WTF is up with Shoei?

[dave_xb12r]

Effective April 1st 2010, Shoei products cannot be sold outside of the 50 U.S. states.

link (http://www.kneedraggers.com/details/Shoei_X11_Helmet_Elias_TC3--636401.html?mybuyscid=6783893980)

[Bolt]

Um.. That's weird..

[1stxb9r]

maybe they won't meet euro standards???

[Bolt]

Then how could "the worlds most demanding riders demand the best..". ?

[Paniller]

Probably has something to do with Snell standards forcing US helmets to be too stiff to pass euro standards. Snell helmets don't absorb impact enough to meet Euro standards, as they're built for worst case scenario.

Euro standards: G force translated to brain below XX.
Snell standard: Helmet must survive drop of XX feet to the same point twice.

I'm anti-snell myself. I feel as if they sacrifice too much of the function of the helmet, to pass an overkill test. An overkill test that tests a 1 in a million scenario impact to the head, where the rest of the body probably wouldn't survive anyway.

[agfish18]

I just looked on the Shoei site and they dont have anything stated on there about this. My thoughts are that the specific site you got your info from will not be selling to outside of the 50 US states. It is after April 1st... and wait... I just thought of this...April 1st is fools day, maybe an outdated trick left up.