Helmets Ouch, my ear hurts...

After about one hour with my helmet on (Scorpion) my right ear starts to feel a little pressure on it. Doesn't matter if I wear plugs or not. I do wear sunglasses. The ear only hurts when I take the helmet off, then I can't hardly touch it! ***** is going on? Next ride I'll take the foam out...it might be applying just a little too much pressure...the helmet fits perfect.

Hi Rob,

Don't know if your situation was the same as mine but I went from an Arai helmet to a Nolan. My sunglasses hurt my ears with the Arai but didn't with the Nolan. Could it be the glasses cutting off circulation and then hurting when it's restored?

Fred

What I have done in the past is to try and locally compress the EPS material around the offending area.
Neil S.

After reading through some of the threads on sunglasses here, I might try some sunglasses with straight blades...and compressing the foam...thanks guys.

ccryder said:

What I have done in the past is to try and locally compress the EPS material around the offending area.
Neil S.

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+1 for sure. My Arai had the same problem on one side, used the bottom of a spoon to do the above and yup, better for sure.

Another thing I found out recently when looking to install helmet speakers, there was alot of ear pad foam right where the speaker would go, so I cut it away and found a perfect indentation for where a speaker would be glued to.

I decided against the helmet speakers but the above and cutting away this ear pad foam and now the helmet is great.

good luck with yours,

My ears got really irritated just touching the speakers, but now I wear a balaclava and it compressed my ears enough they no longer touch.
gonzo