HJC i80 Solid Helmet

The fit was ideal for me, the helmet was really comfortable. However, on doing up the buckle, within seconds I knew that I could not keep this helmet. The metal part of the buckle was against the front of my adam's apple and the very wide padding around the straps on each side pressed against the sides of my adam's apple. It would probably be a wonderful design for a professional who is used to wearing a tight neck tie all day long and has got used to the feeling of being strangled. No matter how I tried to sit the buckle/strap it still found my adam's apple within seconds. After a couple of minutes it was hurting.

I really wanted this helmet and twice went back to the store after this first failed attempt. It was the same issue both subsequent times, The store assistants pulled the strap forward and tried to help without gaining any improvement. By the way, I don't have an unusually large adam's apple or a neck of a weight lifter, I have a very typical physique and neck. I am 5'9" tall and 70kg. Have a look at the included underside photo with this review, you can see how absurdly far back the strap is secured to the helmet. The strap comes through the lower helmet padding in a tight slot each side, so there is no way that you can push it forward at all.

Lastly, as with virtually every other helmet with an internal tinted sun visor, it doesn't come down low enough so you get a band of light across the lower 3rd of your vision which means that effectively you still need sunglasses, making the sun visor just a useless extra adding weight to the helmet.

An ideal helmet for someone with the head to neck proportions of a giraffe!

Feels lighter than it is, has great visibility and good aerodynamics on moderate speeds. Kinda good sound proofing so far and its design is very good and ergonomic. This is my 3rd HJC (ST, RPHA 70 Carbon and this, i80) Keep it up HJC!