AGV Veloce S Fulmine 헬멧

I sadly needed to replace my almost 5 yr old but still perfectly fitting AGV GP Tech after an on-track off.
This VeloceS is almost a perfect blend of Rossi’s previous and current PistaGP helmet with a touch of ‘urban’ for less than halve the price.

With this S version AGV even throws in a PinLock which I previously needed to mod myself into the GP Tech!

Contrary to many reviews my MS size Veloce S is actually 200gram lighter than advertised/ reviewed and even 15gram lighter than my already light GPTech.

I like the new button operated closing mechanism regardless of losing the micro adjustment when open, as most helmets have. This really emphasizes its high speed racing/track pedigree for which I also use it primarily and makes me feel safer like the double-D closure.

Depth of this helmet is less then the GP Tech and any other helmet I had before. Resulting in a nice snug feel, but my big nose is being lightly pressed to the fog guard. Annoying and somewhat irritating as this nose scraping was at first, I got used to it by now. You can remove this fog guard since the PinLock does a much better de-fogging job, besides looks and toasty feel rendering its function pretty much useless.

The venting system operated by 4 slides is pretty effective both on a racer and on a more straight up naked. Even ‘Ear conditioning’ if desired!

Even though the Veloce doesn’t have the space looking - but in my opinion ugly - ‘GP style’ aero skirt at the back, buffetting of Veloce is on par with its GP-Tech ‘predecessor’, i.e. very stable and hardly noticeable even at speeds well over 180kmh on a racer and slightly more on a naked. But still much more stable than any Nolan or Schuberth I had before.

Last but not least this helmet is ‘as usual’ for AGV standards very well made, very comfortable and pretty quiet, even when using it on my naked! Ear plugs still required as usual.

All in all a highly recommended product if you want pretty much the same light, quiet, quality protection with maximum Sharp rating as Rossi, but at a much friendlier price-point and without the ‘GP style’ aero skirt.