Flip Up Motorcycle Helmets
Your guide to flip up motorcycle helmets
Flip up motorcycle helmets are the best choice if you don't enjoy having to take off your full face helmet everytime you stop. They are also known as Flip Front, Modular or System helmets.
Flip up helmets are very similar to full face motorcycle helmets. The style is popular touring riders and commuters.
Why buy a flip up motorcycle helmet?
Flip up helmet safety
Flip up motorcycle helmets are tested for safety in the same way as full face motorcycle helmets. There are currently 3 flip up helmets that have a 5 out of 5 SHARP rating. These are the BMW System 5, Caberg Trip & Caberg Konda.
Price
There is a flip up helmet to fit any budget. The prices range from £60 all the way up to £460. Spending more money on a helmet doesn't mean it will be the safest. The 3 helmets mentioned above range from around £90 up to about £250 but all have a 5 star SHARP safety rating.
Flexibility
This style of helmet offers the most flexibility while riding. Some of the Caberg range of flip up helmets (the Caberg Justissimo GT & Caberg Sintesi) come with a 'Jet' conversion kit which means they can be used as open face helmets when needed.
Recommended Flip Up Helmets
The safest flip up helmet that is full featured and comfortable to wear is the Caberg Trip, it really is a bargain at around £90!
AGV Flip Up Helmets
AGV Longway II - a comfortable helmet with an external sun visor
The follow up model to the original Longway, this model now includes an external sun visor that can be pulled down on sunny days.
It has a 4 out of 5 SHARP rating and weighs 1,700 grams.
Read AGV Longway II owner reviews
Caberg Flip Up Helmets
Caberg Trip - Helmet-Guide.com recommended! One of the safest motorcycle helmets available to buy.
At a price of £90 this is a bargain!
This is an awesome helmet at a beginner price.
It comes with an internal visor to help reduce glare on sunny days.
Weighing in at 1,590 grams it's still a fairly light helmet. The front lock is easy to undo even while wearing gloves.
Read Caberg Trip owner reviews
Caberg Konda - another 5 star helmet!
Slightly more expensive than the Caberg Trip, but not by much.
It has been designed to fit the Caberg JustSpeak Bluetooth communication system.
Most owners of the helmet would recommend it to a friend.
Read Caberg Konda owner reviews
Nolan Flip Up helmets
Nolan N103 - a favourite with the emergency services.
A flip up motorcycle helmet from a trusted helmet manufacturer.
The N103 has a SHARP rating of 4 out of 5 stars. It's quite a heavy helmet weighing in at 1,850 grams.
This helmet can be used with the Nolan bluetooth system. Similar to the Caberg helmets it also has an internal sun visor.
Nolan N90 - a full featured helmet with a 4 out of 5 SHARP rating.
The flip front of the Nolan N90 can be locked in the up position which is a feature not all flip up motorcycle helmets have.
The visor is specially designed and moulded to fit the front of the shell to reduce wind noise.
It comes complete with a pin lock visor that resists fogging.
The N90 has a protective hard coating finish to help make the paint last longer and resist stone chips.
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