[Webike News Editorial Team]

SHOEI has continued moving on for these several years.

SHOEI has released a lot of functional and newsy products such as a modular helmet whose face part can be opened and a helmet with inner visor as its premium helmet. It has brought a photochromic shield that is capable to modulate light with reaction against ultraviolet rays to the market lately and it has been in the news.

Jet Helmet Equipped With Built-in Goggle-shaped Inner Visor

It is “X-Fourteen”, a premium helmet of a new generation, that SHOEI announced on February 24. In addition, “J・O”, an open-face helmet equipped with a built-in inner visor, was announced, too.

Open-face helmets with shield have existed naturally. While, some riders have preferred wearing goggles. J・O that has been developed focusing on this market has incorporated such design as goes well with motorcycles like: Scrambler whose movement has begun rising mainly in Europe; Neo Classic; and Cafe Racer existing for a long time. Also, J・O would fit well with Cruiser models and naked motorcycles.

– A smoked visor is available.

– Yellow visor is planned to be launched.

– Glasses can be worn with the visor up.

Using a visor but not goggles to cover the eyes brings safety and antifog properties as well as better vision than goggles. A smoked visor is available, too. In this way, J・O has been announced as a product satisfying customers’ needs.

Five color options are available: white, black, matte black, rat gray and matte brown. The price is 32,000 Yen (tax not included). Graphic model is planned to come next.

→Shop SHOEI J・O at Webike

[Details on Helmet]

Now, we are going to tell you the details based on the photographed product and our expression about it. The model we are telling is a graphic model TC-10, which is planned to come to market.

* The Webike logo is watermarked in the center of the images.

– A playful design that SHOEI logo is hiding in the camouflage pattern.

– A hook to pull down is seen in the visor housing base. Goggles or glasses can be worn.

Inner visor is designed to reduce wind turbulence and has a hook for easy pulling it down. The base part of the shield is slightly curved to avoid touching the face.

Users necessary to wear glasses were not able to wear goggles and would not have chosen open face helmets. Riding with prescription glasses might bring some difficulties because they are not dedicated for motorcycle riding. The inner visor of this helmet secures your glasses so that you can enjoy your riding with a goggle-like silhouette.

Compact Shell Design

An orthodox shape flowing from the front to back like a narrow tank used in Cruiser bikes. However, the design of the shell side line is straight and sharp when seen from the front. It becomes a compact shell design to avoid “top-heavy” impression. Its smallness is very impressive once we took a real product in our hand. The shell is not only strong but keeps refined silhouette. AIM combining fiberglass with organic fibers is used, the same material as used in the premium helmets.

*AIM(AIM:Advanced Integrated Matrix) is an original shell structure unique to SHOEI. Combining tough fiberglass with 3D-shaped organic fibers, it is incredibly strong as well as extremely lightweight.

The base of the back side of the head is a duck-tail shape which is used in custom motorcycles. The shell with curved line but not flat line enables both a stiffer shell and a beautiful design.

– A duck-tail part in the back of the head in the overall round form.

– Equipped with a goggle band using a snap button with engraved SHOEI logo.

Carefully Designed Interior System

The interior material exclusive for J・O feels soft and uses raised fabric. It feels soft differently from sport helmets. The interior system enables soft and embraced wearing comfort. It is fully removable and finely adjustable with optional center/cheek pads.

J・O logo stickers are not affixed on the body. They come as including accessories. This leaves users, whether they want the logo or not, a choice to affix the stickers by themselves on wherever they like. You can feel J. O’s stance of valuing freedom throughout the development.

J・O is such a helmet as suits a wide range of scenes or motorcycles. Of course, It fits in customized model, you can use for city riding as well. We haven’t had a very simple but smart silhouette, sensitively designed model to the details. I have just imagined myself who looked for the second bike that went well with this helmet. Quite “ENJOY”able helmet. Looking forward to its coming to the market!

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