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Originally Posted by ross nicol  Does the Arai helmet have the Aus standard 1698 sticker on it Doug? I only ask because without it Cams won't allow it's use for racing.
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The helmet in question is a bike model. Nope it doesn't have any Aussie approval and I really don't care about that as the sticker don't make it any safer.
Interestingly I believe Motorcycling Australia is equally as daft as CAMS as whilst my Snell M2005 & FIM & JIS approved helmet would be good enough to use for Moto GP it'd potentially get rejected at a club event for not be Aussie approved.
BTW the same shop in Tokyo had Arai GP5 car helmets on the shelf for 103,000 Yen (Before you argue a discount) and the same helmet as far as I can see is A$1,700 in Australia. But as you point out although it could legally be used in F1 it mightn't be acceptable when it comes to a local club meet.
I've realized this is all a government scheme to keep immigration under control, if you could live in paradise and get all the toys on the cheap too there'd be too many people trying to get in. Conversely in the USA they need to keep things cheap for the opposite reason
