Anyone own a Schuberth helmet?

[Mal]

I'm looking to buy a new lid sometime soon, and am particularly interested in the ones with the integral flip down sun visor - I believe Caberg and Schuberth do them (there may well be others too). I'd prefer a full face rather than flip front, I've seen a couple of good reviews on the Schuberth S1's and I've also found a place selling them at around half price (£200 instead of £380), but I was wondering if anyone on here has had one and what they thought of it. Or if you've had another helmet that fits my bill, info on that would be gratefully received.

Mal
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[panrider_uk]

I've got the C2 flip up.

A very good helmet. Nice and quiet and the sun visor works very well - as does the flip.

Feels very solid.

Mark
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[neatbik]

I 'think' lee r on here has one, try sending him a pm

[MarJay]

HJC do a sun visor lid that is full face. It looks like the best one out of the 'cheaper' makes.

Schuberth are supposed to be very good indeed, but also very expensive.

https://www.tyresonline.net/shop_details.asp?productID=854&productName=HJC_FS-10_Multi-Fibre_Full_Face_Helmet_with_Integral_Sun_Visor_(Plain_Graphic)

HJC FS10 is the model I was thinking of. I reckon that might well be my next lid.
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[chris-red]

Schubert are meant to be one of the best helmet manufacturers, my dad borrowed one when his broke in germany and now wants to buy one. I think all the coppers use them too.
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[Wil]

I've got a HJC lid with a sun visor. It was around £150 I think. The visor is ok, its not particularly dark but it does help with glare, and its easy to use. I've had a few instances where the mechanism has played up and not locked in place without some jiggling, but most of the time its been ok. Its prone to leaking through the sun visor mechanism though and its not particularly quiet.
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[Paivi]

S1 at £200 is a bargain, mine was £320. Fabulous helmet, so quiet and comfy, very cocoon like. Very warm in the winter, perhaps a bit too warm, as the visor can mist, so I have to keep it a bit ajar. I need to put a breathguard on it, so that should do the trick.

The sun visor is brilliant, I've never had any problems in releasing it or putting it back up on either of my Schuberths. Great for those sunny days when you know you'll be riding in shade or tunnels.

I've also got the J1, the open face helmet, and that is amazingly quiet too, even at fast speeds. Well, when I say fast, I mean up to 70mph.
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[Wil]

Does anyone know what the relative fitment sizes are like on these Shuberth lids? I fancy ordering an S1, and I use a medium size HJC, just wondering what size to order.
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[Paivi]

YOu need to try one on, as it could be that the shape doesn't fit your head at all.
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[Mal]

I emailed Schuberth's head office to try and find a dealer near me to try on the helmets and apparently Oxford is their UK distributor. There's a page on their website here that allows you to search for shops near you - and you can filter it for the Schuberth dealers.

Mal

*edit* I can't remember where I found the S1's for £200 so I'll post that up when I get home.
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[Wil]

I was in some big bike shop in Swindon sorting out gear for my brother last weekend and they had Schuberth lids, but didn't get a chance to try one on... Will need to pop back over at some point, I don't think my local (Fowlers Bristol) keeps them.
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[Paivi]

[acwman]

I have a Schuberth S1 and the C1.

Both very quiet helmets.. The S1 slightly quieter. Both extremely comfortable. First thing what I noticed about the C1 is the great field of vision it has over the more sportier helmets.

The sun visor on both are both very good, and easy to operate even whilst riding.

On bikes with an upright seating position.. ie touring.. I found that the vent on top of the lid, if it is open, causes turbulance inside the helmet, and makes it very noisy (Both S1 and C1).. and I find it actually too noisy unless I close it, or wear ear plugs... On a sportsbike, I haven't had this noise problem.

Well made, and quality looks and feels very nice. The Visor although has an anti mist coating still mists up, and I just ended up fitting a pinlock to prevent this.





Two thumbs up..
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[Mal]

[LeeR]

[Mal]

Nice one Lee, cheers for that.

Should get a chance to try one at the local dealers this weekend.

Mal
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[Knacker]

Iv not used one on a bike but we did have a rep come in with some and they seem to fit nicely the flip front ones are very well made they dont feel flimsy at all
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[Red Mick]

I've had my S1 for about three years now. It took a long time to bed in to be comfortable, but now it's fine.
I like the internal visor, but for me it's too dark to ride with so I use it as a sun shade, it also works better IMO when the visor is reversed to leave a straight edge to it.

I have found that over time, the helmet seems to sit lower on my head and the top vent doesn't give the ventilation it used to.

I had issues with the internal coating on the main visor, which was peeling off. Schuberth sent me a new visor when I complained. IMO the coating doesn't work, I'm still looking for a solution to the misting as Fog City won't fit, according to the distributors. I didn't realise PinLock would though, so I may try that. I find that riding with the visor cracked open is OK usually, but the thunderstorm I rode in last week defeated everything I tried, to the extent that I had to abandon the ride.

[LeeR]

Mick the new S1 pro visor with pin-lock will fit your "old" S1, and they also do a 60% brown tint inner visor altough it says R1 it's the same part number as the one listed in the S1 manual. I bought one last month and I really liked it as it was a lot lighter than the 80% tint that comes fitted, unfortunately I broke it so I've got to buy a new one for the winter.
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[Kris]

[Mal]

I've got a link at home to an online retailer doing S1 pinlocked visors for £40 and the pinlock insert for about £18. Not sure on their postage costs, will add the link when I get home from work this evening.
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[Mal]

Here's that link I promised in my above post...


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Mal
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"In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete - drawn, only to be washed away."

[LeeR]

Well I bought one of the S1 60% visors, my second actually as I ruined the first cleaning it. Well at least I thought I'd ruined it but now it looks as though it's just a very sensitive product.

The 60% visor has the same moisture repellant coating as the 80% tint. However, unlike the 80% tint visor it seems as though you're not supposed to handle the 60% tint visor at all. I can't believe it, it came out of the packet with smeary marks on it (as the first had), so I rinsed it in cold clean water as proscribed by Schuberth. Then I fitted it and to clean my finger prints off I gently, I mean ooh so gently cleaned it with a cotton hanky. Unfortunately I caught the visor with my little finger nail and I've scratched the coating, I am absolutely furious with myself but more so with the sensitivity of the visor. I've had the 80% tint in and out and cleaned it regularly over the last year, but it has never scratched once. How can they make a product so unable to cope with daily usage?

I think I might especially given the cost.
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