Pete, My buddy had a bad motorcycle accident in NY and he said his Schuberth saved his life. since then I researched the brand and the more i looked into it the more impressed I got. it was Schumacher's choice of helmet, and the Massa spring accident was one of the things that really convinced me, talk about R&D (Massa gets hit in the helmet with a spring then crashes into a tire wall)...looks of the helmet are just gravy to me. the Company improved the helmet after this accident...but im with you, it's reallllly good looking! I'm not saying other helmets are not good, I'm just saying this was the one I felt safest with given the history of the product...
Massa accident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbQLkgbFeA
Schuberth promo video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovzzlSN4JKk