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The Helmet Rankings

11 disciplines · 175 ranked helmets · one method

We score every helmet in the shop out of 100 — but never against each other across disciplines. A race lid and a touring lid are not judged by the same yardstick, so each kind of riding gets its own list.

792helmets assessed 85points per matrix 10scored areas 2026-09-27last recalculated
11 separate rankings

Where do you ride?

Each discipline weights the ten scored areas differently — quietness is worth eleven points on tour and five on track, so the same helmet finishes in a different place in each list.

24 ranked Racing 1X-SPR PRO FIM90 30 ranked Sport 1X-SPR PRO FIM 290 41 ranked Street 1K6 S83 25 ranked Touring 1FF901 Advant X77 11 ranked Adventure 1X.RALLY Matrix281 15 ranked Urban 1Glamster0666 10 ranked Scooter 1Viale SV S61 6 ranked Café Racer 1Le Mans 2 SV S66 2 ranked Motocross 1VFX-WR 0680 10 ranked Enduro 1VFX-WR 0686 1 ranked Trail 1District SV S60

Best adventure helmets

Tarmac and gravel in one helmet — peak, goggles and airflow at every speed.

11 of 11 helmets
#Helmet Score Homologation Weight Coverage From
1 Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 8 colourways 81 ECE 22.06 1475 g 99 % €399,99
2 MT-Helmets Track SV MT-Helmets Track SV MT-Helmets · adventure · 9 colourways 80 ECE 22.06 1600 g 95 % €135,96
3 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 78 ECE 22.06 1350 g 99 % €559,99
4 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon FIM 2 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon FIM 2 Nexx · adventure · 1 colourways 75 ECE 22.06 + FIM 1350 g 99 % €719,99
5 Nexx Y.TRAVL Nexx Y.TRAVL Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 74 ECE 22.06 1805 g 95 % €199,99
6 Nexx X.WED3 Matrix2 Nexx X.WED3 Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 6 colourways 69 ECE 22.06 1790 g 95 % €367,99
7 Nexx X.WED3 Carbon Nexx X.WED3 Carbon Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 67 ECE 22.06 1725 g 95 % €543,99
8 Shoei Hornet ADV06 Shoei Hornet ADV06 Shoei · adventure · 10 colourways 66 ECE 22.06 1632 g 95 % €599
9 MT-Helmets District SV S MT-Helmets District SV S MT-Helmets · jet · 4 colourways 64 ECE 22.06 1200 g 91 % €89,21
10 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Matrix2 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 5 colourways 63 ECE 22.06 1800 g 93 % €479,99
11 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Carbon Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Carbon Nexx · adventure · 5 colourways 62 ECE 22.06 1650 g 95 % €599,99

Prices are the lowest current price across the colourways of that model, so a replica livery may cost more. Scores are only comparable inside one discipline. Recalculated 2026-09-27.

Standouts

Helmets that win something else

Position one is not the only way to be interesting. These come out of the same list, each measured on one thing.

MT-Helmets District SV S Lightest in this list 1200 g MT-Helmets District SV S P9 · score 64 · €89,21 Measured, not estimated — helmets without a published weight are not eligible.
MT-Helmets Track SV Most score per euro 58.8 pts/100 MT-Helmets Track SV P2 · score 80 · €135,96 The score divided by the price. Cheap and good, not simply cheap.
Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Most ways to have it 12 colourways Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only P3 · score 78 · €559,99 Same shell, same score — the finish is the only thing that changes.
Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 Best documented 99 % coverage Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 P1 · score 81 · €399,99 How much of the 85-point matrix rests on published facts rather than gaps.
The method

How the score is built

Ten areas, 85 points on the table, the result expressed out of 100. Every discipline shuffles the same fourteen possible areas into its own ten and weights them for the riding it describes — which is why the same helmet lands in a different place in each list.

  • An untested helmet is never punished.Where a fact could not be verified, that area is removed from the total instead of scored zero. The coverage figure in the table tells you how much was left standing.
  • What a maker would advertise counts as absent when nobody mentions it.FIM homologation, a rotational-impact system, a sun visor — silence on those is a no, not a shrug. Measured values like weight or an independent crash rating stay unknown without penalty.
  • Nothing is compared across disciplines.A 79 on tour and a 79 on track are two different sentences.
The 85 points, split ten ways
Homologation 9
Safety kit 9
Offroad kit 11
Ventilation 10
Noise 7
Interior 8
Usability 7
Weight 6
Character 8
Value 10
Total85
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The other rankings

24 ranked Racing 1X-SPR PRO FIM90 30 ranked Sport 1X-SPR PRO FIM 290 41 ranked Street 1K6 S83 25 ranked Touring 1FF901 Advant X77 15 ranked Urban 1Glamster0666 10 ranked Scooter 1Viale SV S61 6 ranked Café Racer 1Le Mans 2 SV S66 2 ranked Motocross 1VFX-WR 0680 10 ranked Enduro 1VFX-WR 0686 1 ranked Trail 1District SV S60

We publish the working, not just the number.

Every helmet in this list is one we sell, scored on the same ten areas and recalculated on 2026-09-27. Open any of them to see which criteria earned which points — and which ones we could not answer.

— the Inter-Pace crew