Groovy is the X.G30's trimmed line, and white with camel is its most period-correct combination — warm tan edging against a pale shell is what open-face helmets looked like before black plastic trim became standard.

A Sixties silhouette on a 2026 shell

Retro helmets fail in one of two ways: they look right and are built to an old standard, or they are built properly and look like a modern helmet wearing a costume. The X.G30 avoids both — the silhouette is genuinely period and the shell is genuinely current.

🔵 ECE 22-06, DOT FMVSS 218, CCC GB811:2022 and NBR7471:2015, on a six-layer composite shell made in Portugal.

About the Groovy White Camel finish

Trim matters more on a jet than on any other helmet type, because the face opening is enormous and the edging runs all the way around it in full view. Camel against white is a two-material contrast rather than a two-colour one, and it is what separates the Groovy line from the cheaper Purist. The practical case runs alongside: white is the easiest shell here for a driver to resolve in flat urban light, and it stays cooler in summer sun than any dark finish. 🔵 Both the shell and the trim show dirt sooner than a darker combination, and the camel is the part that will show wear first.

Six layers, three shells

Six layers is the specification that separates X-Matrix2 from ordinary fibreglass. Nexx's stated aim is optimised impact and penetration performance against conventional fibres — a stiffer, stronger shell for the same or less weight.

🔵 That is a manufacturer's description. The verifiable part is the approval: ECE 22-06, DOT, CCC and NBR.

What an open-face helmet does and does not do

🔵 A retro helmet raises this question more sharply than most, because the styling is the reason people buy it. The shape is from an era before chin bars were standard, and the protection follows the shape: there is none over the jaw.

Everything the ECE 22-06 jet category does cover, this helmet meets in full.

The dark sun visor — and the clear one that is not there

🔵 Read the box contents before buying: helmet, dark sun visor and one peak. There is no clear visor. The only screen fitted is dark-tinted, and a dark tint is a daylight item — not road-legal at night or in poor visibility in most European countries.

An external clear visor is available separately, and for year-round use it is close to essential.

Interior, X-Mart Dry and the Ergo Padding System

🔵 Drying speed matters more on a jet than on a full-face, because the interior is used harder — on and off several times a journey, exposed to more dust, and often needed again the next morning. A liner that dries overnight is worth more than one that feels marginally softer.

X-Mart Dry is specified for exactly that, and it is anti-allergic and sweat-wicking.

The double-D ring

🔵 If you have not used a double-D ring before, practise it once at home rather than for the first time in a car park. Thread, pull, fold the loose end away. Ten seconds, and identical tension every time.

A strap that is even slightly loose is a strap that lets the helmet move — and on a jet there is no chin bar to hold it in place.

1320 grams, and the rest of the honest list

🔵 If you ride with an intercom, this is the wrong helmet and it is better to know now. The X.G30 has no communication provision at all — no recesses, no routing, no designed-in system. Anything you fit will sit on the padding.

Nexx's Y.10 jet takes universal audio sets up to 45 mm; this one is not built for them.

Where it sits in Nexx's range

🔵 Against Nexx's own Y.10 jet the choice comes down to construction and comms. The Y.10 is thermoplastic, has two shell sizes and takes universal audio sets up to 45 mm. The X.G30 is composite, has three shell sizes and has no comms provision at all.

If you ride with an intercom, that decides it.

Accessories and spare parts

🔵 Six external visor finishes is more choice than most full-face helmets offer. Clear for year-round use, 60 % and 80 % tints for summer, iridium red and green for looks and glare, and a yellow HD that lifts contrast in flat and dusk light rather than darkening anything.

All of them mount to the same fittings, and none is supplied with the helmet.

In the box

• Nexx X.G30 helmet — Groovy White Camel (six-layer X-Matrix2 shell)
• Integrated drop-down dark sun visor, fitted
• One peak, matt black
• Removable chin-strap covers
• 🔵 No clear visor — external visors in six finishes are accessories
• 🔵 No intercom — this helmet has no communication provision at all

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Nexx X.G30 (X.Garage)
• Part number — 01G30153428111
• Colour — Groovy White Camel — White with camel trim
• Homologation — ECE 22-06 (UN) · DOT FMVSS 218 · CCC GB811:2022 · NBR7471:2015
• 🔴 Chin protection — none — this is an open-face helmet and has no chin bar
• 🔴 Safety rating — none — SHARP does not lab-rate open-face jets; no ADAC or Snell entry either
• Helmet type — Jet / open-face, retro
• Shell — X-Matrix2 — six-layer multiaxial multi-composite; three outer shell sizes (XS–M / L / XL–XXL)
• Weight — approx. 1320 g ±50
• Sizes — XS to XXL (six sizes)
• Sun visor — integrated drop-down, dark-tinted, operated manually by a fine grip on the edge of the lens
• 🔴 Clear visor — not supplied — the box contains the helmet, the dark shield and one peak. External visors are accessories
• Peak — one supplied (matt black); further peaks available separately
• 🔴 Anti-fog — no Pinlock compatibility
• 🔴 Communication — no provision — no designed-in system and no speaker recesses
• Retention — double-D ring — used across the whole X.Garage collection
• Interior — „Luxurious Cushion" with X-Mart Dry — dries roughly twice as fast as cotton, insulates on cold days; sweat-wicking, anti-allergic, fully removable and washable; removable chin-strap covers
• Accessories — external visors (clear, 60 %, 80 %, iridium red, iridium green, yellow HD), complete linings (camel-black, black), peaks, universal Ergo Padding System
• Other — moulded night-vision reflectors
• Manufacturer — Nexx Helmets, Portugal
• Impact liner — expanded polystyrene — crushes once and does not recover; replace the helmet after any real impact
• Replacement guidance — after around five years of use regardless of condition, and immediately after any impact
• Ventilation — no external vent hardware — on an open-face the face opening is the intake; the X-Mart Dry liner manages moisture
• Serviceability — external visors, sun visor, complete linings, peaks, chin-strap covers and the Ergo Padding System all available separately
• Care — wash the liner by hand a few times a season; never wipe the sun visor dry, as road dust scratches it permanently

• 1x Nexx X.G30 helmet (X-Matrix2, three shell sizes)
• Integrated drop-down dark sun visor
• 1x peak (Black MT)
• Removable X-Mart Dry liner; removable chin-strap covers