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The Arai Fit

After many years of listening to rider feedback, we have found that satisfaction with a helmet -
any helmet - starts with your understanding the importance of fit. Most importantly,
understanding how proper size and fit affect how a helmet performs during everyday riding, and
how uninformed purchasing decisions can affect that performance.
While getting the proper size and fit on something as important and personal as a helmet can
occasionally even be difficult in person in a store, this difficulty can be greatly compounded when
your only contact is via phone, fax or email and there is no hands-on, in-person help with the
fitting process. Which is why, with little or no actual firsthand knowledge at your disposal on
how to size and fit a helmet, Arai sincerely encourages you to not make this decision lightly.
(Any price savings are soon negated by having to wear a helmet that feels and fits wrong every
time you put it on!)
1. MEASURING: Have someone measure the circumference of your head with a cloth measuring
tape – available cheaply at any fabric store - taking special care to measure at the largest
circumference (i.e. where your head is biggest; typically at just above the eyebrows, around the
head to include the largest “bump” at the back of your head.) The tape must be pulled tight, and
the measurement taken.
2. SNUG VS. LOOSE: A helmet that slips on easily may offer an initial impression of comfort
and proper fit, but after time can become too loose and move around on your head, allowing more
wind noise to get in and also causing more discomfort and fatigue as you struggle to keep your
head from getting buffeted in the wind. Like a properly-fit pair of shoes, a helmet needs to settle
in over time, so be sure to consider this “relaxing” of the interior when buying your new helmet.
Your initial fitting goal, then, should be for a snug fit.
3. FACIAL FIT: This is a common problem with riders who have a full face, jaw, or cheeks
because it often results in the mistake of “fitting your face” instead of your head, and choosing a
larger size in order to get the helmet on past your face. The problem is compounded again
because in a mail-order/Internet purchase there is no in-person helmet fitter to help.
Remember, first get your correct head size (Step #1 and link). You’ll yell and scream the
measured-size will never fit, but respectfully, we’ve heard that before. When you order your
helmet, consider ordering one of Arai’s optional thinner-cheekpad sets for your model. Swap the
pads to the thinner ones. Bingo!
4. SIZE COMPARISONS: The helmet size you’re wearing now doesn’t count in ordering a new
helmet. A previous or current helmet in the same brand, model and size - even if an Arai - may
not offer the same fit as a current model or size you’re considering. Why? The natural evolution
of design and the use of new materials can affect – and alter - the size and fit of a new model.
Arai offers several interior shapes to give you the most possible opportunities to find one that best
fits your head shape. How can you determine which is best suited for you? In general, Arai
interiors for the North American markets are based on an oval shape orientation (somewhat
longer front-to-back and a little narrow from side-to-side). Our models then vary slightly based
on that general Oval shape to accommodate a much wider fit range
LONG OVAL (very long front-to-back, very narrow side-to-side). On this end of the scale, we
have the new Profile model, offering additional forehead room for those who find that most
helmets have pressure points in the forehead.
INTERMEDIATE OVAL (a little shorter front-to-back and a little wider side-to-side). This next
fit package comes in our RX-7 CORSAIR model, which begins the shift from oblong towards
round.
ROUND OVAL (even a little shorter front-to-back and a little wider side-to-side). This last fit
package is shared between our Quantum-2 and Astral-X models. However, because the
Quantum-2 has a fully removable liner and the Astral-X has a non-removable head liner, side-byside
fit comparisons can reveal a personal preference for one over the other.

