Hey Fred! I'm keeping my nice Nolan 102 for those non-gayish rides on my FJR.
The Akuma 'gay' helmet I plan to wear when I ride my ZX14. :yahoo:
I talked to one of the Akuma folks last night. The fat head sizes are available now (Doragon). The normal sizes (small & medium) won't be available until mid-March.
The helmet comes with a battery charging cord. From what I understand, the TOD faceshield will plug right in.
Each of the Akuma helmets is different in shape and, of course, graphics.
Now.... back to the non-gay channel! B)
Oh, I ordered mine directly from Akuma (IHT Technologies). However, Helmet Harbor & several other places are or plan to carry the line. There are some demos videos at Youtube, by the way.
This is cool reading: "... you can have a very cool helmet with a unique graphic design, with an LED flashlight built in to the front, with red LED on/off and blinking lights in the rear AND an electrochromatic visor AND a Bluetooth intercom, all powered off a single rechargeable on board battery pack! How cool is that!
But wait -- that's not all! ... Akuma also now has the world's first electroluminescent helmet! OK, so what's electroluminescence? It's defined as something that emits light when an electric current passes through it. Sort of a cousin to the electrochromatic property, I guess. ....powered by the on-board Akuma IPS, these helmets have unique graphics on the outside that are placed under the clear coat. Flip the switch and the graphic takes on a ghostly glow!
And wait, there's still more!! They also have a women's flip-up helmet! I don't know what it will be called, but Akuma called in a group of women and basically told them to help their engineers design a helmet. Whatever they wanted, they got, with no questions asked."
It's just too GAY to pass up! :clapping: :clapping: :yahoo: :yahoo:
