DID A ONE DAY RIDE, OUT-AND-IN TO ALLENTOWN, PA, TO SEE THE ARAIAMERICAS HELMET FOLKS.
THE RIDE UP WAS LONGER THAN EXPECTED. IT WAS AN ENDURANCE RUN JUST GETTING OUT OF MARYLAND WITH LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND 20 MPH TRAFFIC AROUND THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY. IT TRULY SUCKED. AFTER THAT CRUISING THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA WAS ALRIGHT WITH SOME GOOD WIDE OPEN SPACES AND RURAL SCENERY. THE FORT INDIANTOWN GAP IS AMAZING IN FALL COLORS, I WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLY AND WILL MISS IT.
THE TIME SPENT WITH THE ARAI TECHS WAS GREAT. THEY ARE DISTRIBUTORS, NOT RETAIL SELLERS AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR ATTENTION AND PATIENCE. THE LAST HELMET I PURCHASED JUST NEVER SEEMED TO FIT RIGHT. IT IS NOW APPARENT I WEAR A LONG-OVAL SHELL DESIGN... JUST WHAT MY PRESENT HELMET ISN'T. THEY REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS, GAVE ME A T-SHIRT AND HAT AND SENT ME AWAY HAPPY. THEY WERE BUSY PREPPING FOR A SHOW TRIP TO FLORIDA.
I ROLLED DOWN TO NEW HOLLAND TO VISIT THE SERVICE PAVILION AND POSSIBLY PICK-UP A NEW HELMET. I RODE A TWO LANER THROUGH THE VAST FARMLANDS AND SMALL TOWNS OF LANCASTER COUNTY. IF YOU GREW-UP AROUND FERTILIZER, YOU WOULD'VE LIKED THE RIDE.
FINALLY GOT TO THE SERVICE PAVILION. ROBERT AND BRIANNA WERE THERE AND GAVE ME THE ONCE OVER FOR FITMENT AND THE DO'S AND DONT'S OF CORRECT SIZING AND HELMET CARE. THE NEW SIGNET X MODELS ARE ON THE MARKET, BUT NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY QUANTITY TO FIND ONE TO BUY. THEY HAD THE PREDECESSOR TO THE X MODEL, THE SIGNET Q. THEY HAD ONLY ONE IN MY SIZE, SO I TRIED IT ON.
THE HELMET FIT QUITE WELL AND LOOKED OK FOR AN OFF THE SHELF SALE, NOT HOW I NORMALLY PICK A HELMET. ROBERT GAVE ME A GOOD $$ DISCOUNT. WE ADDED THE PRO CRUISE VISOR TO THE PIN LOCK SHIELD. THEY SHIPPED MY OLD HELMET HOME FOR FREE AND I WORE THE SIGNET OUT THE DOOR. IT WAS A GOOD RIDE HOME AND I'M A SATISFIED CUSTOMER. ROBERT KNOWS HIS SHIT AND HE TAUGHT ME THINGS ABOUT MY ARAI HELMETS I HAVE NEVER KNOWN.
THE NEW HELMET PAINT MATCHES BOTH BIKES AND THE DESIGN HAS KIND OF GROWN ON ME. THE PAINT IS BETTER IN PERSON THAN IN A PICTURE.
THE SERVICE PAVILION FOLKS CAN BE FOUND AT SHOWS AND RACES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEIR FOOT TRAFFIC AT THEIR SHOP IS LIGHT IN RELATION TO THEIR SHOW EXPOSURE. THE KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICE WAS GREAT. LOOK-UP THEIR WEB SITE AND GIVE THEM A CALL!
I'M READY TO RIDE INTO THE COLDER MONTHS, I MISSED MOST OF THE SUMMER TIME HERE... OUT OF TOWN! SPENT SOME TIME AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE... WITHOUT A MOTORCYCLE.
HOW WAS THE SIGNET Q FOR RIDING? MUCH MORE QUIET, NO BUFFETING, GOOD VISION AND VERY COMFORTABLE. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BUY A HELMET FIT FOR YOUR HEAD!
HOW WAS THE SIGNET Q FOR RIDING? MUCH MORE QUIET, NO BUFFETING, GOOD VISION AND VERY COMFORTABLE. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BUY A HELMET FIT FOR YOUR HEAD!
SO... I AM GIVING UP MY JASON DISALVO REPLICA, WHICH HAS A GREAT PAINT JOB. (INTERNET WEB SITES WHICH PICTURE HELMETS, JUST DON'T DO THEIR PAINT JOBS MUCH CREDIT.) WE PUT A NEW HEADLINER IN MY OLD HELMET, IT IS NOT GONE FOR GOOD, PROBABLY GOT A COUPLE OF RIDES LEFT IN IT.
