MAGENTA 93 02 03 01 PART NUMBERS ARE NEW FOR 2026 _TRENDS SUMMER 2026 HELMETS& ACCESSORIES When we talk about "Impact absorption ability’ there will be a limit regardless of any manufacturing technique employed, because of the limited amount of space between the shell and rider’s head necessary to manage impact energy (see below “The Limit of Absorption Ability”). And on a motorcycle, we have to prepare for impacts that far exceed our imagination. So it follows that glancing off is critical for supporting that. Arai’s helmet exhibits results due to its strong shell combined with its round smooth surface and achieves the important goal of not letting energy into the helmet. However, helmet standards place their emphasis on impact absorption and do not show anything about glancing off. Glancing off is the synergy of various elements working together, and there is no set way to impact a helmet to test for it. There is a test for shell strength to resist penetration, though because it’s difficult to put numbers to the shell form and such for glancing off, there remains no definition. Any helmet makes use of glancing off, but due to the difficulty in numerically capturing each helmet’s difference in ability, there are many cases where safety standards simply don’t define glancing off. In addition to passing standards, Arai makes continual efforts to improve our helmets’ glancing off ability and pursue gains in head protection. GLANCING OFF WORKS TOGETHER WITH ENERGY ABSORPTION INVISIBLE TO YOUR EYES. When it comes to proficiency in head protection, Arai has the goal of making a helmet superior to all others and continues to make our helmets this way today. We have seen this confirmed in many of our rider crashes over several decades, and we pursue gains in protection even if just a little. Because we come from this background, we’ve come to notice the importance of the smoothness of the helmet as a component above all others and continue to employ it in our approach. Head protection is the foundation of our belief in being the best in the world and we pursue the value of both "glancing off" and "impact absorption equally". This is the difference of Arai. AIMING TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD The amount of energy in a crash can be expressed as distance and force, where distance is the physical space between the helmet shell surface and the rider’s head, or in other words the helmet size. If you make the helmet user-friendly, there will be a limit to its size. Regardless of construction or material employed, there’s still a limit to the space available in a helmet. THE LIMIT OF ABSORPTION ABILITY Impact Energy As for the force involved, if you convert the force from the helmet drop test of the strictest helmet standard in the world, it amounts to merely 27.9km/h (or 7.75 m/s). II Size of the helmet Illustration HELMET SCARS FROM IMPACTS Impact absorption testing is representative in helmet standards testing. It numerically measures the impact when a helmet collides with an obstacle straight on. Diagonal scars are left on the helmet where it received a perpendicular impact. On the other hand, impacts can be received from different angles and the scars flow horizontally from the impact point. *See riding impact case examples. C A S E C A S E C A S E IMPACT VELOCITY MAX SPEED Buffer Zone
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