If you prefer the open-face look, we’ve got a range of cool motorcycle helmets with stylish finishes, like our retro lid from Premier . This Arai is made using a composite fibre and resin shell, while the Box is a cheaper-to-produce thermoplastic. Made with the highest European standard certification MT helmets moves with the ever changing helmet market. The liner is designed to wick away sweat and keep you comfortable – depending on the cost it might be antimicrobial (to help avoid bacteria building up and getting smelly), and you’ll also find that most helmets – cheap and expensive – now have a removable liner to make them easier to clean. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

They’re not usually installed when you get the lid as they’re not homologated and can reduce clarity (though you’ll struggle to see it). If you are courier or somebody that works for deliveroo making regular deliveries, you understand the time consuming process of having to constantly remove your helmet.Exhaust ports can help draw the air away, and you need to be able to use the vents easily with gloves on.

The cheaper one here uses a simple single piece with a slightly softer section in the top and channels cut into the back to vary the density, which will affect force transmission during testing. If you’re starting out on your two-wheeled adventure, or an all-weather biker you’ll find something in our range of bike accessories and motorcycle clothing .Plastic helmets tend to be at the cheaper end of the market, but you can’t just assume that plastic isn’t as safe as a composite fibre. Some cheap motorcycle helmets available online may look great, but do you know what you’ll be getting? But it doesn’t mean you have to pay that money; it just goes some way to explaining why they cost more.

On the drafty topic of ventilation the Leopard Flip Up Front Hemet has fully adjustable air intake vents on the front, on the crown and exhaust ports on the rear. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I’d say the Shoei has had about 100,000 miles on it, while the MT is 15,000 to 20,000 – but it has been on my head while I’m not riding, so use time is still very high; most people aren’t wearing their helmet for seven or eight hours a day, five days a week. Some helmets have vents that break free easily, leaving a round shell that’s been designed to glide over tarmac (like Arai for instance).

Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. While in the hand you can feel the difference, in more than 20 years of testing I’ve never had a lid that was too weighty in use. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. I’ve boosted the saturation of this image to more clearly show the three different densities moulded into the Arai inner-shell; white where it’s softest, then green, then blue at the firmest.

Lots of vents and spoilers also aren’t necessarily a good thing – if they catch on the road in a crash they can jerk the head, causing damage to the brain.Arai makes its outer shells to be extremely strong, the idea being that an impact force is spread over a larger area, before being dissipated by a soft inner liner. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.