Shoei Neotec 3 helmet. HONEST 1 month user review. 

The weight increase is due to Shoei adjusting and adding material to the sides for the new 22.06 standard. Most helmets have gone up 100-200g.

Had Arai for 12 years since the mid 80s then Shoei for the last 25 years. I find them the best fitting, most comfortable and like the ratchet lock system. I now wear the J-Cruise, an open face helmet with full visor which I prefer to the full face.

Delighted that you’re enjoying your new helmet Dave. I’ve used flip front helmets for more than 20 years and always like the freedom they provided - at petrol stops, shops and hot summer days. I’m using a Shoei Neotec original and am surprised at how expensive it is to replace it. Like you, buying on line is not a good option. Thanks for your latest piece of entertainment.

I rode over to the MCN Bike Show in London this weekend. Returned on the Holyhead ferry yesterday afternoon. Two other bikers ahead of me both wearing white coloured Shoei Neotec helmets. I thought they looked good and I should have a look online. I then open up RU-vid this morning and see this review! I think I'll do the Lotto this week.....

Big Shoei Neotech fan but moved to Schuberth on my GS with the E1, great helmet but I didn’t like the tightness around my forehead initially but it got better. I then tried the AGV Tourmodular, love it as it’s so light and comfortable and having a great field of view I feel like it’s not there at speed. Looks great too as it has a carbon composite shell and conforms to the latest top safety regs.

My Shoei GT Air 2 is almost 5 years old (where’s the time gone 🤔) have to say it’s been a fantastic helmet once I got the sizing for the cheek pads swapped out for some thinner items. I have been considering this helmet but my biggest concern is noise, you’ve said it’s actually quieter than your GT Air 2 well if that is the case why would anybody bother with a GT Air 3 - the Neotec 3 wins on practicality. So I’m very tempted, I have to say you’ve answered the exact question I wanted to know, I ride a Triumph 1200 GT Pro so I’m guessing similar to your GS re wind turbulence etc. Great review, must get myself over to Eire have a ride around the place 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

Great helmet. You’ve only got to look at the Schuberth C5 to see why they have put a central clip on it. The Schuberth has to be pushed closed with both hands as it has one sided latch ( or it did on the new lid in the shop) that’s the main reason I chose the Neotec 3. Great video Dave 👍

Great video, am currently looking for a quieter helmet shoei is on my list . Don’t understand why they don’t make it part of the specifications in the publicity blurb . 🤷🏼‍♂️

I had the 1st gen of the Neotec when it came out in 2011 it was a game changer then so can imagine Gen 3 is something else , currently have the GT air and that's great too 👍🏼

Thanks for a great real-world review. I have more an Arai head than Shoei head, but I’ll be trying one of these for size down at the local motorbike shop. Thanks again.

Thanks for your honest review as somebody who has actually bought it themselves, I've had a Neotech 2 for 4 years after having the original 1st Gen for a number of years, I will be moving over to the Neotech 3 next year, one thing that does disappoint me is that the intercomm from the Neotech 2 will NOT fit the new Neotech 3 so you have to fork out for two new intercomms as well as two new helmets, that's around £1800!!

Well Dave,nice wee review there. Ive always regarded myself as a Shoei man at heart as ive had 3 versions in the past,xr900,xr1000, x-spirit. Currently running with X-lite. I will have another shoei at some point though. Enjoy!👍

Thanks for the review. It has helped me to take som choices myself about this helmet.

Hi Dave, these are a lovely comfortable helmet and great in summer on the GS. I have the sena intercom fitted and this makes touring all the more enjoyable. Another good video.

I have one and love it too. I managed to fit a Cardo using the standard clip mount. It was a bit of a fiddle to find the right slot in the helmet lining (a little further back than normal) but it works as well as I could wish.

Shoei helmets are the only ones i can get to fit my head. Tried them all. B nice to have cheaper options but..there you go. Crossons sales man was excellent

Hi Dave, Great looking helmet, even matches that snazzy jacket! I never notice the weight when wearing, only when carrying. Noticeable change in sound when the visor was cracked open, in fact I preferred it. Then noticed the ventriloquist part.😂😂 Great vid as always, cheers Arthur

Great helmet review Dave I have the neotec 2 which has been brilliant !!! Keep up the great vids👍

Great video Dave. I have an Arai Quantic and the noise while riding my VFR800 is unbearable, it is an echo chamber, so I have been looking at the neotec 2, Great to see you reviewing the Shoei Neotec.

