Black with gold is the other Lagoon and the more classical of the two. It is also the closest this helmet gets to the paint schemes of the era it references, where gold leaf on a dark shell was the mark of a properly finished helmet.

A Sixties silhouette on a 2026 shell

🔵 „Retro" on a helmet usually means the outside only. Here it also means what has been left out: no intercom provision, no Pinlock, no external vent hardware and no clear visor in the box.

Those absences are the design rather than an economy, and they are all covered honestly further down this page.

About the Lagoon Black Gold finish

Gold against black is the one accent pairing with a value gap wide enough to create real contrast without introducing a competing hue — which is why it has been used on helmets, tanks and instrument faces for a century. On the X.G30's unbroken dome the gold traces the shape rather than filling it, so the silhouette stays the subject. Practically, the black ground hides road film well and the gold detailing is the part that shows wear. 🔵 Conspicuity is low, as with every dark version here, on a helmet used mostly in town where it matters most.

Six layers, three shells

What you are buying structurally: a six-layer X-Matrix2 multi-composite shell in three outer sizes, a polystyrene impact liner, four market homologations and a double-D ring — all built at Nexx's own factory in Portugal.

Claimed weight is 1320 g ±50.

What an open-face helmet does and does not do

If you have only worn full-face helmets, the first ride in a jet is a genuine surprise: the periphery opens up, the sound changes, and the helmet stops feeling like something you are inside.

🔵 The second thing to understand is what it costs — no chin bar, no jaw protection, and a category that makes no provision for either.

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

🔵 Before you buy, settle the eyewear question. The X.G30 supplies a peak and a dark drop-down shield, and nothing clear. If you ride only in daylight that is a complete solution; if you ride home in the dark it is not.

A clear external visor is available separately, as are five tinted alternatives.

Interior, X-Mart Dry and the Ergo Padding System

The „Luxurious Cushion" description is Nexx's, and the part worth taking seriously is the material rather than the phrase. X-Mart Dry gives a soft touch, transports moisture roughly twice as fast as cotton and insulates when the temperature drops.

🔵 It is fully removable and washable, and replacement linings come in two trim colours.

The double-D ring

Nothing on the outside of this helmet is adjustable, and the strap is no exception: it is set by how hard you pull it rather than by a mechanism. That is consistent with the rest of the design, which removes hardware rather than adding it.

🔵 Chin-strap covers are removable and washable.

1320 grams, and the rest of the honest list

The complete honest list, in one place: no chin bar, no intercom provision, no Pinlock, no clear visor supplied, no independent rating, loud above city speeds, and cold in winter.

Against that: 1320 g ±50, a six-layer composite shell in three sizes, four market approvals, a double-D ring and an accessory range nothing else in the category matches.

Where it sits in Nexx's range

At 159 € the Purist is the least expensive way into a six-layer composite shell with three shell sizes, and the specification does not read like an entry-level helmet — four market approvals, an integrated shield, a peak and a double-D ring.

🔵 The compromises are the ones the whole range shares: no comms, no Pinlock, no clear visor.

Accessories and spare parts

The serviceable parts list on this helmet is longer than most jets': external visors in six finishes, the integrated dark sun visor, complete linings in two colours, peaks, chin-strap covers and the Ergo Padding System.

🔵 Between them they cover everything except the shell and the EPS — neither of which is replaceable after an impact.

In the box

• Nexx X.G30 helmet — Lagoon Black Gold (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 — 01G3001432030
• Colour — Lagoon Black Gold — Black with gold detailing
• 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