Akuma Phantom 2 MFR Carbon Fiber Helmet

best helmet ever

Light, comfortable, looks great. Get lots of compliments from other riders. What sold me was the visor. Worth the money

best helmet ever

love this helmet, so light feels like your not wearing a helmet. love the shield and the automatic tint.

Bulbous

This was my first full carbon helmet and it truly is noticeably lighter than most helmets (I was coming from a Scorpion 700). However I returned the akuma for the hjc carbon. The akuma is very large and bulbous (I ordered a L) which made me look like a walking popsicle. Too bad, its a good looking helmet otherwise.

Excellent Helmet

I bought this helmet and used it for the first time at the MSF course and I really liked it alot due to the fact that the visor transitioned from tinted to clear and back again easily. I have yet to ride with the visor down all the way since I havent gone out on the real road on my ninja 250 but I wear it every single time im on the bike. It looks freaking awesome and although the inner pads could be better quality, they are sufficient. I have not had a chance to get it up to speed and experience how air flows through it but I know that moving along at 20-35 mpg it doesnt seem hot at all. Its very light weight unlike my husbands Shoe. I can definately feel the weight difference in the two helmets. I'm very happy with my purchase. I would do it again if I could. However, if they ever come out with a hot pink Carbon Fiber helmet, id grab it up in a heartbeat :)

Akuma Phantom 2 Carbon Fiber

I wear a med in a HJC but After talking to sales person at Revzilla who went and tried it on his head for fit he said " I wear a med in just about every other helmet but I couldn't get my head into the med Akuma, buy the Large" Thanks Revzilla Great Advice...It Fits Perfect ! It's Sooooooo Light , I'm very happy with the helmet plus a Great Visor too !

best helmet by far no more neck pain! and the transitions rock!!!

may run a size smaller than other helmets but im happy with my xl

Nice Helmet

I was wearing an Arai Vector helmet that fit me like a glove. Liked that Arai helemet. I did not like the shield mounting on the Arai, it's a pain. When I got a new bike with different colors, I started to look at a new helemet. I have been locked in on the Akuma since reading about it. I finally decided to give it a try. I ended up having to go with a size Large. I wear a Medium in the Arai and Shoei. The Akuma seems to have slightly more wind noise than the Arai. The Akuma is not, and will never be the Arai, but I like it so far.

Too New to Tell

I am a definite 7 1/8 Medium hat size. Your person recommended that I get a large size. The fit appears to be just right. Tight but comfortable for the amount of time that I have worn it.

Mark Mansfield reviews the Akuma Phantom

I purchased the XL, unfortunately I should have purchased the Large. My Tin gets a bit air borne at speeds over 70 mph. It also lets more air in than and wind tunnel. I normally wear a L helmet but there was a lot of hype about this helmet fitting one size too small, so i ordered the XL.

"BUT I NEED THE L"

Where is the quality control?

I ordered this helmet from Revzilla based on very favorable reviews on WebBikeWorld and customer reviews here. Unfortunately only one of these was accurate (the one giving it two stars and calling it flimsy.

First shock came when opening the box--the top part of comfort liner was hanging out below the front of the EPS liner under the brow line. Okay, I thought--somebody forgot to install it??? Even the back side clips were not fastened. That was easy to fix, but upon further examination I found two more serious problems:
On one of the chin vents, the wire mesh is missing-it covers just about 20% of the opening. The other one is okay.
On one of the top vents the EPS liner hole does not line up to the opening in the shell vent. The hole in the EPS liner is barely visible, so I would say that the obstruction of the vent is 99%. Not good for the helmet that got rated excellent for ventilation on WBW!
The minor observation is that generally the finish of the helmet looks rather flimsy. There are noticeable imperfections in the shell around the edge of the visor, and imperfections in the finish of the shell close to the lower edge of the helmet.
All in all, the sloppiest helmet I have owned thus far.
Having said that, the helmet fits well (apart from the nose touching the front), and the visor is excellent. Still, with so many problems found on just one helmet, I can't but wonder what good will this helmet do me in a 100mph crash on the track--not that I'm looking forward to it :-) :-)

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