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Goodbye Arai, hello X-Lite
By mark forsyth on 25/02/2011 10:29:00
MF's breaking 25 years of helmet habit
Since 1986 I have been mostly (sporadically) smashing my head against Tarmac whilst wearing an Arai safety helmet. Blimey, that's quarter of a century. I'm still here, though.I bought my first one (a Wes Cooley replica) secondhand during my first
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Things that changed our lives: Helmets
By Mark Forsyth on 01/12/2010 10:27:10
The crash helmet, skid lid, bone dome, whatever you want to call it, it’s been part of any rider’s wardrobe in this country since 1973. But it wasn’t always like that. And it wasn’t always pretty.
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREESince the introduction of Bell’s open face helmet in 1954, little has changed in basic construction techniques over the past fifty years. Look inside any modern crash helmet and you’ll still find a polystyrene, energy-absorbing inner shell and a hard, fib...
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Top box trauma
By mark forsyth on 24/11/2010 13:51:18
But the future's orange
of harm's way on the pavement. My Mac Book inside was undamaged.I've also been struggling to fit my Arai RX7R in either of the panniers or the top box. It's not a problem with a full face lid without all the scoops and air intake thingies but it was only
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Used: X-lite X-802
By mark forsyth on 07/10/2011 15:42:33
If the hat fits, wear it, etc
to John and Phoenix, they've had about a thousand years experience with Arai but X-lite is a new brand for them and they're learning and, in my case, developing it to suit UK tastes (and head shapes). Alternative cheek pads are available through any
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Aprilia RSV4 Factory vs. Cumbria
By Mark Forsyth on 04/11/2010 11:36:01
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Bardon captures Mark Forsyth struggling to get to grips with roads he’s known for a lifetime (and more).
speed driver training – and it’s chosen by them for very good reason. It really does reward perfect positioning and accuracy.The bark of the Aprilia V4’s inlet trumpets (part of the reason I chose this bike for this trip) fill my Arai with music
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First ride: Rieju RS3 125LC
By mark forsyth on 21/04/2011 10:27:02
Spanish 125 - Yamaha engine
't the sort of spec' that you'd expect on a learner bike. In terms of specification the Rieju knocks the opposition into a cocked Arai.But never mind all the bling. What really matters is the engine.It is exactly the same Minarelli four-stroke lump found
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Neck Braces - the future of road riding?
By Mark Forsyth on 16/02/2009 10:30:48
Go to any off-road event and 80% of the riders these days will be wearing neck braces. These items are possible life-savers, so why haven’t they been adopted by the road-riding fraternity?
’s also an obvious area of interest for helmet manufacturers as well but, interestingly, Dr Leatt’s tightly-worded patent for the Leatt Brace may prove to be a stumbling block for further development.Arai Europe’s technical manager Willem Poelwyjk says
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Rizla GSX-R1000: Visordown test
By Mark Forsyth on 25/01/2007 12:47:14
Ex-PB Editor Mark Forsyth rides the Rizla BSB bike
't safe. Thankfully I miss him but I'm sent back to the pits after a sound telling off. And in the pits (in front of all the top teams), it's time for another telling off. I don't know whether it's the close proximity of Arai to unprotected bald head
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