Arai Horizon-X launched as road-oriented RX-7V EVO offshoot
The new Horizon-X uses the RX-7V’s shell as a starting point but takes it in a more road-friendly direction
Like the look of the Arai RX-7V EVO motorbike helmet but spend most of your time on the road? You might be interested in the Arai Horizon-X. According to the Japanese helmet manufacturer, it “combines decades of helmet development with new technologies designed around the demands of everyday road riding.”
The starting point is the shell of the RX-7V EVO, which Arai says is “handcrafted using more than 20 carefully selected materials” to meet both the latest ECE 22.06 standard and “Arai’s own internal criteria”.
The venting system is then completely redesigned, with new intake and exhaust ducts for better airflow, cooling, and comfort. There’s a new liner which is now antibacterial, odour-resistant, and dirt-resistant.
The padding can be fully removed for cleaning and to make it easier to install a communication device, for example, one from Cardo or Sena.
It’ll be available in seven solid colours and seven snazzy liveries when it hits the shelves early next year. Price-wise, we’d expect it to start at around £700 for the solid colours, with the liveries charged at a premium.
Alongside the Horizon-X, Arai also revealed a new RX-7V EVO IoM TT 2027 Limited Edition, which celebrates both the legendary road race and 40 years of partnership between Drudi Performance and Arai Helmet Europe.
It has an asymmetrical livery inspired by the TT’s colours, with orange, dark and light blue and gold featuring. The usually black Arai logo instead appears in blue, and there’s the instantly recognisable Manx triskelion sitting proudly on the shell.
Again, we’re expecting that one to be on the shelves in early 2027. As with the new Horizon-X, there’s no price just yet, but existing RX-7V EVO models with liveries cost anything up to about £900.
So, will it be the RX-7V EVO IoM TT Limited Edition for you, or the new Horizon-X?
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Matt has a background in motoring journalism of the four-wheeled variety but has long had a passion for motorbikes, taking his first steps into riding in 2010.
