Shoei X-Twelve heavier than X-Eleven

Shoei’s new flagship helmet weighs 1,450g (size medium) to the X-Eleven’s – the helmet it replaces – 1330g (medium). That leaves us a bit baffled as to its appeal over the much cheaper Shoei RF-1100, which again weighs only 1,330g and shares the X-Twelve’s new CW-1 visor and whiz-bang QRSA visor mechanism. The Shoei X-Twelve or the Shoei X-Spirit II, as it’s known in Europe, also shares the RF-1100′s multi-fiber AIM+ shell construction, which is Snell M2010-approved; the RF-1100′s five shell sizes and, as far as we can tell, every other feature except the Emergency Quick Release System. But, the X-Twelve starts at $650 to the RF-1100′s $400.
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