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Matt
06-03-2005, 01:39 PM
It's really cool! It's an HJC CL-14 graphite series smoke helmet. In the store, it had a snowmobile visor on it, which is meant for keeping warm, so I had them switch the faceplate to a regular clear one so it would be a motorcycle helmet instead of a snowmobile helmet. Also, since it was meant to be a snowmobile helmet, it had this cool face ventilation thing in it that covers your nose and mouth, making you look like a fighter pilot. I kept that. Just in case any of you are thinking that I'm stupid for buying a snowmobile helmet, it's really not. The face plate is interchangable, and that's the only difference. I saw this same helmet in another store with a normal face plate, and it was a motorcycle helmet. Check out the pictures with and without the face ventilation thing, and let me know what you think looks better. My friend told me I might get made fun of, but I think it looks cool!

--sidenote--

How do I post pictures from my computer? I can't finish this post until I figure that out!

burntout
07-04-2005, 06:36 AM
Hey,

Just got myself an HJC AC-11 Shiva (check out HJC website for details) and it's the nicest I have owned so far - including Arais, FM and Bell. Black visor is of course a must!
As the weather here in Blighty tends to be on the cool side the breath guard is a must and everyone tends to have one over here. Even in summer they help to keep the wind out of your eyes when the visor is down.

To be honest - I think they look the tits as well!