{"product_id":"ls2-ff901-advant-x-solid-white-helmet","title":"LS2 FF901 Advant X Solid White – Flip-Up Touring Helmet ECE 22.06 P\/J","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlain gloss white, no graphic, and the most quietly sensible choice on this page. On a helmet whose defining feature is a chin bar that swings all the way to the back of the shell, a single colour lets you actually see the shape doing it — the folded bar, the rear spoiler, the honeycomb exhaust all read as form rather than disappearing into a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFour stars from SHARP — and this is the helmet they tested\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the helmet SHARP tested. In July 2024 the UK Department for Transport's independent rating programme put an LS2 Advant X on the rig against UN ECE Reg 22.06 and gave it \u003cstrong\u003efour stars out of five\u003c\/strong\u003e. The specification SHARP recorded — composite fibre shell, 1.6 kg — is this helmet: HPFC, 1600 g. Not the carbon version, which uses a different shell and which we therefore list without a rating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe numbers behind the stars are worth reading rather than skipping. At the two lower impact speeds, 6.0 and 7.5 m\/s, every one of the five measured zones scored the maximum five: front, rear, left, right and crown. At 8.5 m\/s — the severe test — the crown, front and rear held five, while left and right dropped to three. And the chin bar, the thing every flip-up buyer worries about, stayed \u003cstrong\u003efully locked in 63 % of impacts\u003c\/strong\u003e. That is a real, independently measured result, and it is the reason this page can say what it says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Solid Gloss White finish\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite is the only colour on this list with a measurable practical case behind it. A light-coloured shell absorbs less solar energy than a dark one, which is felt directly on a summer afternoon spent stationary in traffic — the helmet you take off at the lights is cooler to the touch and cooler inside. It also separates cleanly from asphalt, hedgerow and the back of a van, in a way matt black simply does not. The gloss lacquer earns its place too: it wipes clean in one pass, which matters from May onwards when insects start baking onto the chin bar, and it shows dirt honestly rather than hiding it — a feature on a component you are supposed to inspect. The trade-off is that scuffs show. A white helmet that has been dropped looks dropped, which some riders find useful and others find irritating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA chin bar that folds out of the airstream\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the profile of this helmet with the chin bar open and you will notice something missing: the block of plastic that normally sits on top. LS2 rotates the Advant X chin bar the whole way round — 180 degrees, down onto the rear of the shell — and the aerodynamic consequence is the entire point of the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiders who have owned a conventional modular helmet will recognise what that fixes: no lift under braking, no low-frequency booming at motorway speed, no sense of the helmet trying to pivot backwards off the head. It turns the open position from a stationary convenience into a genuine riding mode, which combined with the P\/J homologation is the case for buying this helmet rather than a full-face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eP and J: two homologations on one label\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo letters on the homologation label do a lot of work: ECE 22.06 \u003cem\u003eP\/J\u003c\/em\u003e. The helmet passed the standard twice, once as a full-face with the chin bar down and once as an open-face with it rotated to the rear. Not every flip-up does. Plenty are P-only and are legal only closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut that together with a chin bar that stows out of the airstream and you have two helmets in one shell, both of them approved. A full-face for motorway miles and winter rain; an open-face for slow mountain roads, city traffic and hot afternoons. Five seconds between them, and no second helmet to carry or store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHPFC — what the shell is actually made of\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHPFC — High Performance Fibre Composite. Two things follow from that. First, it is a laminate: fibre and resin laid into a mould, which allows reinforcement where the geometry is weakest. Second, it is what gives this helmet its 1600-gram weight, which for a P\/J modular with an internal sun visor is competitive rather than remarkable, and honestly so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the shell is \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e is carbon. If you want carbon in an Advant X, the Advant X Carbon exists and weighs 50 grams less — but it costs 70 euros more and it is not the version SHARP rated. That is an unusually clean choice for a buyer to have, and we would rather set it out than blur it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the ECE 22.06 plaque actually means\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ECE 22.06 plaque riveted to the chin strap is the physical proof of a test regime that changed substantially in 2021. Impact points went from five to as many as eighteen. Testing gained a second, lower speed, because a helmet that performs at 8 m\/s does not automatically perform at 6. And an oblique test was added: the shell is dropped onto an angled abrasive anvil while instruments measure rotational acceleration against the Brain Injury Criterion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything fitted to the helmet is tested as fitted — visor, sun visor, vent covers. Since January 2024, no helmet without 22.06 may be sold new in the EU, which is also why 22.05 stock disappeared from shelves so abruptly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe tabs a paramedic looks for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a yellow label on the lower edge of this helmet that reads \"EMERGENCY — TO PULL CHEEK PAD\". It is not decoration. Behind it sit pull tabs that let a first responder draw the cheek padding out sideways, so the shell can be lifted clear of an injured rider's head instead of being dragged over a neck that may be broken. Ambulance crews are trained to do exactly this, and most helmets do not let them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the retention system is a micrometric buckle with a metal ratchet on a reinforced