International Dealer News IDN 140 December 2017 / January 2018 | Page 39
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Davida KOURA full-face – modern
standards, retro styling, multiple approvals
British helmet specialist Davida has
followed up on last year’s well
received and extensively updated
V3 ‘Speedster’ half shell helmet
with another step in the direction
of worldwide approvals for its
designs and a first entry into the
full-face market.
New for 2018, the Davida
‘KOURA’ is a retro inspired, high
performance helmet, clearly
identifiable as having the
characteristic and popular Davida
DNA, with an exceptionally low profile
and a “strikingly bold styling that will be
impossible to ignore on the streets and
the track,” says Managing Director David Fiddaman.
Certified to ECER22-05 and shortly to be followed by
DOT FMVS 281 & ACU Gold, the new Davida KOURA
will be available in early 2018 in both road and race
versions.
Davida's first full-face helmet is a result of the
enhancement of their technical team with the very best
expertise of Italian MotoGP and F1 racing helmet
designers who delivered the smallest-profile road-legal
Davida Speedster V3 in 2016.
“The intensification of this collaboration, utilising
access to the latest helmet design technology and
expertise, has created another stunning, high quality,
modern Davida safety product.
“Integrating the clean contours
and compact proportions of the
70s and 80s full-face designs,
together with key race-bred
features, we have achieved
an uncompromising fusion of
innovative
design,
exceptional ergonomics and
superior comfort that is as
authentic in its aesthetics as it is
in its advanced technology.
“Achieving road safety standards is the
start of our design process, it's not the
finishing line. We always work to extend the design
boundaries above and beyond conventions, and
consumer and industry reaction at EICMA, in the
heartland of style, was exceptional.
“Introducing a full-face helmet marks a new era for us.
The Davida KOURA delivers everything you'd demand
from a high-performance motorcycle helmet together
with the level of quality and integrity Davida helmets
are known for: compact and close fitting, exceptional
ergonomics, high quality paintwork, supremely
luxurious interiors and unrivalled fit and product
durability - it's beautiful, yet aggressive”.
Featuring an advanced 'orbital laminated' GPR
composite shell construction for exceptional strength,
or even lighter, stronger T700 grade racing carbon fibre,
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
the shell shape is designed to give optimal weight-
balanced ergonomic performance.
Gradually sculptured upwards from front to rear to
eliminate clothing interference, six chin air vents
provide airflow to a superior optic grade 3 mm
ECER22-05 approved F1 performance level anti-
scratch, anti-fog visor, with clear and smoke tint
replacements available, and optional 3 mm superior
optic grade tear-off enabled visors offered for race track
or road.
Additional features include secure visor lockdown and
easy-release mechanism, multi-density EPS shock
absorption liners, additional cheek pad inserts for
closer optimal customised fitting. It is supplied with a
removable, washable, fast drying, anti-bacterial fabric
liner that is interchangeable with aftermarket leather
liner kits in five colours.
Secured using traditional webbing strap and a double-
D ring, KOURA is available in the Davida 20 core colour
range as standard, in two shell sizes, two EPS liner sizes
and six different comfort liners in six helmet sizes from
XS (54) to XXL (61).
DAVIDA (UK) LTD
Birkenhead, UK
Tel: +44 (0)151 647 2419
[email protected]
www.davida-helmets.com