i am lookin at helmets and i was just wondering if the icon mainframe is a bad helmet to get and any other suggestions for good helmets

 

I have Icon helmets,Shoei helmets,Scorpion helmets,and a handful of ebay helmets....My personal price vs. quality has to be the Scorpion Exo 700 I got used off a fellow Stuntlifer. Fits like It should,its not that heavy,looks cool too.Icon is a good helmet tho, but it seems like an overpriced HJC to me

 

arai is the only way to go

 

yea if you have $600 bucks laying around

 

Heres the thing man, no helmet is going to be a bad helmet..... as long as it fits well. Helmets are made to meet DOT/SNELL standards... so protection-wise for the most part its pretty similar...

What your going to pay for when it comes to more expensive helmets is custom look, light-weight, more vents and stuff like that...

Just try on some lids, find one that you like and is comfortable and within your budget and go for it...

I personally have a HJC CL-SP with a mirrored visor... it looks like this, but a diff visor.

 

i hated my icon... it was heavy and poorly ventalated. Only good thing was it looked cool. I like my hjc and scorpion

 

they are so played out with the skulls and **** but they are decent

 

i live how the mirror visors look, but they are basically a sticker on the visor so they scratch real easily. I got the blue one cause its really easy on my eyes looking through it, and since the plastic itself is blue, it wont scratch the color/tint off. (same deal with smoked, orange, and all the others)

 

+1 i hate my icon helmet!
fits like shyt, looks cool but now everybody has one so?
that sort of kills the cool factor?
next one i buy will be arai or suomy!!
they are well worth the money!
kbc is also dam good for the price!! (i know i have tested them! )
I will not buy another icon!!

 

yea i like my scorpion helmet
it looks good and fits me just fine
not bad @ the $$$ either

 

i gotta say though, my icon took a blow straight to the face at about 75 and the visor didnt crumble or anything, BUUUT again it sucked until that point. At that point i was glad i had something

 

i have a icon mainframe black with dark smoke visor i like my icon it fits me well not to heavy and looks good except the minor scratches from wrecks .but i also have a scorpion which feels good to so really its up to ur own personal preference.

 

KBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Arai...

 

Shoei,Scorpion,KBC in that order!

 

Yah ive heard alot of people talkin bout how they scratch real easy but I got mine back in March and been ridin all the time since, got 3 lil scratches in the visor and thas it... i think ima go with smoked next though jus to switch it up...

 

AGV is really good

 

My Icon Mainframe started to fall apart, it was heavy, and yah, poorly ventilated. Shoei's are worth the money, they're light, very good venting, and the visors are pretty durable. They're about $50-75 more than an icon

 

I own Icons, KBC's, and suomys and like them all. theyre all great for certain purposes.

 

anybody tried these? http://www.afxhelmets.com/07/helmets/fullface.php retail on them is only 100 bucks