Inkrider's Cameleon decor uses a genuine colour-shifting coating across a black shell — purple-to-blue graphic shapes that visibly change tone as the viewing angle changes, rather than a fixed colour printed once and left flat.

Confirmed, not guessed

Shark's spare-parts pages were checked directly for this line: a dedicated visor collection names the D-Skwal 3, shared with the Skwal Cup, Ridill 2 and Skwal i3.

Chin and crown, working together

Air enters low, through two chin intakes, and exits high, through two crown exhausts — four vents total, all glove-friendly. A long-distance press test rated the setup adequate to keep the visor clear under normal conditions, with real heat still calling for the visor's help.

Fastening under the chin

A micrometric buckle closes with a small plastic ratchet strip that clicks into a spring-loaded catch, adjustable tooth by tooth. It is a quicker, more precise alternative to threading a webbing strap through a metal D-ring, at a small weight saving too.

Practical touches, built in

An internal sun visor for glare, Sharktooth and SENA intercom compatibility without shell modification, and a tool-free quick-release main visor — the D-Skwal 3 covers all three without treating any of them as an optional extra.

A ladder with four rungs

This decor's price sits on a ladder with three other current Shark road helmets:

This decor comes at EUR 269.99.

All prices current as of this range. Nothing is claimed about the Ridill 2, Skwal Cup or Skwal i3's own shell, weight or visor — price is the only comparison drawn.

Certification that covers the whole setup

ECE 22.06 testing, which this helmet passes, is not done on a bare shell: the visor, the Pinlock insert and a mounted comms unit stay in place throughout. The standard itself covers eighteen impact points at multiple speeds (versus five at one speed under 22.05), an oblique-impact test against an abrasive anvil, and a rotational Brain Injury Criterion score. It has been mandatory in the EU since January 2024; the certificate carries no FIM suffix.

What earplugs are for, on this helmet

An independent 1,700-mile reviewer found this helmet pretty loud without earplugs and noted a whistle developing above roughly 25 mph with the visor cracked for airflow — a genuinely useful reason to keep a pair of earplugs in the tank bag.

Built to defog before it fogs

A Pinlock 70 insert, already fitted with adjustable tension, sits behind an Optical class 1, anti-scratch visor with a vortex generator and 3 mm to 2.2 mm variable thickness — Shark's VZ400 family, also used on the Skwal i3, Skwal i Cup, Skwal Cup and Ridill 2.

Sport styling with a commuter's specification

The shell shape reads as sport, sharp-lined and spoiler-equipped, but the specification underneath — closure, liner, visor, certification — is written for a helmet expected to be put on and taken off twice a day, in all weather, for years.

Weight that adds up over distance

Small weight differences compound across a long ride the way small aerodynamic differences do: barely noticeable at first, increasingly relevant with distance. The D-Skwal 3's 1,540 g applies to its smaller shell size (larger sizes on the bigger shell run a touch heavier), sitting within the roughly 1,250-1,800 g typical of road-legal full-face helmets.

A closer look at Inkrider, in Cameleon

Rather than a fixed colour graphic, this decor relies on a genuine colour-shifting coating: the purple-to-blue shapes streaking across the black shell visibly change tone depending on the angle they are viewed from and the light they catch, an effect that photographs differently indoors under warm artificial light than it does outdoors in direct sun. That colour-shift property is a real coating characteristic, not a marketing description — the same physical effect used on Shark's Venum decor elsewhere in this batch, applied here to a streaked, more abstract graphic rather than a scale pattern. It suits a rider who specifically wants that shifting, never-quite-the-same-twice visual effect over a flat, predictable colour, and who understands the look will vary with lighting conditions from one ride to the next rather than staying fixed.

Because the chameleon effect relies on a specialist coating, cleaning with anything abrasive risks dulling the colour-shift it is built around — a soft cloth is the safer choice here than on a flat-painted decor. Sizing and shell construction are unchanged from the rest of this line.

Because the chameleon effect is genuinely dependent on lighting conditions, a rider deciding on this decor from product photography alone should expect the in-person look to vary somewhat from any single reference image — an inherent property of the coating rather than an inconsistency in Shark's photography.

Where this helmet stops short

No MIPS rotational layer, no EQRS cheek-pad release, no tear-off posts, no factory IRID photochromic visor (AERON GP, AERON and RACE R PRO only). Certification is ECE 22.06, no FIM suffix. SHARP's 'Shark D-Skwal' entry belongs to the 2018 predecessor under the earlier 22.05 standard, not this D-Skwal 3.

The Inkrider gloss finish, in use

A gloss shell is what lets this decor's colour-shifting chameleon coating actually shift — the effect relies on light reflecting off the coating at different angles, which a matte surface would largely mute. Expect it to photograph differently indoors under warm light than outdoors in direct sun.

This Cameleon decor lists at EUR 269.99, matching its Inkrider siblings. The genuine colour-shifting coating adds no premium over a fixed-colour graphic at the same figure.

Six sizes, sensibly split

XS to XXL, six sizes total, built across two shell sizes so the extremes of the range are not compromises of a single-shell design. Inside, the liner is removable and washable, and the cheek pads leave room for glasses.

Whatever graphic sits on top, decor HE0937KXA's underlying weight, shell count and closure hardware match the rest of the D-Skwal 3 line exactly. Decor HE0937KXA's six sizes, XS through XXL, follow the same size chart as the rest of the D-Skwal 3 range, so a rider's usual Shark size carries over directly. Decor HE0937KXA ships from the same Portuguese production line as the rest of the D-Skwal 3 range, with no separate sourcing for this particular graphic. Decor HE0937KXA carries the same HS commodity code and shipping weight classification as the rest of the D-Skwal 3 range for customs purposes. At EUR 269.99, decor HE0937KXA sits inside the D-Skwal 3 line's own EUR 219.99 to EUR 309.99 span described in the price-ladder section above. The removable, washable liner fitted to decor HE0937KXA is the same part used across the rest of the D-Skwal 3 range, not a decor-specific variant. Article HE0937KXA carries its own EAN barcode per size, so the exact size ordered under this code is the exact size that ships. Shark ships decor HE0937KXA with the outer visor already fitted, ready to ride rather than needing to be fitted by the buyer first.