Helmet laws have changed radically in Australia over the past year, leaving riders a little confused about what they can...
The year of 2015 will go down as one of the best for Australian motorcyclists in a long time with...
Only seven out of 30 helmets tested this year for safety and comfort by the NSW Consumer Rating and Assessment of Safety Helmets (CRASH) rated four out of five stars. Worst performing helmets were open-face helmets. Three open-face helmets scored just one star (Bell Scout Air, Eldorado EXR and R Jays...
Cross-country travel is fun, but long-distance travel on a motorcycle is even more so – if you can manage to...
Many riders now have Bluetooth intercom units in their helmets to talk to other riders, take and make phone calls...
As international-standard helmets are now approved in most of Australia, we thought we’d look back 50 years to helmet safety standards. Today’s rigorously tested helmets are made of tough and lightweight materials such as carbon fibre, polycarbonate plastic, fibreglass and kevlar in the shell with a polystyrene foam inner. Studies...
An active noise-cancelling system for motorcycle helmets has been launched by Norwegian tech startup DAAL at the EICMA motorcycle show...
A quick and cheap way to improve the quality of your helmet’s Bluetooth sound system is to buy some aftermarket...
AGV is the latest helmet manufacturer to partner with leading Bluetooth company Sena to develop a special aerodynamic ARK intercom for their helmets. So far, the ARK intercom is only compatible with the AX9 Adventure range, K5-S Sports range and Sport Modular Touring. The AGV ARK intercom costs $399, but...
Retro-designed AGV X3000 full-face and X70 open-face helmets are now available in Australia with two race legend tribute helmets. The...
The versatile new AGV AX9 helmet can be worn as an adventure helmet, MX lid with goggles or even a...
The new AGV K-1 helmet is designed to fit and protect more head sizes with removable and washable helmet liner and cheekpads with recesses to accommodate glasses or sunglasses. They are available now in a range of colours from solid to multi-coloured and Valentino Rossi VR46 replicas, ranging from XS...
The new AGV K6 carbon helmet has more shell area and less visor mechanism for maximised protection, though the visor...
Light weight is one off the most important safety and comfort qualities of a motorcycle helmet and Italian helmet manufacturer...
AGV last year joined the bandwagon of retro helmets with the X3000 and have now added this limited-edition tribute to the legendary 15-time world motorcycle champion, Giacomo Agostini. Link International spokesman Don Nicholas says Australia will get a limited number of the X3000 Ago helmets at $999 by June. He...
The AGV Sportmodular is the world’s first all-carbon-shell modular (flip-up) helmet and its light weight certainly makes it less tiring on...
The AGVisor that tints in an instant may be the answer to the legal issue in Australia of riders being...
AGV has released a Barry Sheene limited-edition tribute helmet in their new X3000 collection. The Sheene helmet will cost $899 when it arrives in March 2019, but you can pre-order now to ensure you don’t miss out on the limited-edition model. It is part of the extensive X3000 range led by a $999 limited-edition...
Everything old is new again in the world of helmets and the latest to join the retro helmet rage is...
Aldi Australia has confirmed its annual motorcycle gear sale will return, but has not yet named a date nor confirmed whether...
Aldi’s annual motorcycle gear sale next weekend (August 18, 2018) claims accredited safety gear, the first leather jacket for women and an Australian-approved helmet for just $79.99. Each year the sale is so popular, riders line up outside hours before and many products are sold out within minutes. Fans of...
Aldi claims the gear they offer in their annual motorcycle gear sale is safe, but one Sydney reader says at least silver...
A tiny little piece of plastic has just made universal-fit MotoSafe earplugs from Dutch company Alpine Hearing Protection even better. With...
Most riders in the American state of Missouri will soon be able to ride without a helmet if they are aged 26 or more and have health insurance. That leaves only 19 out of 50 states where all riders must wear a helmet. This is not the first time Missouri...
There soon may be another state in the US that allows adults to choose for themselves whether they wear a...
Police continue to hand out incorrect fines for helmet non-compliance and riders continue to challenge and win against the erroneous...
A County Court appeal has been lodged after a Victorian Magistrate last month upheld a $150 fine against a motorcycle rider for wearing a helmet camera. Law firm Maurice Blackburn is acting on behalf of Max Lichtenbaum, who was fined $289 and lost three demerit points after being pulled over by...
Most motorcycle helmet manufacturers have now released retro designs over the past few years and now the Arai Rapide Neo...
The next-generation Arai Regent-X helmet will address the problem of tight-fitting helmets being difficult to pull on and off. It...
Japanese company Arai is the first helmet manufacturer to win a gold safety medal from the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. In fact, no other gear manufacturer has received the prestigious Nicolas Rodil del Valle gold medal since the awards began in 1983. The gold medal is awarded to individuals who make significant...
