I am a huge fan of the old style Bell helmets. I ordered the orange flake Bell a couple weeks ago but haven't received it yet...looking forward to it. I have a Davida that I like a lot but it will be cool to have a Bell too.
I love both of my open face helmets. (old retro and Scorpion EX0-200)
Biltwell makes some pretty neat, non-DOT lids:
http://www.biltwellinc.com/helmets.php
My old, retro helmet was $1 at a swap-meet. I put a new liner in it
I've got the same lids as you! The Bell gives me a little more wind noise but it's comfortable. I think the Davida is still a little lower in profile, but barely. I'm digging the orange flake. A chic in a car was screaming out her window yesterday asking me where I bought it...too funny.
OK, so I've been considering getting one of the Biltwell's in Ice Blue (for winter of course :homo and then I finally saw Bell 500s in person. Holy crap!! Very cool! Might be changing course.
BTW here's a link to some helmets with sweet custom paint jobs...
http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4375