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RE: Shoei X-11 - 4/4/2007 8:50:21 PM

buckeye2wheeler

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ORIGINAL: APCh8r

i have two of them, i have the rainey rep and the black kiyonari (new graphic for 2007)....love them, actually going to sell the kiyonari soon though, brand new if anyone is interested.

I might be interested in the kiyonari, as long as it is a medium.

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RE: Shoei X-11 - 6/3/2007 2:19:28 PM

will_f3

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Well, I finally ordered the X-11 and received it last week. This helmet is awesome!! The venting of the helmet surpassed my expectations. I can actually feel the air flowing on my forehead and on top of my head. On a cool night when I was riding, I had to close the top vents because my head was getting cold.

The other thing I noticed while riding was that my head wasn't being buffeted around by the wind. This helmet keeps you head stable. The only time that the helmet will bounce around from the wind is when you are behind a semi-truck.

Also, this helmet is very light. I took a 4 hour ride and usually my neck and upper shoulders would be a little sore when wearing the HJC AC-11, but this was not the case with the X-11.

There is, however, one concern that I have with the helmet... for some reason there is a pressure point on the area right in from of my right ear. Which after awhile, becomes painful to turn my head to the left or right. I don't know if this will go away after the helmet gets broke in more or not. But the funny thing is that this pressure point isn't on the left side. Has anyone else had this experience? If so, was there anything that you did to correct it or did it just eventually go away?

Overall a great helmet, and going forward I don't see myself buying in other kind of helmet other than a Shoei.

(in reply to buckeye2wheeler)