Shoei GT Air: rubbish SHARP test result
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If you wear a Shoei GT Air, don't land on the side of your head 
By now, I'd have thought a manufacturer like Shoei would be making helmets by that breezed the SHARP tests. Not so, apparently.
Shoei's usually scored better than Arai in SHARP testing. Then along comes Shoei's flagship sports-touring GT Air, which bombs out with a paltry 3-star result. How could this be?
The GT Air scores amber for low-ish impact protection on one side. Worse still, it scores red for poor impact protection on the other side. How could it give less protection on one side than the other? 
Come on Shoei, sort it out!
By now, I'd have thought a manufacturer like Shoei would be making helmets by that breezed the SHARP tests. Not so, apparently.
Shoei's usually scored better than Arai in SHARP testing. Then along comes Shoei's flagship sports-touring GT Air, which bombs out with a paltry 3-star result. How could this be?
The GT Air scores amber for low-ish impact protection on one side. Worse still, it scores red for poor impact protection on the other side. How could it give less protection on one side than the other? Come on Shoei, sort it out!
SHARP does help when choosing between, for example, different helmets made by the same manufacturer.
Shoei's Qwest and NXR are quite similar helmets. The Qwest achieves a 5-star SHARP rating, but the NXR only gets a 4-star rating. That's useful info.
I agree.
Shoei's Qwest and NXR are quite similar helmets. The Qwest achieves a 5-star SHARP rating, but the NXR only gets a 4-star rating. That's useful info.
moanthebairns said:
sharp testing is the best, consistent form of testing with results regularly available to the public.
I agree.Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff