I’m a changed man. As some of you probably know, I recently bought a mint Yamaha XSR900. It’s my first ever retro-inspired "big bike," and having owned more than a dozen bikes prior, all of which were modern sport and naked bikes, you just know that I had to give my gear wardrobe a makeover.
Just a few days after I got the bike, I immediately went shopping for a helmet that would do the XSR’s neo-retro aesthetic justice. Of course, retro-themed helmets, at least those worth buying, are in essence, modern-day helmets stylized to look like they’re from the ‘70s or ‘80s. And so beneath the surface, they shouldn’t be much different from the sport and sport-touring helmets I also own.
