AGV K3 SV Helmet (Closeout) - Matte Black - XS

Feel is top quality, great materials, weight, and build construction. I love the drop down sun visor and the pin lock anti fog shield works great.My issue is with the fit and noise level. This helmet is very tight, I wear a medium to a large in every other brand but for some reason my K3 (large) fits extremely tight. Being that tight, constructed well, and having a chin curtain, you would expect it to be quiet on the road. This is not the case, even in city riding (between 35-55 mph) the wind noise is bad. I would expect better from AGV as well as from a touring style helmet, but I suppose that is what I get from buying an excellent, feature packed, and breathable helmet for $220.This helmet is great if you have a smaller head size and generally don?t mind the ... MoreFeel is top quality, great materials, weight, and build construction. I love the drop down sun visor and the pin lock anti fog shield works great.My issue is with the fit and noise level. This helmet is very tight, I wear a medium to a large in every other brand but for some reason my K3 (large) fits extremely tight. Being that tight, constructed well, and having a chin curtain, you would expect it to be quiet on the road. This is not the case, even in city riding (between 35-55 mph) the wind noise is bad. I would expect better from AGV as well as from a touring style helmet, but I suppose that is what I get from buying an excellent, feature packed, and breathable helmet for $220.This helmet is great if you have a smaller head size and generally don?t mind the noise.

I am not sure how much this will help. But I thought I would chime in. I am new to the Street, all of my riding experience is dirt and dual sport. Getting old and getting tired of getting beat up. So I bought a 2009 Tiger 1050. As I was not sure I would dig commuting. So 6 months and 8000 miles later I am still in this lid, and it's safe to say that I think it is cool to be able to ride everyday.I bought it as because I liked the drop down visor and I use it a lot. I like the detents feature because commuting in Los Angeles it can get slow splitting lanes and it can get warm, so it's nice to click the clear visor up one notch and with the drop down visior inside I feel pretty protected. Around 50MPH the clear visor will shut all the way down which is usually fine ... MoreI am not sure how much this will help. But I thought I would chime in. I am new to the Street, all of my riding experience is dirt and dual sport. Getting old and getting tired of getting beat up. So I bought a 2009 Tiger 1050. As I was not sure I would dig commuting. So 6 months and 8000 miles later I am still in this lid, and it's safe to say that I think it is cool to be able to ride everyday.I bought it as because I liked the drop down visor and I use it a lot. I like the detents feature because commuting in Los Angeles it can get slow splitting lanes and it can get warm, so it's nice to click the clear visor up one notch and with the drop down visior inside I feel pretty protected. Around 50MPH the clear visor will shut all the way down which is usually fine as I just push up the visor with the front piece that allows air flow under the clear visor, (watch the video) which at higher speeds is enough added air flow.. Now that I figure out what the heck the pin lock system is, I wish it came with the visor with the pins, I mean how much more would that have been?? 50 cents? My only gripe.....Not sure if the K3 visor with the pin lock will work on the K3SV, but if it does I may upgrade to it just for the anti fog....it is getting colder in Cali....not like Wisconsin cold, but I am fogging up a bit in the AM.I like the helmet and have been thinking about upgrading but I keep asking myself why? It is comfortable, and I really do not know any different on how much quieter a high dollar helmet will be. I put a Sena SMH5 in it, once again I didn't spend the big bucks as I was not sure I would like commuting. ( I watched the Vids here on all the COM systems before I ordered it). The ear cut outs are nice but not quite big enough so a little mod is required to get them in, but they went in pretty sano and I dig the music on the way to work and home. Conversation is tough above 50MPH so I usually just don't answer the phone. But it is a cool feature to be able to do so. If you like talking to people.So the helmet is as advertised and I think I'll wait till Christmas and get the wife to foot the bill on a Shoei Neotec or a Shoei GT AIr II with the cool Sena system that does not stick out the side of the globe.I got the straight white one as well, why? well it was cost effective. And I think I just got lucky on picking a decent helmet at Cycle Gear.I like Revzilla and all the info. It is great for a newbe (to the street) like me!

Been using this helmet for the past year, still pleased with it. Couple issues worth mentioning... front of the helmet is skinny, and does not side on and off comfortably with the chin skirt installed. Without it, it's perfectly fine, but it blocks a good bit of wind, so I leave it on when it's cooler. The vent on the top center of the helmet makes a pretty good whistling noise over 40mph if you try to open it, and the other 2 on top don't do much.The visor works well. I like that you have about an inch of friction where you can open it slightly before you hit the detents. I hate when a visor only opens with detects, and the minimal opening is too wide. It comes with 2 other detent peices so you can change how it opens, but the other 2 weren't very useful, and I ... MoreBeen using this helmet for the past year, still pleased with it. Couple issues worth mentioning... front of the helmet is skinny, and does not side on and off comfortably with the chin skirt installed. Without it, it's perfectly fine, but it blocks a good bit of wind, so I leave it on when it's cooler. The vent on the top center of the helmet makes a pretty good whistling noise over 40mph if you try to open it, and the other 2 on top don't do much.The visor works well. I like that you have about an inch of friction where you can open it slightly before you hit the detents. I hate when a visor only opens with detects, and the minimal opening is too wide. It comes with 2 other detent peices so you can change how it opens, but the other 2 weren't very useful, and I wish they gave you one that was just a smooth friction all the way up and down.Last is the internal visor. You always pay about $50 extra for what should be an amazing feature on a helmet, and then the manufacturer always screws it up by giving you a visor with such a light tint that theres not even a point in using it. Maybe they're not allowed to give you one tinted past a certain point, not sure, but if you want to actually use it, count on spending an extra $50 over the helmet price to buy a darker internal visor to go with it.The visor also does also not take pinlock inserts. I ended up buying some and drilling my visor to install them. If you've never used them, and ride in any weather vaguely cold enough that your visor fogs up, find a helmet or a visor that let's you install the pinlock insert. They're amazing, one of those "I don't know how I've lived without these" kind of things.