Inter-Pace Magazine · The Rating

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 touring helmets

Long days in the saddle — quietness and padding matter more here than anything else.

25 of 25 helmets
#Helmet Score Homologation Weight Coverage From
1 LS2 FF901 Advant X LS2 FF901 Advant X LS2 · modular · 16 colourways 77 ECE 22.06 1600 g 88 % €339,15
2 LS2 FF901 Advant X Carbon LS2 FF901 Advant X Carbon LS2 · modular · 6 colourways 76 ECE 22.06 1550 g 88 % €398,65
3 LS2 FF902 Scope II LS2 FF902 Scope II LS2 · modular · 9 colourways 72 ECE 22.06 1750 g 94 % €152,15
4 Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 Nexx X.RALLY Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 8 colourways 72 ECE 22.06 1475 g 98 % €399,99
5 Shoei Neotec 3 Shoei Neotec 3 Shoei · modular · 16 colourways 72 ECE 22.06 1715 g 96 % €669
6 Shoei GT-Air3 Shoei GT-Air3 Shoei · full face · 13 colourways 71 ECE 22.06 1700 g 96 % €599
7 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 70 ECE 22.06 1350 g 98 % €559,99
8 Nexx Y.TRAVL Nexx Y.TRAVL Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 70 ECE 22.06 1805 g 98 % €199,99
exp.9 LS2 FF906 Advant LS2 FF906 Advant LS2 · modular · 3 colourways exp. 69 ECE 22.06 1750 g 74 % €254,15
10 MT-Helmets Atom 2 SV MT-Helmets Atom 2 SV MT-Helmets · modular · 12 colourways 69 ECE 22.06 1700 g 93 % €152,96
11 MT-Helmets Genesis R SV MT-Helmets Genesis R SV MT-Helmets · modular · 12 colourways 69 ECE 22.06 1650 g 96 % €114,71
12 Shoei GT-Air3 SMART Shoei GT-Air3 SMART Shoei · full face · 3 colourways 69 ECE 22.06 1775 g 96 % €649
13 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon FIM 2 Nexx X.RALLY Carbon FIM 2 Nexx · adventure · 1 colourways 67 ECE 22.06 + FIM 1350 g 98 % €719,99
exp.14 LS2 FF908 Strobe II LS2 FF908 Strobe II LS2 · modular · 12 colourways exp. 66 ECE 22.06 1700 g 74 % €118,15
15 MT-Helmets Cosmo SV MT-Helmets Cosmo SV MT-Helmets · jet · 13 colourways 66 ECE 22.06 1500 g 93 % €106,21
16 Shoei Hornet ADV06 Shoei Hornet ADV06 Shoei · adventure · 10 colourways 66 ECE 22.06 1632 g 100 % €599
17 Nexx X.TR Matrix Nexx X.TR Matrix Nexx · full face · 6 colourways 65 ECE 22.06 1657 g 98 % €367,99
18 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Carbon Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Carbon Nexx · adventure · 5 colourways 64 ECE 22.06 1650 g 98 % €599,99
19 Nexx X.LIFETOUR Carbon Nexx X.LIFETOUR Carbon Nexx · modular · 5 colourways 63 ECE 22.06 1750 g 98 % €519,99
20 Nexx X.LIFETOUR Matrix Nexx X.LIFETOUR Matrix Nexx · modular · 6 colourways 63 ECE 22.06 1860 g 98 % €399,99
21 Nexx X.TR Carbon Nexx X.TR Carbon Nexx · full face · 6 colourways 63 ECE 22.06 1700 g 98 % €503,99
22 Nexx X.WED3 Matrix2 Nexx X.WED3 Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 6 colourways 60 ECE 22.06 1790 g 98 % €367,99
23 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Matrix2 Nexx X.LIFECOUNTRY Matrix2 Nexx · adventure · 5 colourways 59 ECE 22.06 1800 g 91 % €479,99
24 Nexx X.WED3 Carbon Nexx X.WED3 Carbon Nexx · adventure · 12 colourways 57 ECE 22.06 1725 g 98 % €543,99
25 Shoei J-Cruise 3 Shoei J-Cruise 3 Shoei · jet · 13 colourways 54 ECE 22.06 1400 g 100 % €549

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.

Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only Lightest in this list 1350 g Nexx X.RALLY Carbon ECE only P7 · score 70 · €559,99 Measured, not estimated — helmets without a published weight are not eligible.
MT-Helmets Cosmo SV Most score per euro 62.1 pts/100 MT-Helmets Cosmo SV P15 · score 66 · €106,21 The score divided by the price. Cheap and good, not simply cheap.
LS2 FF901 Advant X Most ways to have it 16 colourways LS2 FF901 Advant X P1 · score 77 · €339,15 Same shell, same score — the finish is the only thing that changes.
Shoei Hornet ADV06 Best documented 100 % coverage Shoei Hornet ADV06 P16 · score 66 · €599 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
Noise 11
Interior 11
Usability 10
Ventilation 8
Vision 8
Weight 5
Fit range 5
Value 9
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 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

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