More riders can now wear helmet cameras and bluetooth intercom attachments and fit tinted visors after South Australia joined the...
Many riders like to get into the holiday spirit by wearing Santa, elf, Elmo or reindeer novelty helmet covers. However,...
With the absence of racing due to the pandemic lockdown and the waning of sportsbike popularity we wonder how many riders are still keen on race replica helmets. They used to be very popular, but we haven’t seen as many in recent years. Some riders wear them to announce their...
Argon Transform hi-tech helmet accessory transforms a standard helmet into an Iron Man helmet with head-up display, bluetooth, GPS and...
British helmet company Ruroc is about to launch its updated Atlas 2.0 carbon-fibre helmet with several improvements and a clever...
British motorcycle helmet manufacturer Ruroc has updated its Atlas helmet to make it quieter and safer. The Atlas 3.0 helmet is launching on 26 March 2021 with a range of improvements over the Atlas 2.0 helmet which we reviewed here. Company spokesman Ben Conie says the changes are the result of listening to rider...
British motorcycle helmet manufacturer Ruroc has only been around since 2019 but is now set to release the fourth generation...
Australia’s first smart helmet has already sold 1000 to be delivered around Christmas and is launching in the USA and...
Australian smart helmet Forcite Mk1 has sold out its first production of 1000 helmets and will offer 300 more at a 10% discount from February 1. The Forcite Mk1 helmet delivers road alerts to the rider as well as visual and audio turn-by-turn navigation without a phone, enabling riders to...
Aussie riders are getting behind smart-helmet manufacturer Forcite which is on track to raise $A1m through a public equity crowdfunding...
Biltwell retro Gringo helmets have been around for about six years and have only now received Euro approval that allows...
Helmet cameras may not be the safety risk in a crash that has previously been suggested. The BBC and UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) have performed impact tests on climbing helmets with cameras attached and found they didn’t increase the risk in a crash. They say that their test results...
Bell is introducing a new convertible helmet, called the Broozer, where the chin piece clicks out to convert from full-face...
Retro bikes have been the rage for years and now retro motorcycle helmets and gear are catching up with Bell...
The retro-style Bell Bullitt helmet has passed Australian certification (AS/NZS1698) and is on order to arrive in June. Bernie Nolan of Monza Imports says that “at this stage” the recommended retail price will be $459.95 which is less than if you ordered one over the internet … and it wouldn’t...
If you want a peak or visor for your Bell Custom 500 helmet … well, you can’t have one. According...
The Bell MX-9 Adventure DLX helmet has been recalled simply because the European certification label is missing from the chin...
The return of iconic American Bell motorcycle helmets to Australia after 18 years’ absence is great news. Not only are they a quality brand with a historic cache of cred but they also arrive at very competitive prices. Monza Imports boss John Chiodo says they fought hard to bring the...
You can’t live without your head, so you need to protect it with the best motorcycle helmets. However, shopping for...
Thanks to Australian readers of Motorbike Writer, the UK-based Bikesystems BikeHUD ADVENTURE Gen2 head-up display unit for motorcycle helmets now has a...
American motorcycle helmet manufacturer Biltwell last year released its Lane Splitter urban/enduro helmet in Australia and will soon add the retro Gringo. It’s one of many previously unavailable helmets coming to our market after the changes in certification allowed European ECE22.05 helmets to be worn in Australia. While Biltwell helmets...
American motorcycle helmet manufacturer Biltwell has released its retro Lane Splitter helmet in Australia with other models coming in the...
Just because you like roughing it in the bush on your adventure bike doesn’t mean your head has to suffer...
BMW Motorrad will have a new boss when Markus Schramm takes over as director in May and the company has a new look in riding gear for 2018. Schramm, who will succeed Stephan Schaller, is 55 and a “passionate motorcyclist”. He has been with the BMW Group since 1991. There...
BMW Motorrad has launched a 2020 heritage collection of rider gear to appeal to riders of their R nineT models...
BMW Motorrad has extended its helmet warranty from two years to five years which is basically the suggested life of...
Could bone conduction make better helmet speakers for riders than conventional systems? Even the army looks like using it to hear over loud battle noises. Bone conduction is a method of turning vibrations into sound that pass through the bones in your head and are considered more effective than headphones....
Could bone conduction make better helmet speakers for riders than conventional systems? Even the army looks like using it to...
A group of Brisbane engineering and IT students plans to make the world’s first integrated camera-helmet called Iris including outside and...
The Italian-made Caberg Duke flip-up helmet is the type of quality helmet we will start to see filtering into Australia now that they’re legal to sell here. It is a UN/ECE 22.05 approved helmet that is legal to wear in Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory and is expected to...