Looking at new helmets...

[Luc R]

Looking at the joe rocket transtone rkt 201, and the icon carbon lifeframe. Does anybody have either? Pros and cons of both?

 

[Iamarchangel]

Had a high speed crash using another Joe Rocket helmet. Had some bruising on my head. Emailed the company on a Sunday night. By 10:30 that night, the president of the company had emailed me.

We talked on the phone three different times. He was concerned. I also talked to motogp medical experts. Conclusion was that my ability to complain instead of eating through a straw was due to the helmet doing its job.

Joe Rocket's president authorized a replacement helmet at no charge. All I had to do was meet him at a bike show, how hard was that.

So, the US and the Canadian are two different companies but Joe Rocket gave me the best customer service I've ever had.

 

[rpower]

I have an Icon Carbon Lifeform. The aerodynamics are pretty good, much better than the Alliance models. The fit is great, for me at least. It started out a little snug but as the cheek pads broke in it got a looser. The thing isn't quiet AT ALL. Between a D&D pipe and this helmet the exhaust noise bounces inside and makes it MUCH louder. I already have poor hearing thanks to the Army but over an hour of hard riding with this puppy on and my ears are ringing all day.

 

[raz65man]

I have the rkt201 and overall I like it. Airflow is excellent but you pay the price in wind noise and exhaust tone seems to be amplified by the carbon fiber. If you have a round head it will fit you excellent. Nice helmet but not a replacement for my Arai. A very nice backup though.
Raz

 

[Luc R]

Arai's are definitely nice, just out of my price range. I just like the look of the icon and the rkt helmet. I figure for a helmet around 400, its still going to have the wind noise. I'm leaning towards the rkt

 

[Rhino1]

...we should all be wearing hearing protection anyway.

 

[raz65man]

What?...huh?....Had my music too loud.
Raz

 

[Luc R]

Picked up a new hjc rps10 yesterday. I love it so far, real comfortable and aerodynamic. I was doing head checks at 100 with no problem bein able to look back. And the noise isn't bad either. A huge step up from my buell helmet lol