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I have always been an Arai guy, but I have been somewhat intrigued with the HJC RPHA-10 offering, so last night I purchased a Jorge Lorenzo replica. I should hopefully have it tomorrow.

Anyone have experience with this helmet?

i left arai a long time ago. i cant imagine the rpha 10 being a bad lid.

Interested to hear how it compares to an Arai. Always thought HJC was cheap crap, $100 helmets sound like crap in the first place. Then they started dumping tons of sponsorship money.

FrostyFire said:

Interested to hear how it compares to an Arai. Always thought HJC was cheap crap, $100 helmets sound like crap in the first place. Then they started dumping tons of sponsorship money.

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I had the last gen top of the line HJC and it was infact cheap crap compared to the best of others. As Frosty said, the pro-riders not only just wear them because they get a ton of sponsorship money, but the lids they wear are custom HJC versions, not the ones you can buy. Supposedly, Arai is the only manufacturer that uses the same quality of constuction for their pro-riders as they do for their customers. That said, I have a Bell Star so I'm not an Arai fanboy or anything.

On a side note, I had the HJC on in a bad accident with a deer... I woke up an hour later in the hospital with a bad concusion. I guess I wasn't dead though? No clue if I would've faired better with a different helmet. My gf also had an HJC on (correctly fit to her head), and she landed face first, causing the front of the helmet to split her chin open needing stiches, and broke her nose so badly she needed reconstructive nose surgery. Sooo... I'm not a big HJC fan.

My understanding is that it isn't the same $100 crap, so we'll see. It is SNELL rated so I would think it should be just as safe, but I guess not all HJC's are. Hopefully I never have to test it out...

transdesigner said:

I had the last gen top of the line HJC and it was infact cheap crap compared to the best of others. As Frosty said, the pro-riders not only just wear them because they get a ton of sponsorship money, but the lids they wear are custom HJC versions, not the ones you can buy. Supposedly, Arai is the only manufacturer that uses the same quality of constuction for their pro-riders as they do for their customers. That said, I have a Bell Star so I'm not an Arai fanboy or anything.

On a side note, I had the HJC on in a bad accident with a deer... I woke up an hour later in the hospital with a bad concusion. I guess I wasn't dead though? No clue if I would've faired better with a different helmet. My gf also had an HJC on (correctly fit to her head), and she landed face first, causing the front of the helmet to split her chin open needing stiches, and broke her nose so badly she needed reconstructive nose surgery. Sooo... I'm not a big HJC fan.

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i wear a bell star carbon and a suomy spec 1 r extream. i feel both of them are just as good if not better than the arai.

I had the Bell Star Carbon...Great looking helmet and the Transitions Visor was brilliant...But ..man that helmet was noisy... I returned it....

Stw said:

I had the Bell Star Carbon...Great looking helmet and the Transitions Visor was brilliant...But ..man that helmet was noisy... I returned it....

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you are right it is very very noisy however it also moves the most air. transition visor second to none. on hot summer days its my go to helmet. i wear earplugs surefire ep4 to silence the noise. and listen to a sena bluetooth no problem with the plugs in.

mark419ny said:

you are right it is very very noisy however it also moves the most air. transition visor second to none. on hot summer days its my go to helmet. i wear earplugs surefire ep4 to silence the noise. and listen to a sena bluetooth no problem with the plugs in.

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Without exageration I feel like the Bell moves 4x more air than my HJC did. That said, I know the new HJC supposedly had more wind tunnel testing and blah blah that all the manufacturers claim, since the version I had.

transdesigner said:

Without exageration I feel like the Bell moves 4x more air than my HJC did. That said, I know the new HJC supposedly had more wind tunnel testing and blah blah that all the manufacturers claim, since the version I had.

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Agreed...Air movement wise the Bell rocks.... I guess there are upsides and down sides to air movement...No doubting the quality and lightness of this Lid...

Why do no other manufacturers offer a transitions style visor?? Loved that feature..

Stw said:

Agreed...Air movement wise the Bell rocks.... I guess there are upsides and down sides to air movement...No doubting the quality and lightness of this Lid...

