Shoei XR-1000 Alloy Blk-Sil

This is a one of the most popular helmets in the market so far. It has attractive design, and quite a golden price as a quality helmet. Now you can buy such helmet in a shop for about 200pounds, and it costs around 160pounds in ebay. I bought mine in the end of last season, so many miles were covered with it. As a line for advantages is so short, main ones will be written here: Weight ~1370g. It is comparatively light and does not tire your nech in long trips. Design. Even though lots of people say that quality and safety comes first - this would be perfect from the side of design. (You can ... more

I used this helmet for the couple of months and I was quite happy about it. Even though it hadn't visor lock for high speeds, but it was stable and never opened by itself while driving my bike. Of course I am not high speed lover, so I can't tell how is it working when speed reaches >160miles per hour. What I should say more - it is more quiet comparing with my earlier helmets. I had BOX helmet which was really comfortable, but comparing with this one - sound isolation takes this helmet one level up, than BOX. Of course there are some disadvantages too. At the very beginning I didin't like it ... more