I own this helmet, and it's very nice. But it has one major flaw that is not mentioned in this video: The top air vent/scoops let bugs in. If you google it, you'll see there's lots of people experiencing this. There's literally flies and bugs inside the helmet after riding around for a while. There is a solution tho, just open the top air vent and sandwich a mosquito net in it, then close it up again. Problem fixed. Also the integrated Sena SRL system is garbage. I use a Cardo PackTalk Edge on mine, and it clamps on fine without any modifications where the Sena buttons usually would be. It is a FAR superior comms - don't buy the Sena made for this helmet, it is trash by comparison!
I have the GT-AIR 2 and am really interested in this helmet. I also read that the SRL system is rubbish but they have a variant called the SRL Mesh which is apparently much better (I have not owned both). I have the mesh and am very happy with it so far.
@@justincarter2224 Quite true. I guess the "fix" is the very reasonably-priced (HA!!!) remote control. You can also get a Mesh adapter for it. It'll cost you only ONE of your kidneys. But still, I do like how the SRL2 just clicked into place. If you splurge for a Neotec 3, you can get the SRL Mesh for it, but then I'd have to sell the OTHER kidney!
Just found a local ad for $275 US for a brand new Neotec2 Medium White that his spouse never used. I went there to have my son try it on and turns out they also have the Sena installed in it which wasn't even listed on the ad. Only thing that wasn't in the box was the Pinlock insert which I am sure the guy used for his helmet when his wore out. Also snagged brand new BMW goretex riding boots for $100. My son is all set.
I think i’m finally going to nab a Neotec 2 soon as the Neotec 3 is officially released. There should be some good deals to be had if you’re fast enough
Thanks for watching, hope it was useful. Got another view on 5 annoying things about it. -> Shoei Neotec 2 | 5 ANNOYING things about this Helmet th-cam.com/video/ImWgS1PuZ9Q/w-d-xo.html
I used a Nolan N104 for many years till the chin bar release broke. I just bought the Shoei NT2. first problem I noticed was the chin bar opening is smaller than my Noland. To see the speedo on my Royal Enfield interceptor I have to tip my head down to see it. Also to make sure I canceled my turn signals. Big mistake on Shoeis part. Because all the reviews talk about how quiet it is supposed to be I may ride short distance without ear plugs.
Continued, that wasn't the case I still need earplugs. Even on my 22 Africa twin DCT Adventure with a wind deflector on the windshield it is still noisy. Sorry but this overpriced helmet is really not much better than my old Nolan N104. Considering it cost 3 times as much.
Thanks for the feedback. I personally also feel it is massively over priced and your paying mostly for the brand (e.g I'd never heard of the helmet brand Nolan and I willing to bet they a perfectly fine helmets) Furthermore, I've found even the quietest helmets are loud. Ear plugs essential all the time if going over 30mph.
And one reason not to…or if not that bad, at least annoying. I’ve had a Neotec II for about one month. It's winter here. Regardless of the pin lock, when the helmet is closed, it will fog completely - completely, to the point of being impossible to see the car in front, particularly if stationary. The only answer is to pop the helmet. But the first indent opens the helmet at least 2 cm, meaning that large amounts of freezing air shoot straight onto your face. So you can choose to ride blind or ride to frostbite, but those are your choices. My old Arai helmet has a tiny click up from closed, 2 or 3 mm at most, which allows enough air in to defrost (it has no pin lock) but not enough to affect the temperature inside the helmet. Such a shame because in every other way, and as described above, I love this helmet. Comfortable, superbly made, the modular opening is awesome. But it will be relegated to a warm weather ride when I won’t be choosing between seeing where I'm going and freezing to death before I get there.
Thanks for the comments! Really interesting to hear your perspective, especially from more extreme cold weather riding, of which I don’t have that much experience (relatively speaking). Thanks again for watching 👍
Hi Peter, You are absolutely right. I live in Belgium and have this helmet for about 2 years now. Being very quiet has a price, and I don't mean money. The helmet is sealed so good, the water damp can't get out. The store where I bought it gave me the advice to take out the chin piece. They make you choose between quiet and wet or noisy and dry. Belgium is a very rainy country. The vapor stage is skipped. There are actually drops of condensation on the visor. If you wear glasses like me, it really becomes a problem. Don't get me wrong. This is a very comfortable helmet with a super finish. ...when the weather is dry.
@@FabMotorbikes Also your daytime perscription glasses may be worn day or night. No need for prescription sunglasses. It's a nice helmet but i paid more for it than I did my first motorcycle.
