Please note: sale to France is prohibited.

TC-10 is the monochrome Abiding — grey worked against silver, no colour anywhere. It is the graphic for riders who want the drawing without the announcement, and the only decor here that will still look current in a decade.

Five SHARP stars — and which Glamster earned them

What SHARP measures and the ECE mark certifies are different things, and both are worth having. The ECE 22.06 approval is a pass or fail against the current European schedule; the SHARP rating is a comparative measure of how much better than that minimum a helmet performs.

The Glamster06 passes the first and scores the maximum on the second, tested May 2025 at 1.3 kg.

About the Abiding TC-10 graphic

Monochrome is the graphic that ages best, and the reason is straightforward: colours date, values do not. A grey-and-silver treatment carries no reference to a particular season's palette, so it stays legible as design rather than becoming a marker of when the helmet was bought. On this shell it also does something the coloured versions cannot — because nothing competes for attention, the shape itself stays the main event, which on a helmet whose whole appeal is its silhouette is the right priority. 🔵 The trade-offs are the usual graphic ones. It is 100 € over a solid, a stone chip through a printed layer cannot be touched in, and conspicuity is mid-range at best — better than the matt black, well short of the TC-3.

AIM, three shells, double-D and EQRS

Two components do the protective work and they do different jobs. The AIM shell spreads the load and resists penetration; the polystyrene liner underneath absorbs energy by permanently crushing. Shoei assembles that liner from elements of different density so the crushing happens where it is most useful.

🔵 A crushed liner does not recover. A helmet that has taken a real impact is finished, whatever it looks like from outside.

The CPB-1V visor — and the sun shield that is not there

🔵 A note on tinted visors and the law. A dark visor is not road-legal at night or in poor visibility in most European countries, and the rules differ between them. Fit one for what it is — a daylight item — and observe the homologation marking on the visor itself.

The helmet ships with a clear CPB-1V and a Pinlock EVO anti-fog lens; the photochromic version is the compliant way to have one visor for both.

One intake, aluminium mesh, no sliders

Look at where the vents are not. There is no crown scoop, no rear spoiler with integrated exhausts, no adjustable side channels — all of which are standard on modern full-face helmets and all of which would have made this one look like every other helmet on the shelf.

What is there: one forehead intake, two aluminium-mesh chin intakes, one neck exhaust. MCN rated the airflow 4/5.

Interior, fit and glasses

The head shape is intermediate oval — slightly longer front to back than side to side, which describes most European heads. It is the most common shape in helmet design and the reason the Glamster06 fits a wide range of riders without adjustment.

Where it does not, the interior is fully removable and available in several pad thicknesses, and a Shoei dealer can shim it further.

How loud it actually is

Two riders will describe the same helmet completely differently, and neither will be wrong. Height, riding position, screen, and how much of the airflow reaches your shoulders all change the result more than the shell does.

MCN's long-term rating of 4 out of 5 for the Glamster06 is a useful reference point rather than a promise — fit the supplied chin curtain, and try the helmet on your own bike.

Around 1300 grams, and the rest of the honest list

The weight figure is worth putting in context because SHARP measured it independently: 1.3 kg on the helmet they bought and destroyed. Light helmets often score worse in their testing, because there is less material to absorb energy. This one scored the maximum.

🔵 What it does not have: sun visor, communication provision, speaker recesses or adjustable chin vents.

Where it sits in Shoei's range

The X-SPR PRO at the top of the range is worth mentioning as a contrast rather than an alternative. It is a racing helmet: stiffer, louder, aggressively shaped for a tucked riding position, and uncomfortable upright. The Glamster06 is the opposite brief in every respect.

🔵 Both hold five SHARP stars, which is a useful reminder that rating and purpose are separate questions.

When something wears out

Genuine parts matter more on a helmet than on most things, because the visor, the padding and the retention system are all part of what was certified and what SHARP tested. A pattern visor with different optical properties is not the helmet that earned five stars.

Everything we stock for the Glamster06 is Shoei's own: CPB-1V visors, DKS056 Pinlock lenses, padding and chin curtains.

In the box

• Shoei Glamster06 helmet — Abiding TC-10
• Clear CPB-1V visor, pre-fitted
• Pinlock® EVO anti-fog lens with matching spare pins
• Chin curtain
• Shoei helmet bag
• Glamster logo stickers
• Silicone oil for visor seal and mechanism care
• Instruction manual and the „Correct use of your helmet" booklet
• 🔵 No tinted visor — there is no sun shield, so a tinted or photochromic CPB-1V is a separate purchase

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Shoei Glamster06
• Part number — 11.19.105.2
• Colour — Abiding TC-10 — Graphic, TC-10 colour combination
• Homologation — ECE 22.06
• Safety rating — SHARP 5 of 5 stars (tested May 2025, ECE 22.06, measured at 1.3 kg) — entry „Shoei Glamster 06"; the earlier Glamster is a separate entry with 4 stars
• Helmet type — Full-face, neo-retro
• Shell — AIM (Advanced Integrated Matrix) fibreglass composite; three shell sizes (XS–M / L / XL–XXL)
• Weight — approx. 1300 g
• Sizes — XS to XXL (six sizes)
• Visor — CPB-1V, classic round shape, wide field of view, redesigned mechanism, tool-free change
• Anti-fog — Pinlock® EVO lens supplied with spare pins — replacements: DKS056
• 🔴 Sun visor — none — deliberate; use a tinted or photochromic CPB-1V instead
• Impact liner — multi-density EPS assembled from elements of differing absorption
• Retention — double-D ring
• Emergency release — EQRS — cheek pads removable by first responders
• Ventilation — one forehead intake (open/closed, no intermediate steps), two chin intakes behind aluminium mesh without sliders, exhaust at the neck
• Interior — fully removable and washable; cheek and centre pads in several thicknesses; suitable for glasses
• Head shape — intermediate oval
• 🔴 Communication — no COMLINK interface and no speaker recesses — no intercom compatibility
• Independent verdict — MOTORCYCLE NEWS long-term test — comfort 5/5, ventilation 4/5, noise 4/5
• Serviceability — visor, base plates, Pinlock lens, all padding, chin strap cover and chin curtain available separately

• 1x helmet
• 1x clear visor (pre-fitted)
• 1x Pinlock EVO anti-fog lens
• 1x set of spare pins
• 1x chin curtain
• 1x Shoei helmet bag