Touring helmets for pillion passengers?

[jserv]

Hi all, I'm shopping for a helmet for an occasional pillion passenger. My tolerance for some noise and discomfort has probably grown from regular motorway commuting, so I thought I should ask for opinions.

Are there any helmets that are comfortable during longer trips for pillions and people that don't regularly ride?

Priorities are safety (especially 4-5* SHARP rating) and quietness. Warmth is definitely more important than ventilation. My first thought is a Schuberth, but this might be overkill for a helmet that might only see a handful of rides per year.

[struan80]

In my humble opinion most helmets these days meet the required minimum safety standard. You probably want a sport touring helmet that is designed to take headphones and a microphone. Schuberth is a bit overkill. For quality to price ratio I would consider an HJC.

[BRUN]

it will depend on their head shape which you go for, but for quietness I believe the Shoei Neotec/2 is one of the quietest on the market, I think a lot of flip lids are quiet because being flip, the neck opening can be smaller, i think the new C5 from Shuberth is supposed to be a quiet one too, both ideal for touring aswell as they will both fit comms

although ive never owned one, I would also imagine a flip being more comfortable too, again because its a flip, its inners can be designed differently as you put it on differently

[grr666]

HJC RRPHA ST imo.
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[Weisse Schlange]

The one that fits your pillion rider the best obv.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

What helmet-buying criteria are different for a pillion than for a rider, to be honest?
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[jserv]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'll keep an eye out for the Shoei and HJC helmets if they're going cheap.

[MCN]

I bought a Schuberth "the worlds quietest crash helmet tested by Schumacher in the company wind tunnel".

I may have been quiet on paper but the chin vent created so much wind noise it cancelled out the quiet claims. Unless Schuberth tested the bastirt in a wind tunnel when the wind was turned off and Schumacher was in a coma.

In winter I tape over the vent.

Cheap helmet linings fall apart/degrade over time.
Just sayin'.
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[jserv]

@MCN: Is that the C5 or another model? No option to close the vent or replace it with a solid part?

[Weisse Schlange]

Whatever you do , don't go trying them on in a shop then bugger off and buy them online.
Buy them from the shop. Most will price match anyway, but local shops need supported, so that folk can try on helmets.
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[BRUN]

completely disregard any SHARP ratings, its a flawed pointless test with no merit

matching helmets sound nice, but if you have different shaped heads you will likely need different helmets, different brands, generally, are different shapes

[jserv]

[MCN]

[grr666]

Having now ridden with my new HJC F70 Carbon (£289) I can say this would be a good choice too. It's very light,
that's my first plus, in a large which is the largest shell size it's 1413g on the scales. It's quiet with the vents closed
but I wear earplugs in any case because Spacker go vroooom but I thought it a great fit and more comfortable than
my shark lids. Nice ventilation, decent noise suppression, doesn't rip your head off doing high speed shoulder checks,
drop down sun visor, large main visor with pinlock insert supplied, I bought an upgraded photochromatic insert for
mine which leaves the plain insert I have spare for the inevitable black visor I'll also be buying for this. It warrants the
install of my spare Sena kit too having recesses for speakers, mic and wiring for the HJC bluetooth kit. The HJC kit is
made by Sena anyway so the install should be tidy and quick, I'm sure the speakers are the same size.
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[BRUN]