The RF-SR is Shoei’s entry-level option, offering price-conscious riders an option for a high-quality helmet.
When it comes to full-face helmets, the saying, ?You get what you pay for? has rarely been more apt. At the high end, $500-$800 is a lot to fork over for a lid, but it typically gets you premium features and unparalleled comfort, ventilation, quietude and lightness. Riders seeking to pay as little as possible typically make do with much less of the above?and often don?t seem to know or care.
For myself, if I lived in the real world?the one in which you have to click ?buy? or produce a credit card before UPS shows up with a new helmet?I know I would want most of those same premium features, but would prefer to pay, well, less. Economy with dignity, let?s call it. To that end, Shoei?a well-known maker of premium full-face helmets like the RF-1200, which goes for $485.99-$626.99?has created a full-facer which shares all of the most important qualities of its higher-priced lids but costs just $399. The new RF-SR has the same Multi-Ply Matrix AIM+ shell as the RF-1200, which combines fiberglass and organic fibers for strength and light weight, and it also comes in four shell sizes to insure a good fit in the RF-SR?s size range. The RF-SR also uses the strong, distortion-free, Pinlock-ready CWR-1 face shield on Shoei?s QRE adjustable base plate system, which facilitates quick, toolless shield changes and draws the 3D molded, scratch-resistant shield tight up against...