Red Wing Heritage Iron Rangers
- 2025-01-21
- Produkt-Tests
Hier ist der vollständige Test der Iron Ranger Stiefel der amerikanischen Marke Red Wing, die ich in unserer Liste der perfekten Geschenke... Mehr lesen
Wir haben ihn schon in unserer Liste der besten Geschenke für Motorradfahrer/-innen erwähnt. Aber wir hatten noch keine Gelegenheit, ihn wirklich zu testen. Jetzt ist es soweit. Und nach 6 Monaten Gebrauch unter allen möglichen Bedingungen können wir dir einen detaillierte Bewertung über den Shoei Glamster Helm geben.
Wäre dieser Helm also das Beste aus beiden Welten? Mit anderen Worten, ein stylischer Helm, der auch für lange, mehrtägige Ausfahrten genutzt werden kann? Nach rund 6 Monaten Testzeit können wir eine erste Antwort geben.
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At the very beginning, we can find the café racer culture. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Café racers were standard production bikes that were modified by their owners and optimized for speed and handling for quick rides over short distances.
Then in the 2000s, we could witness the emergence of custom workshops, such as the Australian from Deus Ex Machina, or the Danish from Wrenchmonkees, who created a ’new› motorcycling culture. Their value proposition was simple: offering a demanding bikers’ clientele, motorcycle customised to their taste, in order to stand out from the crowd. Back then, those workshops were working mainly with BMW R80, or Japanese models (e.g. Honda CX 500
At the same time, at Deus in particular, they started offering accessories and equipment so bikers could match their outfits to their bikes, and wear them as rallying signs to a community of erudite connoisseurs.
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Manufacturers also wanted to ride this wave of nostalgia, but above all they saw it as a the cash machine a good business opportunity. They realised that they could target a new, more urban clientele with greater purchasing power.
So it was only natural that they also got into the neo-retro trend. Firstly, through initiatives such as Yamaha Yard Built, where top notch workshops were asked to custom their factory bikes. By doing so, manufacturers could ride the hype and position themselves as innovative. And icing on the cake, based on the public’s reactions, they could determine what the biker community liked and didn’t like. A kind of external development that limited financial investment, so to speak.
Then, based on these preps, and drawing on their own archives and organ banks, they brought out new factory models.
BMW and its R Nine T started the ball rolling, followed by Triumph updating its new Bonneville range, Yam and its XSR range, Kawasaki and its RS 900, and so on.
Now in the 2020s, this alternative culture has become mainstream, and every single manufacturer now offers neo-retro models, relying on a more or less existing heritage of emblematic models.
And as is often the case in life, manufacturers start and equipment manufacturers follow. The latter also wanted to offer products to this clientele, who were looking for stylistic alternatives in their motorbike riding practice.
And while Bell took the lion’s share of the market for many years, notably with its Bullit model, others are determined to compete with them in this juicy market, notably the Japanese company Shoei with two models, the Ex-Zero, more of a cross-type model, and the Glamster. And it’s the latter that interests us here.
The author of this article is lucky enough to have been able to test it for around 6 months. Here’s what he has to say about it:
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For me, the absence of a sun visor is the biggest negative point of this helmet. Not that this is a brand exception. Most helmets in this style don’t have one (Bell, DMD, etc.). However, in use, this poses three problems for longer rides.
And if you have to ride around with the normal visor at the start/end of the day, then replace it with the other visor when it’s very bright, then thanks for the practicality.
In any case, I strongly advise against riding with the visor open and without glasses. Even at 50 kph, you can get an insect right in the eye and you’ll see how pleasant it is. Let alone at 100 kph…
Otherwise, I felt pressure points behind my ears, where the helmet presses on the sunglasses temples. After 45 minutes, it became downright painful. And after 90 minutes, I had to stop to relieve the pain. And for a helmet designed for long outings lasting several hours a day, it’s frankly not great! Thus, I’ll stick to my Shoei GT-Air for road-trips.
Of course it does! But I’ll tell you that I’ve tried many helmets, of different brands, with optical or sunglasses, with different thicknesses of temples, and this is the only one that gave me such an unpleasant sensation. And that already after 30-45 minutes.
Otherwise, the soundproofing, at speeds above 80km/h, might put off some of you, who might be tempted to use it for touring (motorways + long stretches). You can always get earplugs to overcome this problem. But then, some bikers don’t like the sensation.
Last but not least, the choice of the Double-D buckle for a helmet of this type is questionable. Firstly, because very few of you will use it on the track. Secondly, for urban and/or suburban use, a notched buckle would be more practical.
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So to sum up, if you’re looking for a quality helmet with good styling to parade around in a 30-50km radius around your home, then this helmet will be perfect. And in this style, the Bell Bullitt will, in my opinion, be even less versatile.
There’s still the very top of the range, for example the Hedon Helmets. With even more noble materials, notably real leather and fibreglass/carbon shells, but above all with an entry price of over 800 CHF/€. Which means they’re aimed at an even more wealthy clientele.
Now, if you’re thinking that with the Shoei Glamster, you’ll finally have the best of both worlds – a stylish helmet calibrated for long road-trips – don’t bother. This helmet is likely to disappoint you, because you won’t find the comfort of a GT-Air, a Neotec or even an NXR.
That’s a question for you to answer! But if you can’t decide, you might have to break your piggy bank and buy both ;-)!
In any case, we hope you find this test useful. Don’t hesitate to check out our blog for other motorcycle-related topics.
Ride on !
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