Helmet reccomendations to minimise air turbulance

Ive had great success with Bell RS1

 

I have given up with helmets, after trying several well established brands. None of them reduce wind noise to any great significance. My solution, wear my old Bell or Shoei that fit comfortably & use foam ear plugs on long or high speed rides. Promise the problem is solved.

 

I used a Schuberth helmet on my speed and found it better than my older Arai.

The best thing I did to reduce noise and turbulence was to remove the nose cowling (if there is one fitted) and have the full on wind blast rather than the slightly pushed up turbulent air from the cowl.

I doubt you will find anything much quieter than the Schuberth although mine was the S2 full face

 

My view entirely Joe :smile:

There is no such thing as a quiet helmet despite what manufacturers would have you believe. Comfort and ear plugs are the most important things.

Mind you I think the OP was talking about buffeting which is a slightly different problem and one that is normally caused by a screen of sort so Richard's idea of removing the nose cowling is worth trying.

 

If your lid is lifting at 75 it's either not done up correctly or fits wrong. Any helmet done up correctly and fitting correctly will pretty much sort your problem out. Doesn't have to be a brand lid just make sure it fits right, put it on and walk around the shop with it on for 20 mins if you have too.

 

Its quite easy to go too large on Schuberth, they make the neck padding really wide and deep so they fell tight as hell to pull on over your head.

 

My S3 is very quiet.

Schuberth are consistently amongst the quietest of lids

 

Had the same problem on a Honda CB1000R I owned for a few years, what worked for me, A Shoei XR1100 Helmet, small flyscreen (very small not to spoil look)
& built up some neck muscles!

 

I recommend Shoei GT- Air great with the internal sun visor and next to no buffeting.

 

I've got a Shark Speed-R it's designed specifically for naked bikes.

Seems to work OK,it's more stable than my old Shoei but took a lot longer to to run in.

I wasn't sure about it at first but love it now.My mate who rides a Street bought one as well,but not the same colour,we don't want to look to "chummy"

 

I have had some different helmets but keep coming back to Arai. A bit noisy but the fit is superb and my specs fit easily within it even tho it's a tight snug fit to get on

 

I found installing a chin curtain helps with wind noise.

 

I prefer Arai but i also have a Shoei XR1100 that is fantastic for naked bikes

 

As one or two others have suggested, your flyscreen (if equipped) may be the true culprit. After moving my headlight and flyscreen assembly down a couple inches (using a Street Triple bracket - easy mod!), I discovered that the wind blast now hits me in the chest instead of the neck. It truly has made a difference.

 

I have a Shark S900 with the internal sun visor, also fitted is a Wind Jammer from Amazon, that helps a lot with noise.
Plus the Howard Leight foam 'Laser Lite' ear plugs, when used correctly they are fantastic
Tightly roll one so it is really compact, put it beteen your wet lips then poke it into the ear canal, it is quite impressive how everything goes quiet as they expand.

Good for all motorway speeds

 

I use Shoei XR1100 and Bell M6. I prefer the M6 and I find it to be quiet. Then again we are on a naked bike and I am not sure if any lid would completely block out the wind noise on anything above 70MPH

 

The quietest helmet I have come across in many years of riding is HJC RHPA 10 but the position of your screen will affect where the air is directed and if it's towards your head then you will suffer more wind noise. You can't beat a good fitting pair of earplugs. Cos I've got very small ear canals and can't get the foam ones to fit well I use some custom moulded ones which cut loads of wind noise out but still allow me to hear things like ambulance sirens before I can see the vehicle. Look after your hearing folks, as the years go by it will go even if you don't ride a bike.

 

I've also bought a Speed-R and while it's a good helmet I don't notice much improvement with regard to wind noise over the Vision-R it replaced. My main bike is an FJR 1300 and the wind noise on this is bad. The screen while keeping the worst of the wind off me creates a lot of noisy turbulence. The new T120 with no protection is fairly noisy. The best bike I've ridden in recent years for wind noise was a 2012 Fireblade with the tiny standard screen. I agree that the OP's helmet shouldn't be lifting but I think that the type of bike is more the problem than the helmet design with regard to noise.
After nearly 40 years riding I'm beginning to think that I should start wearing ear plugs - a bit late, think the damage has been done by now.

 

I also have shark speed r and find it great on a couple of different naked bikes as well as my speed