we covered a neat neon-wedge design that Arai had just debuted for the VX-PRO4. Arai, I …
A Look Into Arai’s Secret Test Lab
Northern Irish professional motorcycle racer Jonathan Rea has just been given exclusive access into Arai’s secret laboratory – and he’s come out to share the difference that Arai makes, whether on the track, street, or experiencing life on the daily. The journey starts in the Netherlands, at Arai’s EU headquarters; here, Rea is given a …
[REVIEW] Arai Regent-X Full Face Helmet
I have to confess that my first motorcycle helmet was an off-brand sale rack item that I purchased to attend the MSF course. I didn’t pay much attention to its quality, and sure enough, the chin vent broke off shortly after I got my license. Since then, I have had a few accidents, and I …
Arai’s Goes ‘Quantic’ With New ECE 22.06 Standard
The First and The Only The new ECE 22.06 test is a nightmare for helmet manufacturers. Although it may be a nightmare for them, it’s a blessing for us riders. The stricter ECE certifications get, the safer your helmets are as a result (and the more expensive they get… oops). Arai’s new sport-touring lid is …
Arai Unveils Their First ECE 22.06 Certified Lid; The 2021 Quantic
ECE 22.06, Meet Arai Arai has taken the initiative to step up their game and bring the world their first ECE 22.06 safety certified helmet to pass new regulations for their 2021 helmet lineup. What’s the difference between ECE 22.o6 and 22.05? in addition to the flat anvil testing that is conducted in the ECE …
Deals We Love This Week: Select Arai Helmets 15 Percent Off
Some of the Best Helmets Out There As I noted in last week’s deals roundup, Revzilla is already offering Black Friday prices on gear. The retailer is offering up some new gear each and every day until Black Friday comes and goes. That means I’ve been combing through the gear deals and doing my best …
Deals We Love This Week: Select Arai Helmets Up to 50% Off
Get Yourself an Arai Helmets are a big part of what we focus on here at Web Bike World, and when a brand like Arai has some excellent helmets go on sale, then I feel like I need to showcase these Arai lids so that you can pick them up. Arai isn’t the only brand …
Helmet Showdown: Arai XD-4 vs. Shoei Hornet X2 vs. Klim Krios Pro
A Three Helmet Showdown Is About To Go Down Search the internet today using the words “Best (insert topic here)” and you’ll get plenty of opinionated claims popping up from a myriad of sources touting their impartiality and honesty. But who can you really trust? It’s getting harder and harder to know whether the source …
Arai Gives Insight Into Helmet Safety Tech With New Video
Strictly Designed for Your Safety Arai has lead the industry in helmet technology for what feels like ages now, providing expensive and high-quality lids to keep you and professional racers safe. From MotoGP to Formula 1, the pinnacle of performance is lead by a select few manufacturers, Arai being one of them. “Helmets are 37 …
Video: Simon Crafar Talks Helmet Tech
Moto GP Commentator and 1998 British Grand Prix 500cc race winner Simon Crafar takes us through every little detail regarding the safety of a MotoGP Helmet. On this weeks installation of MotoGP’s “Tech Talk”, Simon is on the Arai Grand Prix helmet service truck to give us a detailed look into the construction, composition, and …
[Review] Arai XC Open Face Helmet
Note: Arai North America kindly provided the XC for the purposes of this review Introduction Arai has long been known for its high-end class-leading helmets. After reading Jim Pruner’s recent article titled Arai Is The Helmet To Buy (it may be long, but is well worth the read), I was intrigued to try out an …
Deals We Love This Week: Memorial Day Gear Deals Bring 50% or More Off Select Items
Get Some Excellent Deals Today Revzilla has been discounting older gear for a while now, and that has meant great deals in the past couple of weeks, but on Memorial Day, the company has a long list of fantastic deals. Select items are 50 percent or more off of their original MSRP. That means you …
Arai Releases New Spoiler for RX-7X Helmet
Aerodynamics Intensify Arai’s focus is on safety above all else, but its continuous radius shell construction isn’t the best for aerodynamics. On the racetrack, aerodynamics is everything, so the company released a new spoiler for the RX-7X (Corsair-X) helmet. Arai worked with MotoGP rider and LCR Honda team member Taka Nakagami to test and ensure …
Arai Released a 2020 Isle of Man TT Helmet Graphic Even Though There’s No Race
