Being a Harley rider for almost 20 years, I switched to a sport touring bike, and decided to go with a full face helmet. originally I was excited about the blue tooth option, it's a great idea, but it just doesn't work in this helmet. The noise in the helmet is far too great to even hear anything through the blue tooth, for audio or a phone call. In fact that is likely my biggest complaint with the helmet, it is very noisy. I just use my ipod at almost full volume. The Graphics are ok, it looks good from a distance, but they are decals, it's not a paint job. The shield mechanism works fine, and I haven't experienced too much fogging. Like I said, it's ok, take out the blue tooth and it's probably worth a $80-100 helmet. Honestly I will use it for a while and then plan to spend the money for a Shoei.
Bads
When I opened my first helmet it had no protective padding around the helmet which probably caused the small cracks in the visor that almost seemed like a design, so after I seen the cracks start spreading I called and returned it.
When my second helmet arrived the first thing I checked for was cracks, and thankfully it had none only this time the Bluetooth button didn't work properly (sometimes couldn't turn it on, if I got it on then it wouldn't feel like being turned off, and it had a problem with charging) so after waiting another couple weeks hoping it'd get better I decided to call and have another one sent out, I am guessing the third times the charm cause this one works great (aside from some minor charging issues).
Good
Shipping time with amazon prime was pretty good, and the functionality of the working Bluetooth is really good, I can hear my music clearly on the highway. Only downside is I can never really tell if I am getting a call while I am listening to music, and so far I have a hard time understanding everyone on the other end of the conversation if I am going about 40.
Overall if you have the patience to potentially wait as long as I did then get it, if not I'd say try something else with the same technology.
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So I bought the helmet because I got a good price on it, and I don't know if I will even hook up the bluetooth. But, I do NOT find the helmet noisy and I'm wondering if the other reviewer has had full face shield helmets before which feel/sound very different from the "helmet" half shells that most of the harley riders wear. I've been shopping around my boyfriend has several helmets that I've worn and I've also used some friend's half shells too. This is among the quieter ones I've used.
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