{"product_id":"mt-helmets-kre-2-pure-a0-gloss-white-helmet","title":"MT-Helmets KRE 2 Pure A0 Full-Face Helmet – Gloss White","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite is the one finish on a sport helmet that is bought for a reason other than looks. Pure A0 puts MT's new composite KRE 2 shell in gloss white — the version you choose if the road you ride most is a public one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the gloss white finish\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rider is the thing a driver at a side junction is least expecting and most often looks straight through. That decision happens in a fraction of a second, in cluttered light, against a busy background — and a white helmet sits at head height above the headlight, exactly where the eye scans. It resolves measurably sooner than a dark one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a second, quieter benefit. A pale shell reflects solar load that a dark one converts into interior heat — worth having on a helmet with no drop-down sun visor to hide behind. The cost is honest: road film and insect strike show on white sooner than on any other colour, and gloss shows swirl marks that the matt A1 hides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat ECE 22.06 actually tests\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe badge inside the strap is not a formality, and the 22.06 standard is a genuinely harder test than the 22.05 it replaced — mandatory across the EU since January 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 impact points instead of five, at several speeds rather than one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn oblique-impact test against an abrasive anvil — the rotational loading that causes brain injury in real crashes, and that 22.05 never measured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Brain Injury Criterion limit alongside the old peak-deceleration figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessories are tested fitted, so a visor or spoiler cannot quietly compromise the shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the floor this helmet clears. Not a ranking — every legal helmet clears it — but a far higher floor than one bought three years ago had to reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe composite shell under the white\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery MT full-face below the KRE 2 uses HIRP, an injection-moulded high-strength thermoplastic. This one uses FRC — fibre reinforced composite, fibre laid up in a resin matrix. Composite reaches a given stiffness at less mass and resists twisting better, which is what stops a helmet shifting on your head in a crosswind or behind a truck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMT does not publish how many outer shell sizes the KRE 2 uses. That number matters — a helmet spreading six sizes over two shells fits less precisely at the size boundaries than one spreading them over three — and we will not guess at it. Try the size the chart gives you rather than ordering by tape measure alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e1,380 g, over a day rather than on paper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMT declares 1,380 g. In our own MT range that is the lightest full-face we list — the Thunder 4 R SV is around 1,500 g, the Stinger 2 around 1,600 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight is a fatigue figure, not a comfort figure. Every head movement accelerates that mass and decelerates it again, a few hundred times across a day's riding, and it is your neck doing the work. Caveat, stated rather than buried: that gram figure is MT's own, published for a model barely on sale. No scale of ours has been under it, and brands vary in which size gets quoted and whether they weigh with the visor on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMT-ESLS: the lock, and the anti-fog notch\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe MT-ESLS (Evo Screen Lock System) is a double lock — it resists the visor being pushed open by airflow, and by a glancing impact — released by a quick-open button in a single movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe part that earns its name: the button opens the visor to a defined anti-fog position automatically, a first crack rather than a full lift. On a cold morning in stop-start traffic that is the difference between clearing your visor and losing the junction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMT-QVSS and the metal insert\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visor comes off and goes back on without tools, on MT's patented MT-QVSS mechanism. On the KRE 2 that mechanism carries a metal insert rather than polymer running on polymer. Quick-change systems fail at the pivot and they fail late — after the hundredth swap, not the first. Metal at the load point is a durability decision, not a brochure line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMT-EVA, the sealed trim and Pinlock® 70\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe MT-EVA aperture is cut wider than MT's road helmets — noticeable at the shoulder check and when you tuck. An advanced-material trim seals the aperture against water and dust; because most of the noise a rider hears enters at the visor edge and the neck roll rather than through the shell, sealing is also the cheapest genuine noise reduction a maker can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visor carries Pinlock® 70 preparation. What MT has never released is a packing list, so whether a lens actually travels with the helmet is unknown to us — plan on buying one separately. A decibel figure is missing for the same reason: nobody has measured this shell, and in any case your screen height and your shoulders move that number more than the helmet does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eVentilation and the compact spoiler\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chin intake and three upper intakes feed internal channels that exhaust through rear outlets — through-flow rather than vents that only stir the air immediately behind them. The compact rear spoiler is scaled for road speeds, not the tall race wing of the KRE 2 PLUS, and it does its work in dirty air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you give up at this price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo integrated sun visor. The Braker SV, Jarama SV and Thunder 4 R SV — all cheaper — have one. Here you carry a tinted visor or sunglasses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot FIM homologated. FIM Racing #2 belongs to the separate KRE 2 PLUS FIM Racing #2 — a different helmet, on a full carbon