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  • ARAI: 25th anniversary Final Edition Joey Dunlop replica

    ARAI: 25th anniversary Final Edition Joey Dunlop replica

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    Last month marked 25 years since the greatest road racer of all, Joey Dunlop, died in a crash while competing in Estonia on 2 July, 2000. Joey was an Arai man through and through, and the Japanese firm has honoured his memory regularly with replica designs, and this is the latest, to mark the 25th…

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  • TESTED! Arai RX-7V Kiyonari Trico

    TESTED! Arai RX-7V Kiyonari Trico

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    Has Mikko enjoyed the Arai? This is my second RX-7V helmet. I used the first one for five years. To be honest, after the five years the helmet still looked absolutely fine, but I had worn it a lot over that time, and the recommendation is not to use the same helmet for much longer…

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  • Why has Arai never changed?

    Why has Arai never changed?

    Changes to the premium RX-7 helmet show the Japanese company’s future direction, and explains why it’s firm aboutits design choices… The first RX-7 was released in 1978 – ten years after Arai’s first full-face lid. Arai’s distinctive helmet design is intended to ‘glance-off’ during any crash, always offering the impact point a radius to help…

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