This is what all the excitement was about. The <a title="Scorpion EXO-1000 Series Specifications" href="http://www.x-ck.com/blogs/scorpion-exo-1000-series-specifications">Scorpion EXO-1000 </a>includes air bladders in the cheek pads and a small air pump in the chin bar to inflate them. The air pump is a rubberized button, similar to...didn't Nike make an athletic shoe with an air pump back in the '80's or so?
Another small button lets the air out. This all sounds interesting, and it's so new and different that everyone thought it would change the world. But think about it -- when's the last time you felt the need to inflate the cheek pads in your <a title="Scorpion Helmets" href="http://www.x-ck.com/blogs/scorpion-helmets">Scorpion Helmets</a>? I think once I bought a set of thinner cheek pads for an Arai helmet, but other than that, it's a need I didn't know I had.
With the cheek pads deflated, the helmet fits pretty much like any other <a title="Scorpion EXO-1000 helmet " href="http://www.x-ck.com/blogs/scorpion-exo-1000-helmet">Scorpion EXO-1000 helmet</a>; maybe like the cheek pads are slightly thinner, i.e. more roomy than normal. But you don't really notice it until you pump them up. I can't really add much air before they get too tight.
So for those unusual owners who may have a large head but very hollow cheeks, this may be a desirable feature. For the rest of us, it's a complexity and weight additive that the <a title="Scorpion motorcycle helmets" href="http://www.x-ck.com/blogs/scorpion-motorcycle-helmets">Scorpion motorcycle helmets</a> could do without. But then they wouldn't have much to market, no?
We're interested in hearing other opinions; perhaps we're missing something here?
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