Britain’s bikers snub government’s controversial SHARP ratings

The three top-rated helmets in Britain’s biggest biking survey are all lids that haven’t yet been tested under the government’s controversial SHARP rating scheme.

The Schuberth R1 topped the RiDER Power 2008 poll with an 86.07 satisfaction rating, followed by the Schuberth S1 and the BMW SportIntegral.

Fourth place, however, went to the Shark RSR-2, which scored five out of five in the SHARP tests.

But the Arai Viper GT, which got a surprise thee-star SHARP rating, actually improved its RiDER Power result – up from 13th last year to sixth in this year’s poll.

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