Hello! I wanted to ask your opinion. I’ve tried one on and love everything about the helmet but the bottom air diffuser at the chin area doesn’t really cover my chin and just barely touches it so it constantly had a slight brushing feel. Is there anything about this that can be adjusted or is this pretty normal? I’d image someone would have to have the jaw of a horse in order to have their chin stick past the edge of the diffuser.
@Fab Motorbikes So have I. I have heard great reviews with the C5 thus far. I think the drawback with the neotec (for me) is the weight. I am also due for a new helmet in a few weeks, and I think I will decide between the C5 and HJC rpha 90s carbon. The neotec is getting a bit outdated now.... They need a neotec 3 now to compete in the market. thanks for the response buddy. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
It's a nice helmet - just not very nice that you are not allowed to use Pinlock åt night 👎 - check small sticker on left side of visor. This is also why pinlock is not installed in the box 😉
Interesting. In fact I stopped inserting them because I felt they were distorting my vision against street lamps at night. But on the other hand they are incredibly useful to stop free fogging.
I has to do with the classification of the visor. Class 1 is 99% distortion free - what you see is what you see. Class 2 is still allowed in the ece22.05, but as soon as you add an extra visor (Pinlock) It goes one class down. Class 3 is not allowed at night for example. This means that all helmet manufacturers that has the Pinlock in the box and not in the helmet, most likely uses class 2 visor. Schuberth for example uses class 1 visor 👍🏻
I wish I knew this before I bought my Neotech 2 helmet. I have a pinlock in it but as soon as it gets a bit dark I find myself driving around with the visor open as the visibility gets really poor. What could be more Important than that one can see clearly even at night?! Everything else is great about this helmet but this is a HUGE drawback as I often have to ride at night...
This helmet is old and overpriced. The new HJC RPHA 91 is much more advanced in features. I'm a Shoei fanboy, but it's time to update this dinosaur and bring down the weight. A Snell rating would be nice as well. And get rid of the comm. docks. Not everyone uses them Shoei!
I've been using a Neotec II for a few years and like the fit, features, and overall quality but will never buy another Shoei for one reason: the jaw droppingly bad visor connection system. I can fully change an Arai or Schuberth visor in 20 seconds at most. The Shoei takes at least five minutes. It's incomprehensible to me that Shoei can't engineer a competent, easy to use visor connection system.
This I do agree with. My problem is that every time I take out the visor to clean or replace , I feel I am so close to breaking it due to the strange fiddly mechanism
You just lost me as son as you Calle SLR2 as One of the best Intercom. Its a rubbish produkt, and hade benen forced to use SLR2 during the last Therese years I have gathered enough experimentera to date to sak CARDO is the best. No Moore SENA
One of the things I hate on youtube is people making videos about things which they know very little about. also don't be ashamed of your bald head and lose the stupid backwards cap.
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I own this helmet, and it's very nice. But it has one major flaw that is not mentioned in this video: The top air vent/scoops let bugs in. If you google it, you'll see there's lots of people experiencing this. There's literally flies and bugs inside the helmet after riding around for a while. There is a solution tho, just open the top air vent and sandwich a mosquito net in it, then close it up again. Problem fixed.
Also the integrated Sena SRL system is garbage. I use a Cardo PackTalk Edge on mine, and it clamps on fine without any modifications where the Sena buttons usually would be. It is a FAR superior comms - don't buy the Sena made for this helmet, it is trash by comparison!
I have the GT-AIR 2 and am really interested in this helmet. I also read that the SRL system is rubbish but they have a variant called the SRL Mesh which is apparently much better (I have not owned both). I have the mesh and am very happy with it so far.
Watching this video, I had that very thought. What if a bee found its way through that opening? Not inconceivable. Thanks for the tip.
I have the Cardo Packtalk Bold. Any problems mounting these?
Your not wrong the Senna is useless, not mentioning the buttons which are impossible to use either gloves
@@justincarter2224 Quite true. I guess the "fix" is the very reasonably-priced (HA!!!) remote control. You can also get a Mesh adapter for it. It'll cost you only ONE of your kidneys. But still, I do like how the SRL2 just clicked into place. If you splurge for a Neotec 3, you can get the SRL Mesh for it, but then I'd have to sell the OTHER kidney!
Just found a local ad for $275 US for a brand new Neotec2 Medium White that his spouse never used. I went there to have my son try it on and turns out they also have the Sena installed in it which wasn't even listed on the ad. Only thing that wasn't in the box was the Pinlock insert which I am sure the guy used for his helmet when his wore out. Also snagged brand new BMW goretex riding boots for $100. My son is all set.
