A review of my new Scorpion Exo 400.

Again, I do not have a lot of experience with helmets, my experience is limited to a few hundred miles with the Scorpion and 5 thousand or so with my old too big Zues Helmet.

In a word, this helmet is awesome. It fits very well, and I sort of like the tightly snug fit. It's much quieter than my old helmet, but again, that's probably from the fact the helmet didn't fit correctly to begin with. Around town and even riding around 60 mph, the helmet is very quiet. I can hear my bike at those speeds!

With the vents open, you can get some whistling but it's not really worth mentioning. Also, the faceshield fogs up first thing in the morning but as soon as you click into gear and move a few feet, it clears right up. Honestly, this worries me a little since we have yet to hit our 'warm' Summers.... But I imagine any helmet would have that problem here in Florida.

All in all, I am really glad I took a chance and grabbed the helmet. I have a feeling it's as nice as any high dollar helmet and I got it for a fraction of the cost.

Oh, and a word about motorcyclegear.com . As I stated in my last post, I spoke to one of their reps online and he was great. He listened to my questions and gave me an honest opinion, which was basically 'I think it will fit but I can't be sure but let me tell you about our return policy...' I appreciate honesty much more than 'Buy it, buy it, BUY IT!!!' you can sometimes get from salesmen.

So, if you are looking for something bike related, check them out. You may find a deal too good to pass up.

So I needed a helmet...

My old helmet didn't fit right, had been dropped a million times and was probably worthless in its sole job of protecting my head in the event of a crash. So, I tried on a few helmets locally. But to be honest, I felt kind of cheesy trying them on locally, knowing I was going to check online prices. Of course, if the price was fairly close, I'd have bought locally, not only to help local businesses but also because the whole waiting thing sucks....

I also decided it was ok if I tried on helmets and not buy if I had spent money at a local shop before. So, I had two shops I would check. One was a dealership where I had inquired about how much it would cost to have a mechanic check out a bike I was interested in. When the shop manager told my $150 I thought that was fairly reasonable and asked what they checked. His reply started ' Well.....uhhhh, we check the turn signals, and ummmmm uhhh the oil level....' I silently crossed that particular shop off my list.

But they have really nice shiny new bikes to look at so every once in a while I stop in to stare at new bikes. I went there and saw they had actually expanded their offerings. There was a fairly large selection of helmets (for Tallahassee, anyway) And the salesperson knew what he was talking about and didn't try to sell me a GSX-R.

I even found a helmet that was comfortable, and fit well. Too bad it was way out of my admittedly cheap price range. So, I then spent a few minutes drooling on the Bandit 1250, Versys and Er 6N. Wow, very nice looking bikes.

I then headed over to a local shop were I bought my chain and sprockets. Their selection wasn't quite as large and sadly the few helmets I tried on did not even come close to fitting. No Icon helmets for me!

Well, part of my  trip was to compare helmet brands and to see if hopefully anyone local sold a Scorpion Exo in a size that would fit my hugely long head. No one did.

So I went to Motorcyclegear.com and after speaking (well, ok, typing) to one of their workers, ordered this helmet:

Here's the info. on the helmet.  It was too good of a deal to pass up. Even if it totally doesn't match the bike, my jacket or me :)