shell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite needs washing more often than anything else here, and gloss shows every swirl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-D ring — the secure choice, and slower in gloves than a ratchet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the extra €115 over the Thunder buys\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe obvious question at €299.95 is why not the Thunder 4 R SV at €184.95. Answered plainly: a composite shell instead of thermoplastic, roughly 120 g less on your neck, the metal-inserted visor mechanism, the double-locking MT-ESLS, the wider MT-EVA aperture and double-D retention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd against you: the Thunder has a drop-down sun visor and a Pinlock lens confirmed in the box. If your riding is commuting and country roads rather than fast road and track, the cheaper helmet is genuinely the better buy — we would rather sell you the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eNo SHARP result — and the KRE that has one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHARP lists an \"MT KRE SV\" at three stars. That is a \u003cem\u003edifferent, earlier helmet\u003c\/em\u003e. The KRE 2 is untested by SHARP, as are the KRE+ and KRE+ S. Ratings do not carry across generations or shells, and we will not imply otherwise. No ADAC or Snell result exists either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMT KRE 2 helmet — Pure A0, gloss white, FRC composite shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClear visor, fitted, on the MT-QVSS mechanism — Pinlock® 70 prepared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo packing list has been issued for this model. Until one is, count on none of the usual extras — no anti-fog lens, no second visor, no bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize guide\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eHead circumference\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53–54 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55–56 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57–58 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59–60 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61–62 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63–64 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eModel\u003c\/em\u003e — MT-Helmets KRE 2 · \u003cem\u003ePart number\u003c\/em\u003e — 138000PA01 (XS–XXL: …03 to …08)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eColour \/ finish\u003c\/em\u003e — Pure A0 — gloss white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCertification\u003c\/em\u003e — ECE 22.06, the current European standard; MT additionally lists DOT and NBR (Brazil) among others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIndependent rating\u003c\/em\u003e — none for the KRE 2. SHARP's three-star \"MT KRE SV\" is an earlier, different helmet; no ADAC or Snell result exists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRace homologation\u003c\/em\u003e — no FIM. FIM Racing #2 is the separate KRE 2 PLUS FIM Racing #2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eType\u003c\/em\u003e — full-face, sport and fast road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eShell\u003c\/em\u003e — FRC, fibre reinforced composite — shell-size count not published by MT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWeight\u003c\/em\u003e — 1,380 g, declared by MT — not weighed by us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSizes\u003c\/em\u003e — XS to XXL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVisor system\u003c\/em\u003e — MT-QVSS tool-free swap with a metal insert at the pivot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVisor lock\u003c\/em\u003e — MT-ESLS, double lock, quick-open button, automatic anti-fog position\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAperture\u003c\/em\u003e — MT-EVA extended vision area, with a sealing trim against water and dust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAnti-fog\u003c\/em\u003e — Pinlock® 70 prepared; lens not confirmed as supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSun visor\u003c\/em\u003e — not fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAirflow\u003c\/em\u003e — chin intake plus three upper intakes, internal channels, rear outlets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAerodynamics\u003c\/em\u003e — compact rear spoiler for road and urban speeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRetention\u003c\/em\u003e — double-D ring · \u003cem\u003eLining\u003c\/em\u003e — removable · \u003cem\u003eIntercom\u003c\/em\u003e — prepared, none supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEnergy-absorbing liner\u003c\/em\u003e — EPS; crushes once, never recovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBuilt by\u003c\/em\u003e — MT Helmets, Spain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHow to size\u003c\/em\u003e — tape the widest part of the head, 1–2 cm above the eyebrows. Cheeks firm when new, crown free of pressure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIntended use\u003c\/em\u003e — fast road, sport touring, occasional track days. Not a long-distance touring helmet and not a race-homologated one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCare\u003c\/em\u003e — wash white with warm water and a soft cloth before the film sets; never wipe a visor dry, road dust scratches it for good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWhen to replace\u003c\/em\u003e — around five years regardless of condition, and immediately after any impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MT-Helmets","offers":[{"title":"XS \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617109258,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-XS","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617142026,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-S","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617174794,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-M","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617207562,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-L","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617240330,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-XL","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL \/ Pure A0 – Gloss White","offer_id":53617617273098,"sku":"SY-MTHELMET-175086-XXL","price":269.96,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/a0-00-side.png?v=1788353464","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-be\/products\/mt-helmets-kre-2-pure-a0-gloss-white-helmet","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}