Peaky blinders
Arai Tour-X 4
Tested by: Mikko Nieminen | £579.99 | www.whyarai.co.uk
This is my second Tour-X helmet. The first one went in the bin years ago after a series of ‘tactical dismounts’ on an off-road riding trip left it too battered to be worn any more. I hated to bin it, but it was beyond repair, and most importantly it had done its job by taking the blows and leaving my noggin unscathed. And it had been comfortable, versatile and pleasant to wear, so have been hankering after another one for years.
One of the reasons why I have always liked Arai helmets is the high safety standards of these handmade helmets, but the Tour-X has plenty more than that to offer.
The features that I really like about this lid are many. One of the main ones is that the big visor gives you a huge field of vision. The downside about the visor is that the Pinlock lens is a pain in the behind to get fitted snugly as the visor doesn’t have the same indentation for it as many other Arai visors have. There’s also no
