INTERESTED IN SAFETY Why wouldn’t you be?
In this article we are going to focus on helmets and specifically ARAI. Your head/brain is one of the few parts of your body you can’t do without. You can live without a limb but no head equals NO LIFE! When we first became involved with Arai, which goes back many many years, we already knew they were a top quality helmet but what we didn’t know at that time was just how good they were. It’s not until you understand the philosophy and see the lengths that they go to in the manufacturing process that you really appreciate what an incredible helmet ARAI is. I hope in this article I can pass on this information. For those of you that already own an ARAI you will have some understanding of the product. For those of you who don’t own one perhaps it will make you want to have a helmet that gives you the best protection money can buy.
things differently than the big guys do. If cost is the most important element, how much is a head worth? Whether you ride a scooter, a road bike or a racer the importance of being protected does not change. Therefore why wouldn’t you want the best protection available. Unfortunately there are some people who think that because they have a cheap bike or a small scooter that a cheap helmet will do the job. Well it won’t! If you come off your scooter at 60KPH and hit your head it is no different than coming off a Super Bike at the same speed. So what makes ARAI Different? It is very difficult to explain all the technicalties of what makes an ARAI just so superior but in the limited space I have available I will give you a brief outline. If you would like more detailed information please contact us and we will send it to you. Our contact details are at the bottom of the page.
The Drive for Perfection Each and every Arai helmet must go through five separate quality-control checks. This is not just spot checking one in every 100 or one in every 10, it is every single helmet. The first after the shell is made where it is manually checked all over with a special testing gauge to ensure uniform thickness and weight. The next is after painting and graphic completion. Another after assembly and two in process inspections. We are not aware of any other manufacturer that goes to this extent to ensure the quality of their product. .
100% handmade
ARAI is not some massive corporation run by ever changing management teams, all which have one thing in common: more profits and cheaper production costs. Fact is: ARAI is pretty much the opposite in every way. ARAI is a small family company, driven by the same family, with the same mission, through three generationsthree generations that have all been riders. This fact tends to make them look at
An ARAI helmet isn’t manufactured on a fast rolling, computer and robot operated production belt. Every ARAI helmet is virtually 100% handmade. It takes up to 18 hours to make each helmet.
A helmet that offers superior fit and comfort is a safer helmet. Why? Because a better fitting helmet, even when used for hours and hours at a time, day after day, keeps you more alert, more comfortable and more focused.
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That is why ARAI alone makes helmets for different head shapes, with up to five different size outer shells, removable inner liners and cheek pads and even the Emergency Release system (in the above photo) for added safety. ARAI offers you so many fit options that it’s almost impossible not to achieve a perfect custom fit for every rider. Customer Satisfaction Every day ARAI receive letters and mail from their customers. Sometimes it is hard to keep modest when reading our ”fan mail”. Customer satisfaction is high, very high, among A RAI users.
ARAI warranty
ARAI alone was the very first helmet company to have the confidence in its product to offer a full 5-Year Limited Warranty in 1993! Only recently some other helmet manufacturers have extended their warranties past one year. If a manufacturer doesn’t trust its helmets for more than one year, why should you?
YOUR HEAD IS WORTH EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS ANY CHAMPION RIDER OR DRIVER!
The Logical Conclusion Put on an ARAI: you just feel good. You want to keep on riding. That’s why we build our helmets the way we do. Because it’s not about what you pay, it’s about what you get.
Leading in Racing
ARAI alone has been ranked Number One in motorcyclehelmet customer satisfaction in all twelve J.D. Power and Associates Motorcycle Helmet Satisfaction Studies since the beginning! In voting done by thousands and thousands of riders who wear other helmet brands. So, if there's really little or no difference between brands, ask yourself why the riders who own and wear them haven't voted theirs high enough to earn even one of these awards?
From MotoGP to Formula 1, where professionals race, be it on two or four wheels, ARAI is the favourite choice of winners. ARAI alone can claim the unparalleled worldclass quality, reputation, and technology to be chosen by more than half the drivers on the Formula-1 grid. ARAI is not only a leader in MotoGP, just take a look at any race and notice how many frontrunners prefer ARAI. ARAI does not make custom ”racing helmets” for riders or drivers. The same helmet you see on the track is also available at your local ARAI dealer.
An ARAI helmet isn’t inexpensive. It isn’t made to be. And when you wear one, it isn’t made to feel good for just an hour or two. It’s made to feel good all day, every day – and to keep feeling good for years. You can’t always see the reasons why an ARAI feels better, but they’re there: lower weight from aerospace fibreglass-based construction; a lower centre of gravity for better balance and less strain; softer single-piece multipledensity liners. Ventilation systems that work in the real world, not just in drawings.
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