strap. Set the length once and every ride afterwards is one click in, one pull out, with gloves, in the dark. Metal rather than plastic matters here because the ratchet teeth carry the load and because a metal buckle does not creep out of adjustment over a season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThree screens, one shell\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCount the glass: a clear visor on the helmet, a tinted visor in the backpack, and a tinted sun visor inside the shell on a slider. That covers every light condition a rider meets without buying anything, and the outer screens swap over in about a minute with the tool-free quick-release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitted to the clear screen is a Pinlock® 120 MaxVision™ XLT anti-fog lens, part DKS433. Pinlock grades its inserts by how much water vapour they absorb before they give up, and 120 is the top grade — the difference between waiting at a cold set of lights and having to lift the visor to see. Six replacement outer screens are listed for this helmet, including three iridium finishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIn at two ends, out at the back\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vents are the practical half of this helmet's touring argument, and all of them are operable in winter gloves — which is not a given. The chin vent is adjustable and aimed at the inside of the visor and your face. The crown vent feeds ducts cut through the polystyrene. The rear exhaust port pulls the warmed air out the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChannelled EPS is worth calling out because plenty of helmets have vents that lead nowhere: air enters the shell, meets the polystyrene and stops. Ducts through the liner foam are the difference between a vent you can feel on your scalp and one you can only see from outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit, and the honest word on two shells\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXS to 3XL, two shells: one covering XS through L, one covering XL through 3XL. The honest reading of that specification is this — the smallest sizes sit inside a shell designed around a larger head, with thicker EPS taking up the slack. Safe and certified, but visually a size up and a few grams heavier than a dedicated small shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost every premium flip-up does the same, because a modular shell carries the pivot, the latch and the sun-visor housing as moulded-in geometry. Three shells would mean three of those tools. For M, L and XL riders the trade is unambiguously worth it; for an XS, try before you commit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe liner, and one claim we are not making\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior comes out completely, washes and goes back in. The foam is laser-cut, which lets the density and contour vary within a single pad rather than being uniformly stamped — firmer where the pad has to locate the helmet on your jaw, relieved over the cheekbone and where glasses arms run. It is hypoallergenic and breathable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing it is not, and we would rather say so: LS2 does not specify the silver X-Static antibacterial treatment on this version. That fabric is listed for the Advant X Carbon and not for the composite. It makes no difference to safety or fit, and washing the liner regularly does the same job — but if a manufacturer-specified antibacterial finish is something you want, the carbon model is where it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBefore you buy an intercom\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntercom compatibility, stated honestly: this helmet works with the current LS2 communication system, and the base plate attaches with adhesive rather than a clamp. There is no bracket slot. If you have been moving a single unit between two helmets, that habit does not transfer here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is worth understanding why. A clamp mount needs a machined gap between the shell edge and the cheek pad, and designing that gap into a modular shell — which already has a pivot, a latch and a sun-visor housing cut into it — means one more interruption in a structure that has to pass an impact test at every opening. LS2 kept the shell closed and mounted on the surface instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOn noise\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWind noise is the specification manufacturers never quote, because it depends more on your bike than on their helmet. What the helmet controls is the seal at the neck roll, the gap under the chin bar and the vents. A chin curtain is fitted as standard, and it is the single most effective piece of quiet in the box — provided it stays in the helmet after you clean it. The 180-degree chin bar helps here: a modular bar parked on the crown sits in clean air and drums, while one lying flat behind the head does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it does not control is the airflow leaving your screen. If a helmet is loud on one motorcycle and quiet on another, the screen is usually the reason. Plugs cost a euro and do more than any shell shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e1600 grams on a flip-up\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1600 grams (±50). It is printed on the label inside the shell alongside the size and the ECE approval, so you can check it rather than take our word for it. Weight is the specification riders under-rate at the counter and over-rate at the end of a four-hour stint — a helmet is a mass on the end of a lever, and the lever is your neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin our LS2 range only the carbon Advant X undercuts it among the flip-ups, by 50 grams. Every lighter helmet we list is a full-face, and each of them achieves it by not having a chin bar that moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCarbon or composite? A straight answer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposite or carbon? Both exist, both are Advant X, and the honest summary is short. This helmet: HPFC composite, 1600 g, from 399 €, four SHARP stars from a July 2024 test. The Advant X Carbon: carbon 6K shell and chin bar, 1550 g, from 469 €, X-Static silver liner, no rating of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdentical between them: the 180-degree chin bar, the ECE 22.06 P\/J dual homologation, the Twin Visor System with a tinted second visor and Pinlock 120 XLT supplied, multi-density EPS, the emergency release, the micrometric metal buckle, two shell sizes across XS–3XL, and the same replacement