Advantages: Flip front convenience with great sun visor. Disadvantages: Can somethimes let a dribble of rain run down the inside of the visor
Having owned the Caberg J1 Plus for a few years, I went for the Justissimo to add the advantage of the integrated drop down visor.
Said visor may look a bit Tom Cruise in Top Gun or Luke Skywalker attacking the Death Star, but it works fantastically well. At the time I bought it I was making regular rides over The Second Severn Crossing into Wales - riding smack into a setting sun with no shade to be found. A situation to give the shaded visor a good workout which it passed with flying colours.
For those of us who are speckies, flip front makes donning any lid a lot easier, and you look less like a robber when you talk to regular folk with the front flipped up.
I can't comment on the claims about it being quieter than the J1 as the faring on my bike causes a chunk of noise that a more regular bike would not have to contend with ...
Advantages: Very strong, stylish, air vents set into helmet Disadvantages: Look like Darth Vader.... Can you take the comments?! A little pricy
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This is a full face helmet, which protects the entire head. The visor is slightly "W shaped", but generously sized, for ease of scoping traffic and the road.
There are adjustable ventilation grills that allow airflow into the helmet at the chin and at the top of the head. Little switches allow you to slide open or shut these vents.
The look is a distinct retro white double-stripe going from the chin area in a vertical line over the helmet to the back of the head. Plus, the helmet is matt rather than glossy, this is makes it look quite unique.
(On this site, the example image has orange stripes, but you can buy it in blue, red, without stripes, various patterns...)
This is quite a light helmet, at 1.5kg which makes it easier to turn your head, to to look around. The inside fabric has Cool ...
bobbiwestbourne 18.10.2006
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Advantages: Vast improvement over the Caberg J+1 Disadvantages: Bottom of limimg is easily damaged
I've had my Justissimo for about 18 months now from new. Before hand I had the previous model from Caberg the J+1 which is a very good lid costing, at the time, £99.
My preference was for a flip front lid as I wear glasses and found it a pain putting them on and taking them off with full face helmets. After having the J+1 I had no quarms at all shelling out just shy of £150 for the Justissimo. But what I got for my money was quite alot more than I expected.
On first inspection the obvious selling points are the pilot style slide down internal visor which can be operated when riding by using the black slide shown in the picture above just behind the visor. Bikers everywhere will know that the decision between keeping your eyesight with tinted visors in strong sunlight and keeping the police happy are often in great conflict. This ...
