Grey with orange is the most practical combination in the YUMA family. Orange gives you the off-road world's most useful colour for being seen; grey gives you a ground that hides everything the trail throws at it.

Three modes in one shell

A helmet that reconfigures stays useful longer than one that does not, and the X.RALLY's three modes are a genuine reason to own one rather than two helmets. Peak and visor for mixed days; goggles for the trail; neither for the motorway.

The changeover takes about a minute and needs no tools.

About the YUMA Grey Orange graphic

There is a measurable reason orange dominates off-road. Against the palette a rider is actually seen against — brown ground, green trees, grey sky — orange sits at close to the maximum available contrast, and the eye resolves it faster at distance than red. Setting it on grey rather than white is the clever part: the grey areas absorb the dust and spatter that would make a white helmet look neglected within a day, while the orange keeps doing its job. 🔵 Bright pigments fade fastest under UV; store the helmet out of direct sun and it will hold considerably longer.

The X-Matrix2 shell and the X-Foam bumpers

Fibreglass composite in six layers gives Nexx something carbon does not: a shell that can be painted, chipped and touched in. On a helmet designed to meet stones, that is a practical argument rather than a consolation.

The construction is X-Matrix2 at 1475 g claimed, with X-Foam EPP bumpers across the whole lower shell and chin.

The Recoil visor, and the two shields in the box

🔵 Consider the photochromic shield the default for European riding. It darkens under UV and clears indoors or at dusk, which removes the need to carry a second visor on a trip — and it comes with the helmet rather than as an accessory.

It works less well behind a car windscreen, where UV is filtered. The clear visor with its fitted Pinlock lens covers the rest.

Nine intakes — and two tests that disagree about them

🔵 A caution about vent counts generally. Manufacturers count differently, openings are not equal, and a helmet with nine intakes is not necessarily better ventilated than one with four — which is exactly what the split verdicts on this helmet demonstrate.

The X.RALLY has 9 intakes, 6 exhausts, cheek-pad ventilation, a mid air chamber, an Air Cumbs chamber and a winter chin vent. What that adds up to depends who measured it.

How loud it actually is

Two riders will describe the same helmet completely differently, and neither will be wrong: height, riding position, screen and shoulder airflow all change the result more than the shell does.

🔵 The one figure that is comparable is the measured one: 103 dB, scored 3/5 in an independent road test of this helmet.

Interior, hydration routing and fit

The 3D-mesh liner is doing two jobs that usually conflict: letting air through, and keeping dust and sand off the skin. On a helmet designed for hard enduro that combination is more useful than a plusher, denser padding would be.

🔵 It is fully removable and washable, which on an adventure helmet you will do far more often than on a road one.

1475 grams, and the rest of the honest list

Running On-Road mode removes the peak and with it a meaningful part of the perceived weight, because the load on your neck comes as much from aerodynamics as from mass.

🔵 The X-Matrix2 shell is quoted at 1475 g. Nexx's figures for this helmet run optimistic — the carbon version measured 1553 g against 1350 g claimed.

Where it sits — and who should buy something else

Where the X.RALLY sits against a dedicated motocross helmet: heavier, quieter, and usable on the road. Against a road helmet: louder, more ventilated, and capable off it. It is the middle option, and the mode system is how it moves between the two ends.

🔵 If your riding is genuinely one thing, a specialist helmet does that thing better.

Intercom, camera mounts and spare parts

🔵 Moulded night-vision reflectors are worth more than the stickers most helmets use, for one simple reason: they will still be there in five years. On a helmet ridden on unlit roads in unfamiliar places, that is functional rather than decorative.

Also built in: intercom recesses and a mount slot, and provision for the optional POV camera kit.

In the box

• Nexx X.RALLY helmet — YUMA Grey Orange (X-Matrix2 shell)
• Clear visor with Pinlock® 200 XLT MaxVision anti-fog lens fitted
• Photochromic shield
• Peak, fitted
• Removable chin-strap covers
• 🔵 No goggles — Off-Road mode assumes you already have a pair
• 🔵 No intercom and no camera mount kit — the helmet is prepared for both; both are separate purchases

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Nexx X.RALLY
• Part number — 01XRL02526385
• Colour — YUMA Grey Orange — Graphic on X-Matrix2, grey / orange
• Homologation — ECE 22-06 (UN) · DOT FMVSS 218 · CCC GB811:2022 · NBR7471:2015
• Safety rating — 🔴 none — SHARP has not tested the X.RALLY; no ADAC or Snell result either
• Helmet type — Adventure / hard enduro — converts between Dual-Sport, Off-Road and On-Road
• Shell — X-Matrix2 — six-layer fibreglass composite; three outer shell sizes (XXS–S / M–L / XL–XXXL)
• Weight — 1475 g claimed by Nexx — 🔴 not independently weighed; the carbon version measured 200 g over its own claim
• Sizes — XXS to XXXL (eight sizes)
• Impact protection — EPS liner plus X-Foam EPP bumpers across the entire lower shell including the chin
• Visor — Recoil Visor System — spring-loaded base plates tensioning against dual-lip beads; works independently of the peak mount; tool-free
• Supplied optics — clear visor with Pinlock® 200 XLT MaxVision lens fitted, plus a photochromic shield
• Sun visor — none — the supplied photochromic shield takes its place
• Ventilation — 9 intakes / 6 exhausts, cheek-pad ventilation, mid air chamber, Air Cumbs cooling chamber, dedicated winter chin vent
• 🔴 Ventilation, measured — contested — one road test measured a 3 °C delta and scored it 2/5; another described the airflow as „like an open-face helmet"
• Noise, measured — 103 dB, scored 3/5 in an independent road test (peak fitted)
• Comfort, measured — 3.5/5; fit found true to size, intermediate-to-long oval; a second review called the interior „spacious"
• Interior — 3D-mesh liner shielding against dust and sand; X-HIDRO cheek pads with hydration-tube routing; removable chin-strap covers
• Retention — Pearaluman aluminium-magnesium double-D ring with X-LOCK magnetic strap catch
• Communication — universal-intercom ready — ear recesses and a mount slot; no system supplied
• Camera — optional POV kit with top, side and four-position chin mounts — sold separately
• Other — moulded night-vision reflectors

• 1x helmet (X-Matrix2, three shell sizes)
• 1x Pinlock 120 XLT MaxVision anti-fog lens (fitted)
• 1x clear visor + 1x photochromic shield
• 1x peak + peak extensor + extra screws
• POV camera mounts (top / side / chin)
• Wind deflector, road covers, visor-mechanism covers, visor bag, winter filter