This is the most visible X.LIFETOUR in the range: fluorescent yellow on the carbon shell, worked against grey. On a touring helmet ridden long distances in mixed weather, that is a specification rather than a preference.

Three SHARP stars — and the 50 % you should know about

🔵 If you are cross-shopping flip-up touring helmets, the two numbers that matter are the star rating and the face-guard lock percentage. The X.LIFETOUR's are 3 stars and 50 %.

Both are from SHARP's April 2026 test, and both are on this page because you should have them before deciding rather than afterwards.

About the Pro Mile Neon Grey graphic

Fluorescent pigments convert ultraviolet into visible light, which is why they appear to glow rather than merely to be bright — and why they keep working in exactly the conditions where ordinary colours fail: overcast, dusk, rain, and the flat grey of a European motorway in winter. Touring means more of those conditions than commuting does. Against a grey ground it stays legible without the helmet looking like workwear. 🔵 The trade is durability: fluorescent fades faster than any other pigment under sustained sun, and no care regime stops it entirely.

P/J homologation and the Super Locker chin bar

🔵 A flip-up carries roughly 150–250 g more than a fixed full-face of the same class, all of it in the hinge, the seal and the reinforcement around them. That is the cost of the convenience, and it is unavoidable.

What you get for it: legal open riding under P/J homologation, and a Super Locker pivot in stainless steel and aluminium.

The X-PRO Carbon 3K shell

Four market homologations apply to both shells: ECE 22-06 P/J, DOT FMVSS 218, CCC GB811:2022 and NBR7471:2015. Carbon is a weight decision rather than a certification one.

🔵 The SHARP 3-star rating is recorded for the X.LIFETOUR model, on an example weighing 1.8 kg.

96 decibels — the Silent Travel Seal

🔵 Do not compare decibel figures across publications. Method, speed, motorcycle and screen all change the number, and there is no standard for helmet noise testing.

The X.LIFETOUR's 96 dB and 5/5 score come from one independent road test — where it placed ahead of every other Nexx helmet the same reviewer measured, several of which sat at 102–103 dB.

X-Sensus Vision, X-SWIFT and two visors

🔵 A note on tinted visors and the law. Fixed dark visors are not road-legal at night or in poor visibility in most European countries, and the rules differ between them. On this helmet the question largely disappears — the internal sun visor drops behind a clear outer visor and retracts instantly.

Both supplied visors are clear, and one carries a Pinlock 70 MaxVision lens.

Two closable intakes and two air chambers

The intakes are integrated into the shell's shaping rather than bolted on, which keeps the profile smooth — and a smooth profile is part of why this helmet measured 96 dB rather than 103.

🔵 Both close completely. Two rear exhausts and the Mid Airflow Chamber move the air through.

Morpho-Fit interior and F.R.S.

Everything that touches skin comes out: cheek pads through the F.R.S. mechanism, the Morpho-Fit crown liner, the neck roll and the chin-strap covers. All of it is X-Mart Dry — seamless, 3D-shaped and fast-drying.

🔵 Retention is a metal micrometric ratchet with stainless steel and aluminium components throughout.

1750 claimed, 1860 measured

🔵 The full honest list. Heavy: 1860 g measured against a 1750 g claim. A 3-star SHARP rating rather than a higher one. The face guard fully locked in only 50 % of SHARP's impacts. Two outer shell sizes rather than three.

Against that: 96 dB measured and a 5/5 noise score, P/J homologation, four market approvals, two visors and a fitted Pinlock lens.

Where it sits in Nexx's range

🔵 If your riding includes unpaved surfaces, look at the X.LIFECOUNTRY instead — same platform, plus a removable adjustable peak with a screwless extensor.

It is heavier and noisier for it. For pure road touring, the X.LIFETOUR is the better tool and the quieter one.

Comms, cameras and spare parts

The serviceable parts list on this helmet is long: both visors, Pinlock 70 lenses, cheek pads, the Morpho-Fit liner, neck roll, chin-strap covers, wind deflector, breath guard and the internal sun visor.

🔵 Between them they cover everything except the shell, the EPS and the chin-bar mechanism.

In the box

• Nexx X.LIFETOUR helmet — Pro Mile Neon Grey (X-PRO Carbon 3K shell)
• Clear visor with Pinlock® 70 MaxVision anti-fog lens fitted
• Second clear visor
• Removable wind deflector and breath guard, fitted
• 🔵 No X-COM3 comms system and no action camera — the helmet is built for both; both are separate purchases

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Nexx X.LIFETOUR
• Part number — 01XLT23479869
• Colour — Pro Mile Neon Grey — Pro Mile graphic on carbon 3K, neon yellow / grey
• Homologation — ECE 22-06 P/J — legal open or closed · DOT FMVSS 218 · CCC GB811:2022 · NBR7471:2015
• Safety rating — SHARP 3 of 5 stars — tested April 2026, ECE 22.06, measured at 1.8 kg. The only Nexx helmet with a SHARP rating
• 🔴 Face guard — fully locked in 50 % of SHARP's impacts. The P/J homologation means the helmet is certified with the chin bar open, which limits but does not eliminate the consequence
• Helmet type — Modular / flip-up, touring
• Shell — X-PRO Carbon 3K; two outer shell sizes (XS–XXXL)
• Weight — 1750 g claimed — 🔴 independently weighed at 1860 g in size M; SHARP's example measured 1.8 kg
• Sizes — XS to XXXL (seven sizes)
• Noise, measured — 96 dB average at 130 km/h, scored 5/5 — class-leading for a flip-up
• Acoustics — Silent Travel Seal (double rubber seal around visor and chin closure), chin vortex generators, anti-noise cheek pads and neck roll
• Chin bar — Super Locker pivot; easy-access release with a safety mechanism against accidental opening; closure components in stainless steel and special aluminium
• Eye port — X-Sensus Vision — 15 % larger than the standard requires
• Visor — X-SWIFT tool-free quick release
• Supplied optics — Pinlock® 70 MaxVision lens fitted, plus a second clear visor
• Sun visor — internal drop-down
• Ventilation — two closable intakes / two exhausts, plus the patent-pending Mid Airflow Chamber and the Air Cumbs crown chamber
• Interior — Morpho-Fit — 3D-shaped, seamless X-Mart Dry liner (dries ~2× faster than cotton) with multi-channel ventilation
• Emergency release — F.R.S.® — cheek pads release tool-free
• Retention — metal micrometric ratchet buckle
• Communication — X-COM3 ready, Bluetooth 5 — sold separately
• Camera — two action-camera mounts (top and side) — camera sold separately
• Also supplied — removable wind deflector and breath guard; moulded night-vision reflectors
• Impact liner — EPS — crushes once and does not recover; replace the helmet after any real impact
• Head shape — intermediate oval
• Replacement guidance — after around five years of use regardless of condition, and immediately after any impact. On a flip-up, check the pivot and seals annually
• Serviceability — both visors, Pinlock lenses, cheek pads, Morpho-Fit liner, neck roll, chin-strap covers, wind deflector and breath guard all available separately

• 1x helmet (X-PRO Carbon, two shell sizes)
• 1x Pinlock 120 XLT MaxVision anti-fog lens (fitted)
• 1x clear visor + 1x second (Smoke 80%) visor
• Action-camera mounts (top + side); wind deflector / breath guard