The shell and liner are well made, everything, down to liner snaps, has quality feel. Touring riders, however, quite often sit behind wind protection and are not exposed to full blast of air. In Comments and Feedback session under your review there are two comments that this issue is already known by Shoei and they are able to solve it by easy replacing of some parts. My impression overall is very positive with Neotec.
I have both the Multitec and the RF-1000 and they both have there benefits. Register today and take advantage of membership benefits. My wife, who is very demanding when it comes to her gear, has a Multitec and loves it.
But then again, the two helmets have a completely different internal shape, so it’s a bit of an apples-to-oranges comparison. The size large Neotec is listed as fitting a cm head and we think that’s correct; the helmet fits as expected. It proves that you don’t need to re-invent a feature that should have been perfected in motorcycle helmets long, long ago. Each tiny detail has been perfected and the Neotec proves that you don’t have to get radical and “re-invent the wheel” to make a great helmet. Stick to the basics — but take the time to do it right and obsess over every detail — and you’ll be golden. Why and how so many motorcycle helmet manufacturers get it wrong is very puzzling.
The Shoei took a lot of road rash from this and from the stiff neck that I received I believe that a lot of force was put on the flip-up chin protector. It looks like someone took some serious course grit sandpaper to the front right hand side of the helmet and shield. Ventilation with the visor up is adequate for the face, but with visor up or down air doesn’t seem to flow through the helmet, and as good as it appears the ventilation has to be rated as poor.
However, once at highway speed, in order to keep the lens from fogging you have to keep the “chin vent” open, which has so much flow that my eyes would water, the top vent open or close was way to much. And, as someone already said, that first detent is pretty high up. I like to ride most of the time with one click up in my helmets, just for fresh air. The Neotec impressed me with its fit and finish, good optics , comfort, and quietness. However, its ventilation, which is what I was really interested in, was just ho-hum… in a head-up position.
Ideally, it should be located in a low pressure zone since this will help with ensuring proper flow. I have used the same gloves on my Arai without a trace, a very poor quality coating for such an otherwise high quality helmet . A lot of flexing and forcing is required and I always worry that the small protrusions on the shield will break off. Having a leather-like surface on the bottom edges of the liner would help a lot. I’m currently trying to find a way to record the noise produced by this helmet. While the build and fit of the Shoei was very nice, on a cool fall morning my guess 60ish, the lens would fog up right away at low speed.
The CNS-1 is also claimed to have UV protection and the face shield provides excellent optical quality. It is marked as “Made in Japan” and as exceeding the VESC-8 and Z87.1 standard. It doesn’t match the outward visibility new Nolan N-104 that’s also currently in the webBikeWorld evaluation queue and which has a much wider and taller than average eye port and face shield design. The Shoei Neotec liner is relatively comfortable if a bit thin. The padding is very plush and “Shoei-like” and the liner material is very soft and comfortable — more comfortable than your average flip-up by far.
Each helmet shell is marked personally by the employee who is responsible for it and thus puts his name on the line for the quality, something that Shoei is very passionate about. Shoei Helmets are one of the strongest and safest motorcycle helmets available in the world. The Multitec fits wonderfully, as if they used my head for the mold.
With my head and XL Neotec, anyway, the ventilation was excellent in a racer’s tuck, neck craned, and so forth. I was surprised at the comfort, fit and low what event did emperor nero add to the olympics noise level even after wearing the helmet all day. And too many upper ventilation systems are so poorly designed they don’t provide much air flow anyway.
They also said Multitec is best helmet for their headphones and mic. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. In 2012 Shoei released the new Neotec, a new premium offering which gives better aerodynamics, ventilation and a reduced weight as well a host of other features. I “think” some of the safety reports on modular being bad was some of the early ones or makes that could have the latch hit on impact and then open the helmet and exposing your face. I own a HJC Symax and think the Shoei is a bit quieter and lighter.