Customer Reviews

Shoei HORNET DS DUAL SPORT BLACK SIZE:XXL MOTORCYCLE Full-Face-Helmet

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It's everything I looked for. Great fit, Very nice face shield, seals great, has high quality feel and several detents for partially open, etc. Visor is a touch shorter than a full off road MX style helmet, which is good at road speeds. Up to 60 mph or so...buffeting is not bad. Faster, I would say be careful. Any visor is gonna start to pull your head around as the wind picks up...but yes...visor is worth having, really blocks the low sun morning/eve. Fogging is very minimal except when I rode a few times at 35 degrees out, even then, only when stopped.

For Dual Sport riders, this is a great helmet. I hated to pay 400 bucks for it but did and am very glad. The cheekpads are removable and for 40 bucks, you can get thinner/thicker ones for a PERFECT feel.

What pushed me over the edge to buy was the feel, specifically...large ear pockets inside this helmet=NO crushed ears. I hate that!

The only real quality competitor to this model is the Arai XD, which is also a very nice helmet, fit, etc. BUT...visor is longer and I bet grabs more air=more wind buffeting on the street. For buzzing around town either would be good though. I did try both the Shoei and Arai on, then settled on the Shoei becuase of price and the shorter visor. A bonus I did not expect but got with this, is MUCH more peripheral vision than any of my street helmets in the past!

Lastly, Simpson makes a helmet of this type but the quality is not up to par. I wanted to buy American but nothing about it matched the Arai or Shoei. Too bad. I used to buy only Simpson.

This is my first full face helmet, so take this review with a grain of salt. I love this helmet! I could not be more happy. It keeps me warm in cold weather and cool when the sun is out. I have not had any issues with the visor lifting at high speed and it is nice not having to pull bugs out off of my face at dusk. I highly recommend the Hornet DS.