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Old May 10th, 2011, 6:22 pm   #1 (permalink)
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anyone tried one of those???
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Old May 10th, 2011, 6:51 pm   #2 (permalink)
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anyone tried one of those???
I would love to hear a hands-on review also. I like the look of the helmet. From what I have heard, there is no pull on the visor at high speed.

The Icon video is pretty good.

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Old May 10th, 2011, 9:52 pm   #4 (permalink)
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I have a Icon Variant, what a POS!!

The helmet works OK, (when working) semi noisy, vision is good, looking forward it cuts the wind well, but don't turn your head sideways at speed, the bubble face shield makes the helmet catch a lot of wind!

The big problem with this helmet is the way the visor is held on, it has screws at the center, but at the back of the visor is held on with 2 sided sticky tape (not good!) Once at the track, running 120mph down the back straight the tape ripped and the front of the visor tipped down over my shield covering my vision! at 120mph!! luckily, I didn't eat shit!

Icon needs to figure out a better way to mount the visor, or people are going yo get hurt! Aloha Alex
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Once at the track, running 120mph down the back straight the tape ripped and the front of the visor tipped down over my shield covering my vision! at 120mph!! luckily, I didn't eat shit!
i doubt that this helmet is for track or very high speed use lol.but thanks for the feedback
at what speed doest it become anoying to turn your head?
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i doubt that this helmet is for track or very high speed use lol.but thanks for the feedback
at what speed doest it become anoying to turn your head?
On the freeway. Aloha Alex
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