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Old May 15, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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anybody know how the sizing is on AGV ti tech?? thinking of buying the Ti-tech(rossi Gothic) but wanna make sure how the sizing is.. im using a medium size on suomy spec1R extreme and Vandal and they fit perfect.. dont know if i should get L or XL for ti-tech.. anybody has AGV ti-tech??


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Old May 15, 2008 | 04:18 AM
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Default Re: AGV ti-tech sizing (Xtian8)

The only ture way to know is by trying them on. Every helmet fits people differently and an different ways. Ususally they tell you to not worry about cheek pressure but to worry about pressure on the head. Cheek pads can be changed to fatter or slimmer pads.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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I own a TiTech Industrial... they run small and rounded. But I like my helmets super tight so for me sizing is good.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 06:05 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MSchu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I own a TiTech Industrial... they run small and rounded. But I like my helmets super tight so for me sizing is good. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks for the info ... i dont mind the size being tight on my head.. i guess ill order medium(same size as my suuomy)..

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Old May 15, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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I wear a large AGV, and a large Arai. The AGV is a little tighter, but not by enough to warrant bumping up to an XL. So go with a medium
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Old May 15, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fatboy01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wear a large AGV, and a large Arai. The AGV is a little tighter, but not by enough to warrant bumping up to an XL. So go with a medium </TD></TR></TABLE>

do you have the AGV Ti tech as well?? AGV XR2 ML is a little loose for me... XR2 and Ti tech its not the same sizing..??
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Old May 16, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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Ti-tech sizing.. 2 sizes smaller compare to other brand???

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3...h.htm

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Now about that sizing issue... Of the crew that assists with webBikeWorld evaluations, two have almost identical head shapes (round) and wear the same size helmet (XL) in almost every brand on the market. If you've ever wondered, that's why the majority of the helmets we review are size XL. One person (B.K.) wears a size L and has an oval head shape.

When we placed the order for the AGV Ti-Tech and the Suomy Extreme for this comparison review, we specified size XL for both and thought nothing more about it. The Suomy fits as expected for its size, and it's just on the oval side of a round head shape (see the wBW Motorcycle Helmet FAQ page for more information on head shapes and helmet fitment).

But when the Ti-Tech arrived, we were very surprised to find that the size XL fit like a size medium -- two sizes small. It was so small that two of us couldn't even fit it over our heads. We haven't run into this problem before, and we assumed that our example was possibly labeled incorrectly at the factory. Although helmet sizes and head shapes definitely vary among manufacturers, even between different models from the same manufacturer, the difference in this case was simply too drastic to be accounted for by anything but a very unusual problem. Or so we thought...

So the XL was packed up, a return authorization number was acquired and an XXL was ordered as a replacement. The Ti-Tech is manufactured in two different shell sizes and the helmet is available in a range of sizes from XXS to XXL, with a "medium small" (MS) and "medium large" (ML) in between. AGV must figure that most of the Ti-Tech's prospective owners will be young men in their teens and early twenties, and developed their range of sizes accordingly. Two shell sizes are used to cover this range.

The XXL arrived -- the first time we've ever had to order a motorcycle helmet larger than XL -- and guess what? It fits like a size large. There's no doubt about it, even though the retailer where we purchased the helmets was adamant that AGV's sizing is the same as any other brand.

We can only assume that the problem is a result of AGV's helmet shell design, with the large sized shell being much smaller than normal, probably to account for the wider variety of middle sizes. The bottom of the helmet shell on the XL and the XXL is very narrow, making it especially painful to get the helmet on and off over a large sized head.

Long story, but the bottom line is that the AGV Ti-Tech, in our opinion, does not have anywhere near a standard sizing range when compared to Shoei, Arai, HJC, KBC, OGK, Suomy and many others. The AGV Ti-Tech fit is unlike any other motorcycle helmet we've tried. Our advice is this: if you normally take a size XL or larger helmet, the AGV Ti-Tech might not be for you. But if you normally take a size large or smaller, and if you've always wished for a wider range of medium sizes, you'll probably be in heaven.
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