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[Review] Shoei RF-1400 Full Face Helmet
Video Review The New Shoei RF-1400 = A Shoei RF-1200 + ‘Kaizen’ I love being among the first people to try something new and then telling everyone I know all about it! Shoei has morphed its already popular RF-1200 helmet into this even more refined RF-1400 incarnation. They are pumped about the updates and touting …
[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 …
The Complete Guide to Snell M2020 Standard
The Snell Foundation is a non-profit organization that creates standards for helmets for vehicular activities including motorcycling. My colleagues Jim and Cameron went to the Snell Foundation’s headquarters last year to see exactly how the professionals there do their testing and create the standards that have a major impact on the motorcycle industry and the …
See Inside A Helmet Torture Chamber: wBW Goes To Snell
I recently wrote a review of the Bell SRT Modular helmet that was, in my eyes, pretty standard wBW quality and unremarkable. Originally it had been assigned to one of our other reviewers before being passed to me which again seems unimportant. Looking back now a couple of months later I’m on the verge of …
Snell Children’s Helmet Standard
Snell and FIA Institute Develop Joint Youth Motorcycle Helmet Standard The Snell Memorial Foundation and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) plan to publish a new crash helmet standard designed specifically for use by young riders. The helmet, which has been developed by the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety, is the first of its kind …
Snell M2015 Standard
The Snell M2015 Standard October 10, 2014 (Press release edited by webBikeWorld.com) The M2015 motorcycle helmet safety standard, known as the Snell standard for “Protective Headgear For Use With Motorcycles and Other Motorized Vehicles” has been published by the Snell Memorial Foundation. The Snell laboratory is now accepting submissions for helmet certification to the M2015 …
Snell 2010 Standard
Snell M2010 Motorcycle Helmet Standard Editor’s Note: The final version and information about the Snell 2010 standard was released at a meeting in Newport Beach, California on July 15, 2009. This is a compilation of the information provided during that event. The Snell M2010 Standard – Background Beginning October 1, 2009, the motorcycle riding public …