No Isle of Man TT Due to Coronavirus Arai has been releasing Isle of Man TT helmet graphics since 2007, so this new design should come as no shock. What’s interesting is that the Isle of Man TT has been canceled this year due to the Coronavirus. Arai decided to release the helmet anyway. Ingmar …
Arai Is The Helmet To Buy
The helmet in the photo above was run over by another motorcycle at high speed during a race. The wearer walked away without sustaining a head injury. Take a moment to let that soak in. I’m often asked by people who know I test riding gear which helmet to buy or which is the best. …
Arai Helmets Receive the FIM Gold Medal for Safety
This Is the First-Ever of its Kind Awarded Arai has made history by winning the Fedreation Internaitonale de Motocyclisme’s (FIM) first-ever Nicolas Rodeil del Valle gold medal for safety. The award has been given before for “two-wheel racing activities and management of business,” but it has never been awarded for safety equipment to a gear …
Deals We Love This Week: Killer Discounts on Full-Face Helmets from Revzilla
Get a Stylish Full-Face Lid From Santa The holidays are a time for indulgence and a time for gift giving. This can mean different things to different people. It terms of indulgence, it can mean getting yourself the things you’ve been thinking about getting all year long. In terms of gift-giving, it can mean making …
Deals We Love This Week: Arai Closeout Helmets at Revzilla, Up to 47% Off
Some Quality Lids for Less Arai, as we all know, is one of the leaders in the top-of-the-line motorcycle helmet market. The helmet manufacturer makes some of the safest, quietest, feature-full, and best-looking helmets out there that you can buy. Now Revzilla has a massive closeout sale on them. The company is cleaning house so …
Arai Corsair-X Helmet Review: Revisiting in Style
Introduction Regular readers of webBikeWorld reviews might be thinking, “they already reviewed the Corsair-X a while ago”, and those readers would be correct. wBW founder and editor Rick Korchak reviewed the Corsair-X back in November of 2015. Now nearly four years later we have a Corsair-X back in our leather gloved hands for a look …
Arai’s New Regent-X Helmet
An Improvement Over Previous Lids The Arai Corsair-X model was a very fine helmet. It was a top-of-the-line-lid, but now Arai has a new model. The Regent-X. Built using many of the same ideas as the Corsair-X and offering the same protection, the Regent-X takes things up a notch. The Regent-X is also much less …
Arai Helmets Reveals Two New Corsair-X Graphics
Some New Looks for the Venerable Lid Arai’s Corsair-X full-face motorcycle helmet is one of the better ones on the market. The company revealed some new graphics late last year for the helmet, but we received an email saying they’d add a couple of additional graphics to the list. Let’s take a look at what …
More Deals We Love This Week: Sportbike Helmet Closeout
Get The Sportbike Helmet You’ve Been Wanting A good sportbike motorcycle helmet comes with a premium price tag usually. These are the cream of the crop in terms of aerodynamics, safety, and comfort. They also come with some impressive features and daring new styles. That’s why when I saw that Revzilla was doing a closeout …
Arai Introduces New Models and Graphics
More New Arai Helmets Is Never a Bad Thing We like to think of ourselves as well-educated motorcyclists here at Web Bike World, and part of that is keeping up on the latest gear from major manufacturers. That’s why I got pretty pumped when Arai’s announcement of some new models and graphics landed in my …
Arai Defiant-X Helmet Hands-On Review
Introduction Arai helmets. Anyone who has taken the time to study the process that goes into making an Arai helmet will no doubt agree that they make helmet production into an artform. From the handmade shells to the solid operation of moving parts like vents and visors, Arai helmets are definitely a class leader when it …
Get Excited for New Arai Corsair-X Graphics
New Graphics Keep the Corsair Looking Fresh Arai recently announced a new set of graphics for its popular Corsair-X full-face helmet. The Corsair-X is one of the best helmets out there, but it has been out for a while now and Arai has to keep it looking fresh. Its most recent effort to do so …
The All New Arai DT-X Helmet Review
The All New Arai DT-X Helmet – Torrent White For those of you not familiar with Arai Helmets, they are a Japanese company who has been around since 1926. Arai helmets are all hand built and are designed to meet or beat SNELL safety standards. They are a family-owned company, with a strong belief in …
Arai VX-Pro4
