Orange over grey is the most practical bright combination in the range. Orange is the colour the eye resolves fastest in flat light; grey is the value that absorbs the dirt a touring week produces.

Three SHARP stars — and the 50 % you should know about

The weight SHARP recorded is worth quoting alongside the stars: 1.8 kg, measured on the helmet they bought and tested — which matches the X-Matrix2 composite shell's specification rather than the carbon one.

🔵 The rating applies to the model. The example they tested weighed 1.8 kg, and the result was 3 stars.

About the Pro Mile Orange Grey graphic

This pairing solves the problem that bright touring helmets usually have. A fully orange shell is highly visible and looks filthy after one wet motorway run; a grey shell hides everything and is hard to spot in flat light. Splitting the two keeps both properties without either dominating. Orange is also resolved faster at distance than red, which on unfamiliar roads among drivers not expecting motorcycles is the argument that matters. 🔵 Bright pigments fade fastest under sustained UV — storage out of direct sun does more for the finish than any polish.

P/J homologation and the Super Locker chin bar

Open at the lights, closed for the miles — that is the flip-up proposition, and it is why touring riders keep coming back to the format despite the weight penalty over a fixed full-face.

🔵 The X.LIFETOUR is ECE 22-06 P/J, so both positions are certified. Closure components are stainless steel and special aluminium.

The X-PRO Carbon 3K shell

3K describes the carbon tow — three thousand filaments per bundle — and it is the weave that produces the familiar chequerboard pattern. On the exposed-weave Zero Pro you are looking at it directly.

The shell is quoted at 1750 g, 50 g under the X-Matrix2 composite, in two outer shell sizes.

96 decibels — the Silent Travel Seal

A double rubber seal is a small engineering decision with a disproportionate effect. A single seal leaks as it ages and compresses; a double one keeps a second line of contact, which is why the Silent Travel Seal holds its performance rather than degrading over a few seasons.

🔵 Measured: 96 dB average at 130 km/h, noise scored 5/5.

X-Sensus Vision, X-SWIFT and two visors

Three optical layers on this helmet: the outer visor with its fitted Pinlock 70 MaxVision lens, and the drop-down internal sun visor behind them. Rain, fog and glare are all covered without changing anything at the roadside.

🔵 A second clear visor is supplied on top of that.

Two closable intakes and two air chambers

🔵 A caution about vent counts. Two intakes sounds thin, and on Nexx's other helmets a similar count has measured anywhere from 1/5 to 5/5 depending on the internal path. Count is not the specification that matters.

What the X.LIFETOUR has is a patent-pending inter-EPS chamber, an alveolar crown chamber, and intakes that close.

Morpho-Fit interior and F.R.S.

🔵 Fit is the specification that matters most and the one no description settles for you. A loose helmet moves under braking and rotates in a crash; a tight one produces a headache at forty minutes.

Try it on and keep it on for ten minutes. Two outer shell sizes cover XS to XXXL, so check the size at the boundary carefully.

1750 claimed, 1860 measured

Carbon buys only 50 g on this helmet against the composite shell, because a flip-up's mass is dominated by the hinge, the seal and the chin-bar reinforcement rather than by the shell.

🔵 And the measured figure — 1860 g in size M — sits above both published numbers. Whether the carbon is worth the extra money is a fair question.

Where it sits in Nexx's range

Buying the plain version rather than a graphic saves money and changes nothing else — same shell, same seals, same visor system, same SHARP-rated construction.

🔵 The carbon versions change the shell and save 50 g on paper, at a higher price than the Globe graphics.

Comms, cameras and spare parts

Helmets are consumables with a long life rather than permanent objects. Nexx, 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.

🔵 On a flip-up, also check the pivot and the seals annually; a seized hinge ends the helmet as surely as a crushed liner.

In the box

• Nexx X.LIFETOUR helmet — Pro Mile Orange Grey (X-PRO Carbon 3K shell)
• Clear visor with Pinlock® 70 MaxVision anti-fog lens fitted
• Second clear visor
• Removable wind deflector and breath guard, fitted
• 🔵 No X-COM3 comms system and no action camera — the helmet is built for both; both are separate purchases

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Nexx X.LIFETOUR
• Part number — 01XLT23479216
• Colour — Pro Mile Orange Grey — Pro Mile graphic on carbon 3K, orange / grey
• Homologation — ECE 22-06 P/J — legal open or closed · DOT FMVSS 218 · CCC GB811:2022 · NBR7471:2015
• Safety rating — SHARP 3 of 5 stars — tested April 2026, ECE 22.06, measured at 1.8 kg. The only Nexx helmet with a SHARP rating
• 🔴 Face guard — fully locked in 50 % of SHARP's impacts. The P/J homologation means the helmet is certified with the chin bar open, which limits but does not eliminate the consequence
• Helmet type — Modular / flip-up, touring
• Shell — X-PRO Carbon 3K; two outer shell sizes (XS–XXXL)
• Weight — 1750 g claimed — 🔴 independently weighed at 1860 g in size M; SHARP's example measured 1.8 kg
• Sizes — XS to XXXL (seven sizes)
• Noise, measured — 96 dB average at 130 km/h, scored 5/5 — class-leading for a flip-up
• Acoustics — Silent Travel Seal (double rubber seal around visor and chin closure), chin vortex generators, anti-noise cheek pads and neck roll
• Chin bar — Super Locker pivot; easy-access release with a safety mechanism against accidental opening; closure components in stainless steel and special aluminium
• Eye port — X-Sensus Vision — 15 % larger than the standard requires
• Visor — X-SWIFT tool-free quick release
• Supplied optics — Pinlock® 70 MaxVision lens fitted, plus a second clear visor
• Sun visor — internal drop-down
• Ventilation — two closable intakes / two exhausts, plus the patent-pending Mid Airflow Chamber and the Air Cumbs crown chamber
• Interior — Morpho-Fit — 3D-shaped, seamless X-Mart Dry liner (dries ~2× faster than cotton) with multi-channel ventilation
• Emergency release — F.R.S.® — cheek pads release tool-free
• Retention — metal micrometric ratchet buckle
• Communication — X-COM3 ready, Bluetooth 5 — sold separately
• Camera — two action-camera mounts (top and side) — camera sold separately
• Also supplied — removable wind deflector and breath guard; moulded night-vision reflectors
• Impact liner — EPS — crushes once and does not recover; replace the helmet after any real impact
• Head shape — intermediate oval
• Replacement guidance — after around five years of use regardless of condition, and immediately after any impact. On a flip-up, check the pivot and seals annually
• Serviceability — both visors, Pinlock lenses, cheek pads, Morpho-Fit liner, neck roll, chin-strap covers, wind deflector and breath guard all available separately

• 1x helmet (X-PRO Carbon, two shell sizes)
• 1x Pinlock 120 XLT MaxVision anti-fog lens (fitted)
• 1x clear visor + 1x second (Smoke 80%) visor
• Action-camera mounts (top + side); wind deflector / breath guard