Nice one. Pinlock inserts are easy to to install and get hold of 👍
Been chasing the Winsome TC-6 for a year, found one 300 miles away....a road trip was in order immediately !!! 👍🏁🏁
Enjoy the trip! Great choice of graphics 👍
@@FabMotorbikes was on the road 20mins later...🤣🤣🤣
Nice one. Good roads?
@@FabMotorbikes yes sir !!!
I think i’m finally going to nab a Neotec 2 soon as the Neotec 3 is officially released. There should be some good deals to be had if you’re fast enough
nice one go for it!
@@FabMotorbikes Yup. Revzilla just marked the Neotec 2 down from $799 to $675 👍🏼
Love this video. Thanks for posting. Love the 8 reasons. Cheers mate.
Thanks for watching, hope it was useful. Got another view on 5 annoying things about it. -> Shoei Neotec 2 | 5 ANNOYING things about this Helmet
th-cam.com/video/ImWgS1PuZ9Q/w-d-xo.html
just purchased this Helmet J&S Selling them at a good price now the 3 has come out
Nice one. I should review the 3
Thanks for the video, has many useful features!
You’re welcome - thank you for watching 👍 hope it was useful
This is what I ride with. Excellent helmet.
Agreed!
I used a Nolan N104 for many years till the chin bar release broke.
I just bought the Shoei NT2. first problem I noticed was the chin bar opening is smaller than my Noland. To see the speedo on my Royal Enfield interceptor I have to tip my head down to see it.
Also to make sure I canceled my turn signals. Big mistake on Shoeis part.
Because all the reviews talk about how quiet it is supposed to be I may ride short distance without ear plugs.
Continued, that wasn't the case I still need earplugs. Even on my 22 Africa twin DCT Adventure with a wind deflector on the windshield it is still noisy.
Sorry but this overpriced helmet is really not much better than my old Nolan N104.
Considering it cost 3 times as much.
Thanks for the feedback. I personally also feel it is massively over priced and your paying mostly for the brand (e.g I'd never heard of the helmet brand Nolan and I willing to bet they a perfectly fine helmets)
Furthermore, I've found even the quietest helmets are loud. Ear plugs essential all the time if going over 30mph.
And one reason not to…or if not that bad, at least annoying. I’ve had a Neotec II for about one month. It's winter here. Regardless of the pin lock, when the helmet is closed, it will fog completely - completely, to the point of being impossible to see the car in front, particularly if stationary. The only answer is to pop the helmet. But the first indent opens the helmet at least 2 cm, meaning that large amounts of freezing air shoot straight onto your face. So you can choose to ride blind or ride to frostbite, but those are your choices.
My old Arai helmet has a tiny click up from closed, 2 or 3 mm at most, which allows enough air in to defrost (it has no pin lock) but not enough to affect the temperature inside the helmet.
Such a shame because in every other way, and as described above, I love this helmet. Comfortable, superbly made, the modular opening is awesome. But it will be relegated to a warm weather ride when I won’t be choosing between seeing where I'm going and freezing to death before I get there.
Thanks for the comments! Really interesting to hear your perspective, especially from more extreme cold weather riding, of which I don’t have that much experience (relatively speaking). Thanks again for watching 👍
Rub a lil dawn soap on the inside of the visor
Hi Peter, You are absolutely right. I live in Belgium and have this helmet for about 2 years now. Being very quiet has a price, and I don't mean money.
The helmet is sealed so good, the water damp can't get out. The store where I bought it gave me the advice to take out the chin piece. They make you choose between quiet and wet or noisy and dry.
Belgium is a very rainy country. The vapor stage is skipped. There are actually drops of condensation on the visor.
If you wear glasses like me, it really becomes a problem.
Don't get me wrong. This is a very comfortable helmet with a super finish.
...when the weather is dry.
Even with pinlock?
I think you forgot one of the most important features. You don't have to stop and change visors when riding from day into night.
excellent point!
@@FabMotorbikes Also your daytime perscription glasses may be worn day or night. No need for prescription sunglasses. It's a nice helmet but i paid more for it than I did my first motorcycle.
🤣🤣 definitely on the pricey side
1:47 open face helmet NXR ?
I think I meant to say ‘full face’ helmet, my mistake
Bought 2 with the Cardo pactalk
Thanks for content
Pleasure 👍
This comes already adapted to fit the SENNA SRL Comms System which is specific to the Shoe Neotec 2
correct. Nice one cheers
You're very good at this.