I've a similar helmet Dave but non flip up. It's light slightly snug so you if your medium you might try large. It never steams up , great helmet Shoei.

Waiting for them to show up here in Canada. 🤓😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦🍻

After many reviews this helmet seems to get much positive feedback but the price if I include the built in com system and an extra tinted visor with pinlock visor is around €1150 which is just insane for a helmet...

Great review Dave, thanks. Bought a Neotec 3 myself a few weeks ago, very happy so far but haven’t used it too much yet. Only gripe I would have is that there is very little adjustment in the chin strap but it fits ok…. Just about.

After 6 years I was ready to hang up my original Neotec, but didn’t want to wait for the 3’s arrival in the US sometime this year, so I bought both the 2 and the 3 a few months ago from FC-Moto in Germany at a substantial discount than what I would have paid in the US. Yes, they’re not US DOT rated, but I didn’t care about that…I think ECE is the better standard anyway. Read good things about Cardo, so I mounted a Cardo Packtalk Edge to the 2 and transferred the Sena 50S from my original Neotec to the 3 using the clamp mount, which does fit but you must have a little patience and work it in. The 50S boom mic will also fit on the left side just like the 2, although if you get the new Sena comms for the 3 there’s a channel on the right side specifically for the boom mic. I’m enjoying both helmets and comms so far.

I dont think its that Shoei have added more padding etc around the neck but that it's simply you've gone for the first flip up. Since the helmet opens up you can put you head in and then close off the neck hole. You can't do that on a standard full fave helmet as you'd never be able to put it on. Glad you're happy with it 👍

I've had at least 3 flip up helmets,premium and budget, and none recommended riding while in the flip up mode. Super at fill ups and while getting directions. Sometimes too much ventilation is irritating to the eyes as it has a drying out effect. Never had a perfect helmet., but you get what you pay for. 👍👍5🏍🙋‍♂️

Hopefully Cardo will bring out an adapter for the Neotec 3 as they have done for the Neotec 2 for the fitting of the New Cardo systems and I am told possibly an adapter for the Bold but don’t quote me on that. Stay Safe out there Dave

Thanks for sharing - interesting.

Thanks for the honest review seems like nowadays you CAN'T seem to get honesty on youtube too many PAID LIARS/PROMOTERS.

Thanks for the good review. I don’t like the d ring type much prefer the ratchet type and my helmet lock will only work with d ring actually as I am typing this my helmet lock would just slip through the d ring but it’s a pain and the ratchet is quicker. My helmet is 4 years old and has been dropped from handle bar height so need to replace.

I just purchased one. It’s a nice helmet but it fogs up on my 2018 R1200RT. I have to leave the visor open a bit. I’m not very impressed with the fogging. My previous RF1200 never did that.

Hi Dave i have the model before yours which is great ,my question is how do you ,or better still where do you mount the mike for vlogging cheers Glenn.

I wonder how in / behind the ear blue tooth hearing aids would work?

I realy would apreceate it, if you do a Video, how you intsalled youre Camera at this Helmet / your setup .

I liked my Neotec 2 but swapped it for a Neotec 3, I wish I hadn’t. My 3 suffers from really bad misting of the drop down visor, poor ventilation and the drop down visor hits my nose. None of these are major issues on their own, but put together frustrate and annoy me - it’s going to go!

A question more about the matching SRL3 communicator: 1. Can it pair with Cardo mesh yet? My brother has Cardo, and making connection proprietary instead of open will decrease the enthusiasm factor, as Cardo is trying to make theirs open. 2. I have a C5/SC2 combo and the speakers aren't very loud. Is the SRL3 better than the SC2? It'd cost me about $300 more to get the Neotech3/SRL3 combo compared to another C5/SC2 combo. I want to know if the SRL3 is that much better.

with my current and much cheaper helmet, a caberg avalon, having the sun visor down and the main visor up, the air get blasted right into my eyes even at lower speeds making it a bit uncomfy, so how is it riding with the neotech 3 like this? is it sealed better so the sun visor acts more like sunglasses?

What’s the backpack?

Great video, where have ypu mount the camera for the helmet view?

The color schemes are right out of the 90's, too bad.

Helmet is too heavie.

i cant understand what you are saying. sorry had to leave.

Worst shoei I’ve had ,absolute crap ,so noisy it’s ridiculous and sun visors crap to light ,I would never buy one its better off in the skip