Matt grey is the finish that asks the least of you on a long trip. It hides trail dust and road film better than anything else here and sits meaningfully above black in the flat light of a northern autumn.

Four SHARP stars — the only MT helmet that has any

SHARP's rating measures how well a helmet spread and absorbed energy beyond the legal minimum — it is a comparative scale rather than a pass mark. The ECE 22.06 homologation is the pass mark, and the Track SV holds both.

🔵 Tested April 2026 at 1.6 kg, in sizes XS to XXL, and classified by SHARP as a full-face helmet despite the adventure peak.

About the matt grey finish

Value rather than colour decides both how dirty a helmet looks and how easily it is seen, and a mid grey sits at the useful point on that scale for both at once. Dust, spatter and dried rain marks all show least here — they read as haze on black and as obvious marks on white. And a driver resolves a mid-value object against dark tarmac appreciably faster than a dark one. Over a two-week trip, where the helmet will be washed rarely if at all, that tolerance is worth more than it sounds. 🔵 Like every matt finish it is washed rather than polished, and it holds dry dust more visibly than gloss — which on gravel is the one condition where it looks worse than a shiny shell. Between washes it recovers completely; nothing about matt is permanent except polish damage.

Dual-sport — a full-face with a peak

The useful question before buying is what proportion of your riding is unpaved. If the answer is „gravel tracks on the way to somewhere", this helmet is right and the peak earns its keep at low sun.

🔵 If it is „whole days off-road at pace", a lighter competition helmet with a goggle aperture will serve you better — and cost you the road manners.

HIRP, ECE 22.06 — and two different weights

Full ECE 22.06 approval means the current schedule rather than the superseded 22.05: more impact points, higher test speeds, and a rotational-impact assessment the older standard did not include.

🔵 On top of that sits the SHARP result — four stars — which measures performance beyond that minimum rather than merely confirming it.

The MT-ESP retractable sun visor

Sunset on a westbound road is the condition that decides whether a sun visor was worth having, and it is precisely the condition a peak handles badly — the sun is ahead of you rather than above.

🔵 The MT-ESP shield covers exactly that case, and retracts in a second when the light drops.

The HS-12 visor and the anti-fog insert you buy separately

Fogging is the adventure rider's real optical problem rather than glare, because so much of the riding happens too slowly for airflow to clear a visor — picking a line through gravel, waiting at a gate, standing on the pegs.

🔵 Without an anti-fog insert a cold morning will mist the visor at every stop. Budget roughly 25–40 € for one.

ERS — the Emergency Release System

Emergency release is standard on premium helmets and rare at this price, which makes its presence on the Track SV worth pointing out — alongside the SHARP rating, it is the second piece of genuine safety specification here.

🔵 Show a riding partner how it works. They are the person most likely to need it.

Interior, fit and intercom preparation

🔵 A new helmet should feel firm but never painful. The liner beds in over the first few hours and again across the first season, so a helmet that is perfect in the shop will usually be loose by the summer's end. Start tighter than comfortable.

Six sizes cover XS to XXL — the same range SHARP lists for the tested helmet.

The micrometric closure

🔵 A loose strap is the most common way a helmet fails to do its job, and it has nothing to do with the shell or the star rating. If the helmet can be rolled forward off your head with the strap fastened, it is either too big or too loose.

The micrometric closure adjusts finely enough to fix the second problem. It cannot fix the first.

Where it sits in MT's range

Within this model the price ladder is entirely paint. The Pure solids at 136 € and the two graphics at 144 € share the same shell, the same visor, the same sun shield, the same ERS and the same SHARP-rated construction.

🔵 The cheapest Track SV protects exactly as well as the most expensive.

When something wears out

Helmets are consumables with a long life rather than permanent objects. MT, like every manufacturer, recommends replacement after around five years of use regardless of condition — and immediately after any real impact, because the EPS crushes once and does not recover.

Between those points, everything you touch on this helmet is replaceable.

In the box

• MT Track SV helmet — Pure A2 (HIRP shell)
• Clear HS-12 visor, fitted
• Adventure peak, fitted
• 🔵 No anti-fog insert — the visor is ready for Pinlock DKS 623 or FogOff; both are separate purchases
• 🔵 No intercom — the helmet has a UCS pre-installation; the system is a separate purchase

Size guide

Specification

• Model — MT-Helmets Track SV
• Part number — 136700PA2203
• Colour — Pure A2 — Matt grey
• Homologation — ECE 22.06 — 🔴 ECE only; MT lists no DOT marking for this model
• Safety rating — SHARP 4 of 5 stars — tested April 2026 under ECE 22.06, measured at 1.6 kg, sizes XS–XXL, classified as full-face. The only MT helmet in the SHARP database
• Helmet type — Dual-sport / adventure-trail — full-face shell with an adventure peak
• Shell — HIRP (High Impact Resistant Polymer)
• Weight — MT quotes 1.5 kg; 🔴 SHARP measured 1.6 kg on their tested example. Both figures are given rather than the flattering one
• Sizes — XS to XXL (six sizes)
• Peak — adventure peak — shades the eyes and deflects roost off-road; catches air at motorway speed, as every peak does
• Sun visor — MT-ESP retractable shield, deployed from a single slider
• Visor — HS-12 — optically clear and impact-resistant
• 🔴 Anti-fog — ready for Pinlock® DKS 623 or a FogOff insert — neither is supplied
• Emergency release — ERS (Emergency Release System) — side pads removable by first responders
• Retention — micrometric ratchet with a double-tooth engagement
• Interior — removable, washable, antibacterial and quick-drying
• Communication — UCS intercom pre-installation — no system supplied
• Impact liner — expanded polystyrene — crushes once and does not recover; replace the helmet after any real impact
• Serviceability — visor, Pinlock lens, peak, sun shield, cheek pads and liner all available separately
• Manufacturer — MT-Helmets (MT Helmets, Spain)
• Replacement guidance — after around five years of use regardless of condition, and immediately after any impact

• 1x MT Track SV helmet (peak + clear HS-12 visor fitted)
• 1x protective bag
• User manual and MT Helmets stickers