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South Korean helmet manufacturer HJC manufactured RPHA-70 series with 1.40 kg weight from carbon fibre material.
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This model is tested in Sharp laboratories and received 3 stars. Important factor other than stars is impact zone diagrams which is colours. Frontal bone, coronal suture, parietal bone, lambdoidal suture regions have passed this test with green while squamous suture and temporal bone regions passed the test with orange and red colour. HJC RPHA-70 has ECE REG 22.05 safety certificate. Every helmet that passes Sharp test has this certificate.
This model does not have Snell test certificate which includes harder tests. Helmets that can pass Snell test are rare. see also: snell certified helmets
HJC RPHA-70 can keep up with developing technology in security with double-d ring chin strap system and visor lock system.
If we generalise user reviews for HJC RPHA-70, we can rate isolation of this helmet as 7.8 over 15. You should not be surprised with different reviews. This is because we all have different hearing, riding style, motorcycle types. We all ride on motorcycle with different wind protection level and we all have different speeds. If noise level is an important criteria for helmet selection see also: quietest motorcycle helmets
For air circulation, there are three ventilation channels on chin side, single ventilation channel on the top, and four ventilation outlet channels on the back. All ventilation channels can be opened and closed.
HJC RPHA-70 has pinlock. Therefore, visor fog will not be a problem. If we generalise user reviews for HJC RPHA-70, we can rate wide field of view of this helmet as 11.2 over 15. Wide field of view may be similar in most of the helmets but vertical field of view is rarely similar. Therefore, vertical field of view should be considered as this is an important element. When you take position especially on sport motorcycle, you need as much as vertical field of view to see in front of you clearly. We can say vertical field of view of HJC RPHA-70 is at good level. Built-in sun visor can be opened and closed with latch on the left-hand side of the helmet. As in some helmets, you cannot keep this built-in sun visor at certain level.
We can say that HJC RPHA-70 is designed for Intermediate Oval head structure and fitness of this helmet is at medium level. From outside, helmet will look neither larger nor smaller than your head.
Size chart on HJC website
HJC RPHA-70 has emergency kit, breath deflector, glasses groove, internal sun visor, speaker pockets, chin wind curtain, removable and washable cheek pads.
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HJC RPHA-70 is commonly compared with these helmets: HJC IS-17 | HJC RPHA-11 | HJC FG-17 | SHOEI RF-1200 (NXR)