8/22/2023 0 Comments X lite 803 rs![]() To keep you out of trouble, the X-903 has a wide and tall face shield for extra all-round vision. With the X-Lite X-903, they’ve added quite a few features that should contribute to safer riding or improved protection if you do have an accident. Guess that’s another tick in the box – but it would be good if they’d tell us the results tho! They don’t say what the results actually were, just that they passed the same rotational tests MotoGP and Superbike helmets have to pass for FIM homologation. ![]() X-lite X-903 (ECE version): SHARP 8.5m/s impact test results courtesy of One thing that’s worth noting though is that X-Lite says it’s had the X-903 independently tested for rotational impact by an ECE and Snell testing station based in Italy. OK, it’s not a maximum 5 stars, but it’s a decent score and hopefully points towards the DOT version giving very good protection too. That’s an incredibly high safety score – but don’t forget that’s testing on ECE standard helmets and we don’t know if X-lite made any changes for their US DOT helmets.īut the ECE X-903 has continued that fantastic tradition by scoring 4 stars for safety. Seven scored four stars and two scored a maximum five stars. Over the years, X-Lite has had nine composite fiber helmets tested by SHARP. Composite fiber Modern Class flat black X-903 The X-Lite X-903 is DOT certified, and while it hasn’t been tested by the safety testers at Snell, the ECE version of the helmet was tested in the UK by their SHARP labs. If you’re on the hunt for a fantastic touring full face, then you really should take a look at the X-Lite X-903. Ok, it’s not cheap, but when everything comes together as well as it does on the 903, it actually represents great value for money too. Plus both the sun visor and face shield really work when you’re in the saddle.Īnd in 2022 the team at the UK’s SHARP testing labs got their hands on ECE X-903’s where it scored a very decent 4 star safety rating (out of 5).Īll in all, there are few touring helmets that’ll beat the X-903. It does all the basics very well too – it’s comfortable, quiet and the aero’s great. Ultra carbon X-903s aren’t actually much different to the standard composite versionsīut it’s no novelty helmet. Not only has it got pretty well every recent innovation on it (EQRS, Pinlock, Micrometric 2 fastener), but there’s some new ones too such as their fantastic magnetic quick release face shield system. In their quest to make the ultimate touring helmet, X-Lite’s really gone to town with the X-903. ![]() And if you buy from any store, we get a small sum from the sale at no extra cost to you – a massive THANKS! (it’s how we finance the site). Please click below to visit the X-Lite X-903 helmets pages at our recommended stores and Amazon. And has X-Lite made a real standout touring helmet? But does it all stack up when you’re in the wind. Then there’s EQRS an active carbon liner liner positioning control adjustable Pinlock, and a few other bits and bobs that, at the very least, makes you realize that this isn’t a churn-it-out, bog standard helmet. ![]() Well, an unusual magnetic quick change visor assembly for one. But, looking at the spec sheet of the X-903, there’s a bunch of interesting and unusual features that starts you thinking that in this case X-Lite really means it. Which I guess is what most premium-level helmet makers set out to do most of the time. This one’s the composite fiber Impetus graphic. X-Lite set out to make it a compact touring helmet with outstanding ventilation (designed using fluid-dynamics) and with a shell made of complex composite of carbon, aramid (Kevlar) and fiberglass to give – what they hope – is ‘the best possible helmet experience’. The X-903 is Italian helmet maker X-Lite’s top-dog touring helmet. Review of the X-Lite X-903 touring crash helmet.
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