HJC FS-10 Helmet
I was browsing through a rack of helmets at a local Honda dealer where I stumbled upon HJC’s FS-10. Wow what a cool idea. HJC placed a retractable tinted visor inside the main face shield.
The visor is operated by a slide on the top of the helmet. To lower the visor you slide a tab along a rail that latches when the visor is fully lowered. To retract you simply press a button adjacent to the slide and the visor automatically retracts. What a cool idea.
There are two down sides to this helmet. First, it does not come in a color to match my bike. Second, this helmet is not Snell approved (DOT approved only). After further research I’m not sure this is as big of a hang up as I had thought.
I decided I should find out why this helmet was not Snell approved. According to Snell’s website they have not had to opportunity to test the modular helmets. The FS-10 is considered a modular helmet. There for the FS-10 Helmet may indeed be as good as a Snell approved helmet.
I really like this helmet. I wish it came in a red color that matched my bike.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
I really wish my helmet had this feature. If I didn’t already have a nice helmet I would consider this one.
Hopefully once I get my new contacts I can wear my sunglasses inside my current helmet and take care of that problem.
on July 7th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I’ve read a couple of reviews on this helmet. I like the idea of the integrated sun visor but I tend to agree with reviewers that it needs to have the visor go straight across and not bother with the nose cut-out.