{"product_id":"ls2-ff901-advant-x-spectrum-black-titanium-blue-helmet","title":"LS2 FF901 Advant X Spectrum Black Titanium Blue – Flip-Up Touring Helmet ECE 22.06 P\/J","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same longitudinal Spectrum bands, this time over a gloss metallic titanium base with bright blue running through them and a lighter blue picking out the details. Where the white version is graphic, this one is metallic — the base coat has flake in it and changes with the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFour stars from SHARP — and this is the helmet they tested\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost helmets on sale have never been independently tested at all. ECE 22.06 is a pass\/fail certification — a helmet either meets the threshold or it is not legal — and it tells you nothing about how far above that threshold a given lid sits. SHARP exists to answer that question, and it has answered it for this helmet: \u003cstrong\u003efour stars out of five\u003c\/strong\u003e, July 2024, tested against ECE 22.06.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe detail matters. Five out of five in all five zones at 6.0 and 7.5 m\/s. At 8.5 m\/s, five at crown, front and rear; three at left and right. Chin bar fully locked in 63 % of impacts. SHARP logged the shell as composite fibre and the mass as 1.6 kg — HPFC, 1600 g, this helmet. We do not transfer that result to the carbon version, and neither should anyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Spectrum Black Titanium Blue finish\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA metallic base changes the whole character of the pattern. Gloss titanium is not a flat grey: it carries metallic flake, so it goes from near-black in shadow to a bright pewter in sun, and the blue bands appear to sit on top of a surface that is itself moving. Two blues are used — a saturated mid-blue for the main bands and a lighter, cooler blue for the fine details around the chin bar and the lower flank — which is what stops the graphic collapsing into a single stripe at distance. Practically it is one of the most forgiving finishes here: a metallic grey base hides road film and light scuffing far better than a plain colour, and the gloss coat cleans in one pass. It is also the most conventionally handsome option in the range — the one to choose if you want the helmet to look expensive rather than to look fast, and it sits particularly well on a machine with anodised or raw-metal detailing.\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\u003eThe shell is HPFC — LS2's high-performance fibre composite, hand-laid rather than injection-moulded. In the LS2 hierarchy it sits above the KPA and HPTT thermoplastics used on the entry-level models and below the carbon 6K of the Advant X Carbon, and it is the material LS2 uses on its touring full-face helmets too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a composite gives you is stiffness per gram and, more usefully on a modular helmet, the ability to reinforce specific regions. The Advant X shell is interrupted in three places — pivot, latch and sun-visor housing — and every one of those interruptions has to survive the standard. Fibre laid around them is how that is done.\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\u003eTake the interior out — it all comes out — and the construction is visible: laser-cut foam under a breathable, hypoallergenic fabric, held in with press studs and tongues rather than glue. Everything is machine-washable, which on a helmet ridden through summer is not optional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn honest note on the specification. The Advant X Carbon's liner carries an X-Static silver antibacterial finish; this composite version's does not, and LS2 does not claim it. What that changes in practice is how quickly the interior starts to smell if it is never washed. What it does not change is the fit, the safety rating or the fact that the whole set is a replaceable part.\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, measured the way the industry measures: a mid-size shell with nothing fitted to it. Read that against other flip-ups rather than against full-face helmets. A modular helmet carries a hinge, a latch, an internal sun visor with its housing, and a chin bar stiff enough to be certified as protective — the premium P\/J touring flip-ups riders cross-shop this against generally sit between 1650 and 1800 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConvert it into load and it stops being abstract. A head weighs about five kilograms; this adds roughly a third again, and every expansion joint on the motorway multiplies the total through your neck. If 50 grams matters to you, the Advant X Carbon is 1550 g — and 70 euros more.\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 — Spectrum Black Titanium Blue\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 — 569012108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eColour\u003c\/em\u003e — Spectrum Black Titanium Blue — Spectrum graphic, gloss titanium with blue\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 \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363751178,"sku":"569012108_XS","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363783946,"sku":"569012108_S","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363816714,"sku":"569012108_M","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363849482,"sku":"569012108_L","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363882250,"sku":"569012108_XL","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363915018,"sku":"569012108_XXL","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXXL \/ Spectrum – Gloss Titanium\/Blue","offer_id":53577363947786,"sku":"569012108_XXXL","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/569012108_01.png?v=1787897971","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-sa\/products\/ls2-ff901-advant-x-spectrum-black-titanium-blue-helmet","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}