HJC FS-11

jeff wailes2
Reviewed: 14 November 2012

Not a bad helmet but the details let it down - get what you pay for.

Price

Bits fall off - breath guard, neck cushion. Visor does not seat well and thus noise levels are high

Value product but will go back to Shoei next time around

madmanmarty
Reviewed: 21 March 2012

Great helmet for the price, not amazing, but does the job with a heap of style!

This helmet is full of handy features such as a integral sun visor, inflatable cheek pads and a removable lining.
The cheek pads make for a nice tight fit eliminating any shaking when i ride at speed and the ventilation tackles any fogging up perfectly, i know this isnt an amazing feature but the pinlock ready visor was verry helpfull!

The small prongs on the sun visor that 'click' up into a arm that deploys the visor, breaks verry VERRY easly! The 'anti-fog' coating on the main visor wears pretty quick and so i utilised the pinlock feature, the suplied breath gard is way to big but not a true problem.

Overall, this helmet is a great helmet and yes, it is truely value for money! There are a FEW minor fualts but nothing is perfect. Its a nice comfy helmet and ideal for sport touring, nice and easy to accesorise and easy to use!

headoned
Reviewed: 21 October 2011

Pretty good but not great

Lots of features. Quite cheap. Comfy.

Noisy
Visor is not great
Still feels like a budget helmet

Its a good helmet but iv had problems with visor not sealing properly so air leaks making it noisy. the sun visor is very handy but hard to put down while on the move as its quite stiff compared to the FS10.

Englishman
Reviewed: 20 October 2011

Good quality, comfortable helmet.

Comfort, inflatable cheek pads aren't gimmicky - I haven't used them yet but probably will as the helmet wears in. Vents are good and are easy to operate on the move, as is the internal sun visor.

A bit of a squeeze to get on at first, but better after a few wears. Cheek pads force you into a pout, particularly if you inflate them but they'll come into their own after the padding settles a bit.

I'm really happy with the helmet. I feel that it's a quality piece of kit and the price wasn't outrageous at 200 quid. I'd recommend one, but try it on for a while first.

kernowk
Reviewed: 03 May 2011

Quality, quiet, comfortable lid with some funky useable extras at a reasonable price!

After trying on some rather plush looking 'top of the range' (bloody expensive) helmets, this shiny HJC caught my eye. Blue pinstriping on a solid black base, not so OTT garish at all! I tried it on and it felt so much better around my head than all of the £300+ lids. Lightweight, decent build quality and very comfortable with some neat design features such as 'pump-up' cheek pads for a tighter fit (it works!), and some dark visor/sunglasses that slide down from inside the helmet, so no more sunglare after getting caught out in that low evening sun without the shades!

Can't find any yet, just been out for a ride and it's quiet, fits well, doesn't shake at speed, doesn't lift off from my head, rarely steams up and also hardly any air blowing in my eyes at 'pressing on' speeds!

I always used to choose the coolest, most expensive stuff that usually came with a very large brightly coloured logo emblazoned on it where u couldn't miss seeing it from an earth orbiting satellite, but due to changing tastes, or getting old and looking stupid in these things now, I look for things that work properly now, function over form.
The HJC FS11 is cool. And it works properly.So I guess Im not that old yet.
After trying on various helmets from all over the price range, this felt very comfortable, great vision all around and very well priced. Its relatively lightweight, the visor is easy to open and close unlike some which feel like they would come straight off in your hand or even blow away at anything over 40mph. The 'sunvisor' which slides down inside the helmet by a slider on the back of the lid is easy to operate with summer gloves on and is a useful addition to this lid. It does work well and you won't get caught out again without sunglasses when the sun eventually comes out! The blow up cheek pieces work well too, you don't really notice them working until you let the relief valve down, which I suppose is a good thing!
Definitely would recommend this helmet, even if it were £50 more!