parts for everything except the shell-coloured panels. Choose on weight and finish, or choose on the test result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it sits in our LS2 range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo flip-ups and three full-face models frame this helmet in our LS2 line-up. Read the table for what the folding chin bar costs against a comparable composite full-face, and what the carbon Advant X costs above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eModel\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eShell\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eRRP\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFF818 Storm III\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull-face\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKPA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1600 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003efrom 199 €\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFF811 Vector II\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull-face\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHPFC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1500 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003efrom 259 €\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFF817 Challenger II\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull-face\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHPFC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1500 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003efrom 329 €\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"is-this\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFF901 Advant X\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlip-up (P\/J)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHPFC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1600 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003efrom 399 €\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFF901 Advant X Carbon\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlip-up (P\/J)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCarbon 6K\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1550 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003efrom 469 €\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhen something wears out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing before you buy rather than after: everything on this helmet that wears out can be replaced individually. Liners in all seven sizes cheek pads, six replacement visors from clear through to iridium gold, the tinted sun visor and its mechanism, complete replacement chin bars in every colourway, chin, top and rear vents in matching finishes, ratchet plates, pins and the chin curtain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is the part that decides how long the helmet stays honest. Sweat and hair oils break down the foam, the fit loosens, and riders conclude the helmet is finished when the shell is untouched. The full parts list is in the FF901 Advant X Kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLS2 FF901 Advant X helmet — Solid White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying backpack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTinted visor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePinlock® 120 MaxVision™ XLT anti-fog insert (DKS433)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflective stickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eModel\u003c\/em\u003e — LS2 FF901 Advant X\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePart number\u003c\/em\u003e — 569011002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eColour\u003c\/em\u003e — Solid White — Solid white, gloss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHomologation\u003c\/em\u003e — ECE 22.06, dual P\/J (protective and jet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSafety rating\u003c\/em\u003e — SHARP 4 of 5 stars (tested July 2024, ECE 22.06)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHelmet type\u003c\/em\u003e — Flip-up \/ modular, chin bar rotating 180° to the rear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eShell\u003c\/em\u003e — HPFC fibre composite, two shell sizes (XS–L \/ XL–3XL)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWeight\u003c\/em\u003e — 1600 g (±50 g)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSizes\u003c\/em\u003e — XS to 3XL (seven sizes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAnti-fog\u003c\/em\u003e — Pinlock® 120 MaxVision™ XLT (DKS433) supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVisor\u003c\/em\u003e — Twin Visor System, scratch-resistant, UV-stable, quick-release; tinted second visor supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSun visor\u003c\/em\u003e — integrated, tinted, drop-down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eImpact liner\u003c\/em\u003e — multi-density EPS with moulded ventilation channels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRetention\u003c\/em\u003e — micrometric metal buckle, reinforced chin strap, emergency release system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVentilation\u003c\/em\u003e — chin intake, top intake, rear exhaust port, breath deflector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLiner\u003c\/em\u003e — laser-cut foam, hypoallergenic, breathable, removable and washable (no antibacterial treatment specified)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIntercom\u003c\/em\u003e — prepared for the LS2 intercom — adhesive mount only, no clamp slot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LS2","offers":[{"title":"XS \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361260810,"sku":"569011002_XS","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"S \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361293578,"sku":"569011002_S","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"M \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361326346,"sku":"569011002_M","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"L \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361359114,"sku":"569011002_L","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361391882,"sku":"569011002_XL","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361424650,"sku":"569011002_XXL","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXXL \/ Solid – Gloss White","offer_id":53577361457418,"sku":"569011002_XXXL","price":2172.99,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/5690110022.png?v=1787904477","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-gl\/products\/ls2-ff901-advant-x-solid-white-helmet","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}