Titanium grey with camel is the quietest Groovy and the one that reads most like a considered object rather than a period costume. Grey and tan is the least demanding colour pairing on this shelf.

A Sixties silhouette on a 2026 shell

🔵 The detail that makes this helmet read as old is the absence of things: no external vent sliders, no spoiler, no adjusters, no visor mechanism on the shell. A jet from 1965 had none of those, and neither does this.

What it has instead is a six-layer X-Matrix2 shell in three sizes and a current European approval.

About the Groovy Titanium Camel finish

Grey does the same job here that it does everywhere else on a helmet — it sits at the value where city road film and dust show least, and it is meaningfully more visible in flat light than black — but the camel trim is what stops it reading as anonymous. That combination suits a helmet worn daily with ordinary clothing rather than with a riding suit, which is what most X.G30 owners are actually doing. 🔵 The trim is the part that shows wear first on any trimmed version. On a daily helmet, expect the camel to darken with skin contact within a season or two.

Six layers, three shells

Three outer shell sizes on a jet matters more than on a full-face, because an open-face is read as a shape on your head with no chin bar to disguise the proportions. XS–M, L and XL–XXL each get their own shell.

The material is six-layer X-Matrix2 multi-composite at 1320 g ±50.

What an open-face helmet does and does not do

The honest paragraph. This helmet protects the skull; it does not protect the face. No certification changes what is physically absent, and no amount of shell engineering compensates for a missing chin bar.

🔵 If chin coverage matters to you, buy a full-face. We would rather say that than sell you the wrong helmet because the styling appealed.

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

The sun visor is operated by a fine grip on the edge of the lens rather than a shell-mounted slider — a deliberate choice that keeps the dome uninterrupted, which is the whole point of a retro shell.

🔵 It also means you reach across your field of view to deploy it. Practise once before doing it in traffic. And note the shield is dark, not clear.

Interior, X-Mart Dry and the Ergo Padding System

Anti-allergic treatment on the liner is not marketing on a helmet worn daily. A liner that has absorbed sweat for two summers is where skin irritation starts, and the treatment slows that considerably.

🔵 All of it comes out by hand for washing, including the chin-strap covers.

The double-D ring

The choice of a double-D over a micrometric ratchet is deliberate rather than nostalgic. A ratchet is quicker and workable in gloves, which is why Nexx uses one on its touring helmets; a double-D has nothing to wear out, which is why it is on every helmet in the X.Garage line.

🔵 On a helmet you take on and off ten times a day, the ratchet's convenience is real. This is the other trade.

1320 grams, and the rest of the honest list

An open-face is loud at speed and there is no engineering fix for it — turbulence reaches your ears directly, and this helmet has no visor sealing the front unless you buy one.

🔵 Below about 60 km/h that barely matters. On a fast road it does, and earplugs are worth having.

Where it sits in Nexx's range

Within the X.G30 range the price ladder is almost entirely paint. The Purist at 159 € and the trimmed Groovy and Svelto versions at 231 € share the same shell, the same three sizes, the same shield and the same double-D ring.

🔵 Only the Noiré Carbon changes the specification — a lighter shell at 1220 g.

Accessories and spare parts

Complete replacement linings in camel-black and black mean the trim colour is changeable rather than fixed. That is unusual and genuinely useful on a helmet whose appearance depends so heavily on the edging around the face opening.

🔵 It also means a worn interior is a part rather than a reason to replace the helmet.

In the box

• Nexx X.G30 helmet — Groovy Titanium 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 — 01G3008428116
• Colour — Groovy Titanium Camel — Titanium grey 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