From construction site helmets to world circuits: this is how the story of Arai began, by chance, when a construction site helmet ended up on the head of a motorcyclist
If a few days ago we were talking about Arai’s unique and meticulous working method, a few hours ago I came across the story of how the Japanese brand started producing helmets. And it was purely by chance, literally. THE It was the workers’ fault.
In Japan in the 1950s there were no helmets for motorcyclists. There were no factories, no regulations, not even the idea that anyone needed them. Hirotake Arai, the son of a Tokyo hatter, made a living making helmets to protect construction workers. He wasn’t thinking about motorcycles or speed. Just to prevent anyone from getting hurt during working hours. And that’s how history was made.
From construction site helmets to racing tracks around the world: this is how the story of Arai begins
Until one day he decided to use one of these helmets to ride a motorbike. He simply did it, out of pure logic: it was the closest thing to protection he had at hand. But after a brief fall, he realized something: that improvised helmet for the workers had saved him. It wasn’t perfect, nor was it designed to be, but it got the job done. And that’s where it all started.
Arai decided to make a real helmet, not for business, but out of necessity. In a country where no one produced this type of protection, he invented his own standards, his own tests, his own molds. And he started doing it the way he knew how: by hand. Hammer, resin, patience and an obsession…
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