User doesn't recommend the product
Advantages Well made, light, tough, good looking
Disadvantages Cold in winter with too many drafts, poor visor mechanism
I'm normally a cheapskate were helmets are concerned. I knock hell out of them, and as a result have always refused to pay more than £150 for one before - that's more than enough to throw away, and even that was painful. I've had Nolan, Bieffe, Bell, and AGV helmets and been generally happy with my lot. But then I lashed out £4000 on a bike, and the salesman offered an XR900 at a knockdown price as a deal sweetener... so welcome Mr Shone to the world of £300 plus hats. The XR900 comes in all the standard colours, but the Chimera and one or two other patterns are intended to look custom painted ...
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