The Arai Story

20 years ago, there was a big difference in helmets, so it was much easier to separate the
good from the bad. Today, although more helmets look the same, there can still be a
major difference between them. For example, people look basically the same on the
outside. But this tells us nothing about the person on the inside. It's the same with
helmets. They're all round, hard and shiny. And most carry many of the same
certification standards that have now become the only way for many to judge a helmet's
worth. However, even though these helmets may carry the same decals certifying that
they passed the minimum criteria for a given standard, it doesn't tell you anything about
what's inside. The fit, the comfort. The quality. But Arai is different. Arai designs the best
helmet we can for comfort, fit, and a host of other criteria. Then we submit it for safety
standards acceptance (which we pass with room to spare). In other words, Arai designs
its helmets first for you, the rider — and second to pass a standards test. Some helmet
companies have their priorities wrong and do it the other way around.
A HISTORY OF INNOVATION: Over 50 years devoted solely to the advancement
and innovation of helmet design and safety. Because of our many design innovations,
Arai helmets have actually been exhibited in art museums.
FAMILY PRIDE: Mr. Hirotake Arai, a hat maker by trade, started his company over 65
years ago. He was a craftsman, a perfectionist - and a motorcycle rider. Today, his son
Michio "Mitch" Arai, another lifelong rider, runs the company. And Mitch's son, Akihito,
is now the third generation. If your family name was on your product, how well would
you make it?
HANDMADE: Every Arai helmet is virtually 100% handmade. Each craftsman signs the
helmet shell along the way. And every helmet is hand inspected at least three times
during construction. Not every hundredth helmet, or every tenth one — every single
helmet.
THE PURE PURSUIT OF QUALITY: The only helmet company we know of with a
single quality standard for all its helmets. No "special one-off" helmets for our A- list
racers. Every Arai built for every rider has the same singular devotion to quality, comfort,
and fit. (In the words of "Mitch" Arai,: "How can you say one person's head is worth
more than another's?")
UNMATCHED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: American riders have ranked Arai
Helmets Number One in customer satisfaction in all seven J.D. Power and Associates
Motorcycle Helmet Satisfaction Studies! Seven years in a row, no other helmet company
has ranked higher than Arai.
UNMATCHED REPUTATION: Arai isn't only the choice of countless motorcycle
champions and racers — including all four U.S. MotoGP riders. Arai auto-racing helmets
dominate the F1 grid, chosen by new champion, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen in
second, and four of the top five drivers ... Sebastien Bourdais, winner of the last two
ChampCar championships ... IRL Indy cars' Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti among
others ... And NASCAR® heroes like Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Greg
Biffle, and Jamie McMurray. Quite an accomplishment for such a small company. There
must be a reason.
THE BEST WARRANTY: The first helmet company to offer a full 5-Year Limited
Warranty — 12 years ago! Only recently have a couple others extended their warranties
past one year. (How many cheaper helmets can a typical rider go through in the lifespan
of one 5- year warranted Arai?)
BUILT FOR THE RIDE: An Arai doesn't just feel good for an hour or so. It's made to
feel good all day — and to keep feeling good for years, long after cheap helmets have
become loose and shabby. You can't always see the reasons why, but they're there: lower
weight from proprietary aerospace fiberglass. Lower center of gravity and better weight
distribution to reduce fatigue. Softer multiple-density liners materials that conform to
your head shape. Ventilation systems that work - extremely well! Superb scratch-resistant
face shields with less distortion. There are no "minor" parts of an Arai helmet. Every part
is interrelated. The result: You feel good and you want to keep riding.
SAFETY STANDARDS: No one can predict the angle, severity, speed, obstacles or
conditions of a crash. Arai's emphasis is on the broader potential, not the minimums
required by some standards. But despite this level of protection, Arai helmets still
maintain super-soft liners for all-day comfort and fit, not to mention better performance
across the broad potential of impacts, from minor to severe.
(*J.D. Power and Associates 1999-2005 Motorcycle Helmet Satisfaction StudiesSM. 2005
Study based on responses from 6,467 purchasers of new 2004model-year motorcycles.
www.jdpower.com)
FROM MR. MICHIO "MITCH" ARAI TO AMERICAN RIDERS:
We believe no helmet manufacturer in the world makes their shells the Arai way. We
craft all of our shell designs by hand. Then we use the most advanced five-point laser
scanning system, combined with the latest CAD/CAM software, to copy, to completely
reproduce exactly what our craftsmen have created to a level of detail never before
achieved.
Arai does not let the computer design or alter the shell. We design it. We hold it and look
at it; we feel its lines and aerodynamic flow. We believe that this is a more natural,
organic way to design shells because there is nothing 'organic' about a computer screen.
A computer extrapolates what it thinks it needs to complete the helmet design. But
because computers are not human, they treat helmet design and the human skull as a
'mathematical' problem. They do not understand the infinite variations of the human skull
pertaining to comfort and fit. Arai does.
Thank you.

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