Okay, I'll save my praise for Brian and sportbiketrackgear for the vendor reviews, suffice to say I'm pleased.
Now for the Vemar.
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1st striking reality: This is absolutely the lightest helmet I have ever felt. How does it feel on my head? Non-existent. Chalk it up to the fact they used some light materials in the fabrication - Ultra-light Carbon/Dyneema/fiberglass shell - and also it is not snell rated, which according to various wordy sources sometimes causes up to 1 lb. being added to the total weight of the helmet.
Check how it compares here:
Motorcycle Helmet Weights - webBikeWorld
The viewport is wide, and you have great unimpeded peripheral vison with this helmet. In fact, for the first time with a helmet using a clear shield, I decided to use a "sunblocker" strip at the top of the visor to shade my eyes, and even with this my front view is huge!
The breath deflector and chin skirt are removable, so I removed them. The shield is treated with an anti-fog, and as far as I can tell, it works. Of course, I haven't tested it in true chilly weather yet...
Now, for all those in HOT climates, this thing flows AIR. Not just flows it, but swirls it around your head in the most refreshing way. :rotfl: No seriously, we've had triple digit weather lately, and as long as I'm moving, my head stays relatively cool, as if I only had on a baseball cap (if I were so inclined).
The vents are easy to work, and while the visor change system isn't the easiest I've used, it's a fairly simple one hand release, and two hand fasten.
Now for the not so good:
Once I removed the chin curtain and breath deflector, what is normally the inner coating is actually some type of EPS liner/ rubber piece, and it moved around a little freely. Mind you, I don't believe it would fall out, but a little glue gun action was in order. This also happened to the helmet they sent to
Vemar VSR Helmet Evaluation
so I think the way this liner is made is the chin curtain and breath deflector anchor the thing in securely. Nothing a little 3M tape wouldn't cure.
Also, this thing is as loud as an HJC. People have said this was a loud helmet, but it's not even close to unbearable. It doesn't have the booming low intensity sound from air entering under the helmet, and it doesn't have that annoying high intensity whistle sometimes caused by vents, just the flowing air sound.
Looks are subjective, but it must be eye catching because at a stoplight the other day....nah, forget it, I'm happily married. I have the VSR Chrome red pictured below. Better pictures are at the links provided.
Anyway, these things are being discontinued stateside (and are the hot-ticket for $160), so try to find someplace that still carries them, sportbike track gear still has some, and the sizing for them is also on his site:
Sportbike Track Gear
As good as this helmet is, I would have settled for the blue, grey, or grey graphic if they didn't have a red one, but after some begging (j/k) Brian came through with his last red one...
Vemar Motorcycle Helmet - webBikeWorld
You won't regret it.