Why do no other manufacturers offer a transitions style visor?? Loved that feature..

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the perfect shield would be transition shield with pin lock and tear off posts. no idea why they cant have that. All shields except for pin lock fog up. i would take transition with pinlock the tear off posts would be a bonus.

mark419ny said:

the perfect shield would be transition shield with pin lock and tear off posts. no idea why they cant have that. All shields except for pin lock fog up. i would take transition with pinlock the tear off posts would be a bonus.

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+1

mark419ny said:

i left arai a long time ago. i cant imagine the rpha 10 being a bad lid.

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Mark.....just curious to your reason for avoiding Arai now?

mark419ny said:

the perfect shield would be transition shield with pin lock and tear off posts. no idea why they cant have that. All shields except for pin lock fog up. i would take transition with pinlock the tear off posts would be a bonus.

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I wish Arai or Shoei would offer it too. I have pinlocks for my Shoei and totally agree - they are fantastic. Why I can't get a transition AND pinlock is beyond me. I hate having to carry two shields in the spring and fall.

NorthBankGooner said:

Mark.....just curious to your reason for avoiding Arai now?

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not because of quality or anything they make amazing helmets but for the price of one i got both of my helmets. i had the corsair and i believe it was 800. they dont discount much and all their parts are expensive. changing the shield is a royal PIA and i broke the side piece doing it twice. thats 80 bucks right there. the shields are double the price of every other brands shield and if i go late day into early night riding i have to carry 2 shields and changing them suck. i have a visor bag to carry an extra shield it goes over my shoulder and the shield tucks against my ribs. so no problem carrying the shield (until transition shield now i dont need that). i will still say my suomy spec 1 r extreme is the best helmet i ever owned. only cause it fits like its custom made. suomy shield changes are just like arai so i hate that but the new suomy top of the line changed that.

just as a reference point i paid 330 for my bell star carbon and 475 for my suomy. same price for 1 arai corsair v. now i do feel arai may be a slightly better helmet but not 3 -4 hundred dollars better than the 2 i have now.

yes to those reading this i am down to 2 helmets now. thank goodness for forums and craigslist. the others sat in my closet.

Riding with a guy Sunday...hes wearing a Vector and was hit by a huge bug and it tore the left side pod clean off....He had to cut short as the visor was basically just flapping around... I know this is probably a freak incident but it does show those side pods on the Arai are vulnerable to such damage....

Supposedly, according to Revzilla, the helmet is the same as the motogp version, without the custom fit....
I guess we'll see

transdesigner said:

I had the last gen top of the line HJC and it was infact cheap crap compared to the best of others. As Frosty said, the pro-riders not only just wear them because they get a ton of sponsorship money, but the lids they wear are custom HJC versions, not the ones you can buy. Supposedly, Arai is the only manufacturer that uses the same quality of constuction for their pro-riders as they do for their customers. That said, I have a Bell Star so I'm not an Arai fanboy or anything.

On a side note, I had the HJC on in a bad accident with a deer... I woke up an hour later in the hospital with a bad concusion. I guess I wasn't dead though? No clue if I would've faired better with a different helmet. My gf also had an HJC on (correctly fit to her head), and she landed face first, causing the front of the helmet to split her chin open needing stiches, and broke her nose so badly she needed reconstructive nose surgery. Sooo... I'm not a big HJC fan.

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Stw said:

Agreed...Air movement wise the Bell rocks.... I guess there are upsides and down sides to air movement...No doubting the quality and lightness of this Lid...

Why do no other manufacturers offer a transitions style visor?? Loved that feature..

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its cicada season maybe it was one of those bad boys

Stw said:

I had the Bell Star Carbon...Great looking helmet and the Transitions Visor was brilliant...But ..man that helmet was noisy... I returned it....

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I've also heard the cheek pads feel like cheap crap in Bell helmets.

I really love my Arais.

FrostyFire said:

I've also heard the cheek pads feel like cheap crap in Bell helmets.

I really love my Arais.

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Totally not true.... They feel great.... (Bell Star at least)