{"id":703,"date":"2010-10-09T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T02:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2010-10-09T21:44:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T04:44:54","slug":"x-lite-x-802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2010\/10\/x-lite-x-802\/","title":{"rendered":"X-lite X-802"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been without a helmet for literally MONTHS<\/em>. Ever since I sold the AGV GP-Tech, I’ve been on the hunt for the right lid…<\/p>\n

The AGV was a nice helmet, but I didn’t like the graphics. I wanted something simpler this time, a solid white color. There are a lot of helmets out there that come in white, but I also wanted something a bit more unique. I liked the brief experience I had with a Shoei RF-1100, so I decided to go for another Shoei in the X-12 version. Unfortunately, after calling distributors, Shoei was some how\u00a0completely\u00a0out of white X-12’s in my size. This ended up being a process of waiting a couple of weeks, calling with no avail, waiting a couple more weeks… etc. My alternative was another AGV GP-Tech in white, but likewise it was impossible to source one.<\/p>\n

I was about to resort to my third choice, an Arai Corsair V which was much more readily available. I knew it was a good helmet, but I wasn’t entirely fond of its shape. Shortly before pulling the trigger on the Arai, I came across a less mainstream brand called X-lite. They’re popular in Europe and many racers wear them, but are not easily found in the US. I looked at the X-lite X-802 and decided this was finally the helmet I’ve been looking for all this time…<\/p>\n

Buying it, however, also wasn’t that easy. I had to buy it from a German distributor, which was a bit of a gamble. Luckily they had what I needed in stock, and it was shipped fairly quickly. The actual shipping took a couple weeks, but I now finally have a helmet.<\/p>\n

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The fit is a bit tight and this helmet does sit a bit closer to your face than others. The padding inside is also rather spartan, so it isn’t the most comfortable or plush thing I’ve worn.<\/p>\n

Other than that, the X-lite is well made. Given it’s name, it’s also very light… tipping the scales at a touch over 1000 grams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been without a helmet for literally MONTHS. Ever since I sold the AGV GP-Tech, I’ve been on the hunt for the right lid… The AGV was a nice helmet, but I didn’t like the graphics. I wanted something simpler this time, a solid white color. There are a lot of helmets out there that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}