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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => PRODUCT REVIEWS => Topic started by: tdaughg on June 18, 2006, 03:14:26 PM
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im looking for a new helmet and was thinking about going with an icon mainframe but i was wondering if anyone has any feedback on them? thanks in advance for any info you can provide
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I like mine fine.
Plus:
Seems to be of good quality. I don't have a lot to compare it to (my first new lid) but it seems to vent well. Visor chages are easy. Breath deflector thing absolutely works. Nice and quiet.
Minus:
Only cheekpads are removable. It could just be the airflow on my naked but it seems to lift a bit at speed. It's not awful but def more than my old Arai. Again I don't have a lot to compare it to but it seems to have broken in a lot. It went from fitting well to being just a touch looser than I would like. My biggest problem is that the side chinbar vents hit me in the eyes. Focusing (wide open!) my eyes through a turn a couple times, I've actually had contacts blown out. Scary. They are somewhat adjustable and I seem to have fixed that.
Like I said, overall I do like it. I will probably go to a different manuf. next time, though.
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They are dirt, dirt cheap at newenough.com. Something insane like $50 or $60 bucks.
If they had fit me better I would have gotten one but the chin bar was too short and too close to my chin and mouth. I ended up with a HJC CL-15 for about $100 and love it so far.
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I like my mainframe. I have a black one in the rubatone finish. I think it is a sharp looking helmet.
I wouldn't say that it is the quietest helmet that I have had, but it is not bad noise wise. I think the design of the chin vent is excellent. You get a good amount of flow because the little plate that you flip up acts like a scoop to force more air inside.
I went on a long ride this past Sunday in 90 plus degrees with high humidity (typical Georgia weather), and I was comfortable all day in the helmet.
All in all, great helmet for the money!
Jason