| BMF Shoei report
I got a nice new Shoei XR-1000 lid at the BMF yesterday, and like a kid with a new shoes, I had to wear it on the way home home, so I left my old Shark lid with Glyn to collect later.
Pros:
It's a lot lighter than the Shark
The visor opening is wider
The chin bar is higher so it's easier to turn your head for 'lifesavers'
The ventilation works
The aerodynamics mean the lid holds itself in the right position for forward viz, so you don't have to use your neck muscles.
The visor can be locked open a touch, very useful for speccy swats who get steamed up easy
Cons:
The high chin bar makes it feel like your chin is hanging out the bottom (it's not, but it feels less protective than the Shark)
The clip to fix the loose end of the strap back to the D-rings is a right old faff
It feels really comfortable off the bike, but after a few miles at moderately high speed the airflow seems to push the whole lid backwards, till your nose is touching the chin guard and it builds a bit of pressure across your forehead. A bit weird.
It's damned noisy...not a lid to wear without earplugs, and it makes the bike sound a lot different, odd but I can hear mechanical rattles and whines I hadn't heard before
It's very marginally tight, but should loosen up a bit and save me from hamster cheek syndrome as it wears
Apart from that:
Since the box is still at Glyn's place, along with a visor insert and what I presume are some rudimentary instructions, can anyone tell me how to get the visor off, just in case I was thinking of calling the Visor Shop to get one of those naughty black ones...purely for off road use officer  | 
Jools
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