PSA : Cheap Ducati Arai

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Re: PSA : Cheap Ducati Arai

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weeksy wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:30 pm https://www.mandp.co.uk/products/ducati ... ai-dcm0009

£179 instead of £429
Must not buy, must not buy, must not buy ....
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Might be worth buying and getting resprayed :)
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Those colours would match my 765- luckily they don't have one in my size :D
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The reflective / asymmetric bit is somewhat weird
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Fussy buggers :P
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Buy it then flog it on eBay and make twenty quid :D

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arai-Chaser- ... 890.l49292
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Needz Kawasaki instead of Ducati.
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It's a bargain, available in large (like my head) but would I look weird riding a Yamaha in it, and what's the sun visor thing?
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:32 pm It's a bargain, available in large (like my head) but would I look weird riding a Yamaha in it, and what's the sun visor thing?
IT's a sun visor :)

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I'm seriously tempted to get it as a spare for trackdays, I've got the same helmet in a normal paint scheme.

Just need to check the one I've got is a large, then it'll get bought, though I'm sure no one here is going to believe my head might be a medium :D
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:32 pm ... and what's the sun visor thing?
It looks gash but works quite well. the only practical downside that I've found is in really hot weather town/city riding - I like to keep my visor up as much as possible so that I get some air flow but you then can't use the sun shade. On the flip side, in Winter, no risk of the sun shade misting up which is what happens with my internal sun visor on my Shoei GT Air.
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Beancounter wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:42 pm
Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:32 pm ... and what's the sun visor thing?
It looks gash but works quite well. the only practical downside that I've found is in really hot weather town/city riding - I like to keep my visor up as much as possible so that I get some air flow but you then can't use the sun shade. On the flip side, in Winter, no risk of the sun shade misting up which is what happens with my internal sun visor on my Shoei GT Air.
Is it removable, if you take it off does it leave holes in the visor?
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No holes, it just unclips from the main visor. You have to be careful to push the sunshield back in firmly when you're not using it, otherwise it can flip down when you do a shoulder check - not ideal if you're cracking on and it's dark. And it's not easy to pull it forward to lower it when you're wearing thicker gloves - hard to get your fingertips between it and the visor.
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Thanks, looks like I'll be making a purchase when I get home tonight, I'm sure I can find something to stick over the Ducati logos, or maybe I should buy a Hypermotard to go with it.
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I got all excited then remembered that Arai doesn't fit my head anymore :( :( :( :(
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Ordered thanks for the heads up Weeksy
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:35 pm Ordered thanks for the heads up Weeksy
With the £250 you've saved you can afford to sign up as a member now :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Noggin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:15 pm I got all excited then remembered that Arai doesn't fit my head anymore :( :( :( :(
Too many bumps? :lol:
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weeksy wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:45 pm
Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:35 pm Ordered thanks for the heads up Weeksy
With the £250 you've saved you can afford to sign up as a member now :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jesus...have the prices gone up? :shock:
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