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Scorpions are supposed to be pretty good.Yep, I had that with an AGV which had been fine on other race bikes, it was only an issue on the Norton, I actually replaced that with a Shoei!
The Shoei had seen 5 years use, one of the best helmets I ever had, it got wrecked at Pau anyway. It was difficult to find a 'race' helmet (D ring and no tinted inner visor) here in France that I could afford because I had to replace a road helmet as well (that was an Arai jet style and I loved that one too, but a bike was knocked over on top of it!).
The Scorpion is French made and the cheapest 'race' helmet on sale in France and apparently the same structure as the one used by current MotoGP series leader....seemed fine in my try ons, but you have to ride to be 100% sure. Difficult one to get to properly 'try' a race helmet, particularly when it was special order white!
I love my Arai RX-7V. Best helmet I have ever had, and I have literally had hundreds (I used to get them thrown in when I was a buyer of used bikes- I gave everyone I knew a couple, only keeping the cream - my favorite "vintage" helmets were Simpson and a Kiwi K21).
I had to replace my white one after a crash earlier this year, and got another one. Since it was an insurance claim I popped for one of the 2020 IOM graphics.
For try ons, I usually go sit on one of their more aggressive sport bikes in the shop to see what things look like.