Thank you. I really want to get back into making videos. Babies take a lot of time 🤣
@@FabMotorbikes Very true but it's all worth it in the end.
Agree 100% 😊
Hello! I wanted to ask your opinion. I’ve tried one on and love everything about the helmet but the bottom air diffuser at the chin area doesn’t really cover my chin and just barely touches it so it constantly had a slight brushing feel. Is there anything about this that can be adjusted or is this pretty normal? I’d image someone would have to have the jaw of a horse in order to have their chin stick past the edge of the diffuser.
I seem to remember it’s removable. If I’m understanding correctly
@@FabMotorbikes thank you for the reply, I appreciate it!
wonder how it compares to the new shubert c5.
Apparently the built in comms unit is based on a sena 50 with mesh....
sounds good....
that would be an interesting comparison. I've always been a bit of a Shoei 'fan boy', so branching out would do me good.
@Fab Motorbikes So have I. I have heard great reviews with the C5 thus far. I think the drawback with the neotec (for me) is the weight.
I am also due for a new helmet in a few weeks, and I think I will decide between the C5 and HJC rpha 90s carbon.
The neotec is getting a bit outdated now....
They need a neotec 3 now to compete in the market.
thanks for the response buddy.
Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
No problem. Thanks for your interesting thoughts 👍
Do you know if you are able to fit the cardo packtalk system with this helmet
From what I understand it will fit and will work. But it is not as easy to fit as the senna and may require some very minor modification and fiddling.
It fits. No modifications needed.
Nice one cheers
👍
I have one. sadly, it’s not tight at the back of the neck, so is extremely noisy. GT Air was much better.
Interesting thank you. This should inform other also 👍
It's a nice helmet - just not very nice that you are not allowed to use Pinlock åt night 👎 - check small sticker on left side of visor. This is also why pinlock is not installed in the box 😉
Interesting. In fact I stopped inserting them because I felt they were distorting my vision against street lamps at night. But on the other hand they are incredibly useful to stop free fogging.
I has to do with the classification of the visor. Class 1 is 99% distortion free - what you see is what you see. Class 2 is still allowed in the ece22.05, but as soon as you add an extra visor (Pinlock) It goes one class down. Class 3 is not allowed at night for example. This means that all helmet manufacturers that has the Pinlock in the box and not in the helmet, most likely uses class 2 visor. Schuberth for example uses class 1 visor 👍🏻
i use mine at night with the pinlock installed and it works fine
I wish I knew this before I bought my Neotech 2 helmet. I have a pinlock in it but as soon as it gets a bit dark I find myself driving around with the visor open as the visibility gets really poor. What could be more Important than that one can see clearly even at night?! Everything else is great about this helmet but this is a HUGE drawback as I often have to ride at night...
It has a dark flip visor installed
Ok bro I’ll stuff the f@&$in scarf😂 lol I get it you really didn’t say that but it slipped out like that
Lol I don’t fully understand but happy to entertain
@@FabMotorbikes it was around 40 seconds in, sounded like you said stuff the f scarf
😂😂
This helmet is old and overpriced. The new HJC RPHA 91 is much more advanced in features. I'm a Shoei fanboy, but it's time to update this dinosaur and bring down the weight. A Snell rating would be nice as well. And get rid of the comm. docks. Not everyone uses them Shoei!
Agreed! Heavy
I've been using a Neotec II for a few years and like the fit, features, and overall quality but will never buy another Shoei for one reason: the jaw droppingly bad visor connection system. I can fully change an Arai or Schuberth visor in 20 seconds at most. The Shoei takes at least five minutes. It's incomprehensible to me that Shoei can't engineer a competent, easy to use visor connection system.
This I do agree with. My problem is that every time I take out the visor to clean or replace , I feel I am so close to breaking it due to the strange fiddly mechanism
Dude how many times you are going to keep repeating yourself?
Not sure… how many times did you count?
You just lost me as son as you Calle SLR2 as One of the best Intercom. Its a rubbish produkt, and hade benen forced to use SLR2 during the last Therese years I have gathered enough experimentera to date to sak CARDO is the best. No Moore SENA
Thanks for sharing. Useful for other viewers! 👍
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The noisy helmet have it!! Avoid it! Only marketing!
Very noisy
One of the things I hate on youtube is people making videos about things which they know very little about. also don't be ashamed of your bald head and lose the stupid backwards cap.
Thanks for your feedback
Cap looks cool bro...don't listen to this negative nancy
Thanks man!