Arai VX-Pro4 Announced July 16, 2014 (Press release edited by webBikeWorld.com) – Arai has announced the VX-Pro4 off-road helmet, the successor to the Arai VX-Pro3 (details below). Where to Buy Arai VX-Pro4 Helmet See More Motorcycle Helmets, Motorcycle Visor, Motorcycle Intercom Arai VX-Pro4 Details Like all Arai helmets, the VX-Pro4 helmet shell is made entirely by hand …
Arai Signet-X Review
El Estrecho “X” Para El Cráneo, This Arai Helmet Will Definitely Help You Stand Out In A Crowd “The Narrow X For The Cranium”. OK, so it’s my attempt at cuteness using a very limited knowledge of Spanish. But this new Arai Signet-X in the “El Cráneo” graphics does two things really well. First, it gets you …
Arai Quantum-X Review
Round Heads Rejoice! The Arai Quantum is back! Round-heads, earth-shaped heads and “bulb” heads finally have a helmet that fits. It’s been a long time — nearly 7 years — since Arai had a “Round Oval” helmet in their U.S. lineup. The last Round Oval helmet offered by the Japanese company was the Arai Quantum II …
Arai Vector 2 Owner Report Helmet Review
The Arai Vector 2: Another Look We first reviewed the Arai Vector 2 in February of 2011. At that time, the Vector 2 was a brand-new update to the original Arai Vector (review) of 2007. The Vector 2 has the Arai “Intermediate Oval” internal shape; i.e., what we call “Neutral” to “Slightly Narrow”. The Vector series has remained as …
Arai Defiant Pro Cruise Review
Arai Defiant Gets the Pro Treatment The Arai Defiant Pro Cruise is a variant of the originalArai Defiant we reviewed in June of 2014. The Arai Pro Shade (review) is standard on the Defiant Pro Cruise. Also, the special face shield to accommodate the Pro Shade visor is included. The Pro Shade may seem a bit strange but …
Arai Corsair-X Review
X Means Big Changes to the Corsair Series The Arai Corsair-X (RX-7V in Europe) has been updated with features that are sure to make it more popular than ever. The most dramatic change is the new face shield pivot location and removal system. Called the “Variable Axis System” (VAS), the face shield pivot point is …
Arai Corsair-X Preview
Arai Improves the Venerated Corsair July 22, 2015 (Press release edited by webBikeWorld.com) – Perhaps the most fabled name in the entire Arai lineup, the Corsair model has long been renowned as one of the most advanced, highest quality helmets available anywhere in the world. Now, Arai Helmet, Ltd., makers of world class, handmade helmets …
Arai XD4 2015 Helmet Review
The 2015 Update to a Dual-Sport Classic The Arai XD4 for 2015 includes some new features inside and outside that make it a winner in virtually every category. As a long-time user of Arai helmets (typically theCorsair (review) and XD models), the 2015 version of the Arai XD4 in Flare Sand Frost is the third XD …
Arai Signet-Q Pro Tour Review
The Arai Signet-Q Gets the Pro Tour Treatment Arai has a couple of new options this year; the popular Arai Signet-Q (review) gets a “Pro Tour” option and 2014’s Arai Defiant (review) also has a doppelgänger, with the Defiant Pro Cruise version. The Pro Tour and Pro Cruise treatments include the Arai Pro Shade sun visor (review), fitted to the SAI …
Arai Corsair V Nicky 5 & 2015 Isle of Man TT
The Ultimate Motorcycle Helmet? I had a wonderful dream… The FedEx driver knocks on the door and hands over two 16x13x13″ brown boxes — a size immediately identifiable as the standard shipping container for a motorcycle helmet. The light-as-a-feather boxes drift into the kitchen and a knife appears in my hand. I choose one and …
Arai VX Pro4 Review
The Arai of Off-Road Helmets The Arai VX Pro4 is new for 2014, having been previewed on webBikeWorld in the Spring. A significant update from the popular Arai VX Pro3 and a worthy successor in the VX Pro off-road family tree. The VX Pro4 feels “just like an Arai” as soon as it’s pulled out of the …
Arai Defiant Review
New Arai Defiant Added to the Lineup The Arai Defiant (Arai Rebel in the UK) was introduced in 2013 and updated with a few new graphic choices for 2014. The helmet is similar to the Arai RX-Q (review) but it has a new ventilation system, revised cheek pads and a few other updated features. I own an …
Arai Pro Shade Review
The Arai Pro Shade Visor System The Arai Pro Shade system adds a fold-down tinted sun shade to an Arai SAI-type face shield. The system cannot be installed on a standard Arai face shield; instead, it replaces it with a modified face shield that has the special attachment for the sun shade. The sun shade …
Arai Defiant Helmet Preview
Arai Announces the Defiant Helmet (Rapide-IR) February 8, 2013 – The new Arai Defiant helmet was announced today. The helmet appears to be a U.S. DOT/Snell version of the Japan-market Arai Rapide-IR. Information on the new Defiant is slow in forthcoming, but the helmet is based on the Arai RX-Q (review), a “Round Oval” helmet …
