Helmets
Helmets
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X-Lite launches the flip-up carbon touring helmet. Sweet.
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X-Lite launches the flip-up carbon touring helmet. Sweet. This is the new X-Lite X-1004 DYAD Ultra Carbon – X-Lite’s lightest ever flip up lid and it’s specifically aimed at touring riders. Costing £449.99 the helmet is around 80g less than most flip-up lids weighing in at 1,510g. It comes in sizes XXS to 3XL…
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously?
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously? Last week we brought you the first news of a potential comeback to the global racing world by American Ben Spies. And here’s the latest twist in that most tantalizing of track-based tales……
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Motorcycle Live! Shark helmets to showcase 2017 range of new helmets at the show!
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Motorcycle Live! Shark helmets to showcase 2017 range of new helmets at the show! SHARK Helmets will be presenting the 2017 range of helmets at this year’s Motorcycle Live show – including the new D-Skwal, Ridill, Spartan Fiber and a number of new designs on existing popular models. The D-Skwal (above) has been designed with both…
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Video: Motorcycle Live! A 2017 thing to see: HJC’s Star Wars helmets AND a first look at a NEW design!
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When we brought you the first look at the Boba Fett and Kylo Ren Star Wars helmet designs from HJC a few months ago we had loads of great feedback showing how much you all liked the idea. So, to follow up, here’s a first look at the very latest Lucasfilm lid love from HJC.…
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Milan show: Another look at the HJC Star Wars Rebel Pilot helmet
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Milan show: Another look at the HJC Star Wars Rebel Pilot helmet. If you were following our tweets and facebook posts from the Milan show then you’ve already seen this addition to the HJC Star Wars helmet range – the Rebel Pilot. The helmet is on the Star Wars stand within the HJC display…
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HJC release two STAR WARS themed helmets! YOU CAN WEAR A BOBA FETT LID!!!
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HJC release two STAR WARS themed helmets! YOU CAN WEAR A BOBA FETT LID!!! Oh yes, we’re up for this one – HJC has added to its recent run of film-linked helmets (the company did Marvel lids a while back) with these two. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-daaaaaaa…. That’s the Empire theme by the way. And that’s because…
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Intermot show: Shoei launches new 2017 helmet – the RYD
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Intermot show: Shoei launches new 2017 helmet – the RYD. This is the Shoei RYD. It’s the latest addition to the Japanese helmet maker’s range and it’s just been launched at Intermot. Details on it are scarce at the minute but what we do know is that the RYD is probably going to sit at…
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Gorgeous! Premier’s Trophy MX Helmet
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Costing around £185, we’re loving the look of this Trophy MX helmet from Premier. It looks like it’s just dropped right out of the 1970s but is a full-on, proper protective modern motocross lid. The outer shell is molded from multi-axial fibres called DCA – composed of carbon, dyneema and aramid fibers, blended with the…
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AGV reveals next-generation top lid, the Pista GP is all-new and has a ‘hydration channel’ like the MotoGP rider’s lids
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Helmet maker AGV has shown its next generation helmet – the Pista GP. The helmet is the first to feature a hydration channel, basically a route for a tube to be run from the specially-made Dainese leather suit with a camel pack mounted into the back hump. From there the drink tube travels through the…
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New Arais go on sale in Japan (Crutchlow gets a RX-7X replica in the 2017 range)
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Three new models have appeared in the Arai range in Japan – no news about when they’ll arrive in Blighty, but here’s the first look at what’s happened in the land of the rising sun. The three models are a Cal Crutchlow replica RX-7X: Then there’s the Aegerter Quantum-J: And adding into the mix…
