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Fat Baxter
First, determine what shape your head is -- round, oval, intermediate oval, or long oval. This is the most critical aspect in a helmet. From there, you can then select something that works. Shoei generally accommodates round through intermediate oval. Arai generally specializes in intermediate and long oval. Revzilla has the ability to search for helmets by head shape --very useful for research.
Arai helmets are pretty quiet, although a Shoei Neotec that I recently tried puts my Arai to shame. Arai also now has some sort of externally-mounted sun visor that flips up when desired. I'm not sure how that works.[/QUOTEAt the risk of looking stupid, how does one determine the shape of his head? Looking in a mirror, my head doesn't "appear" to be round or particularly long, etc.