AGV Longway Flip-up Helmet Review

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2lippy's Review of AGV Longway Flip-up Helmet

10th Jan 2008

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Protection
    4 stars
  • Comfort
    4.5 stars
  • Quality
    1.5 stars
Good Points

value for money
great inner
colourways.


Bad Points

visor


General Comments

I have now owned the AGV Longway flip up helmet for 6 months, its time for a review and I wanted to really like this helmet.... for me it is the best looking flip up helmet and looks like a sport lid when down, the white and black version called the 'Longway' caught my eye and I had to have it.
The inner of the helmet is really nice, the ear area has a nice cut out and I have good sized ears that can sometimes be a problem in a helmet but not the AGV. This also becomes a huge advantage when I fitted my autocom system. No cutting out was needed it all fitted in perfectly.
The chin section is also roomy, this is a common problem with flip up helmets, and some lids can leave your chin touching the front when down, the longway wont do this even if you are Jimmy Hill. there is still enough room for my mouthpiece too
the vents are ok, I would prefer more air to the visor via the front but it is ok. This leads me to my problem with the AGV, while i can ride with the lid fully flipped up sometimes I prefer to ride with the lid down and the visor up. At 35mph the visor rattles with wind buffeting, its really annoying and at 70mph it will just shut down with a slam. I don't know if its related to the visors rigidity or the mechanism but its something that I plan to mention to AGV in a quick email, maybe they will give me a reason or a fix. The second visor issue is that rain drops will occasionally enter the lid under side wind conditions especially on the motorway, not great.
These are the only faults I have found and I do have to constantly remind myself that this hemlet is cheaper than the caberg, a better helmet than the Caberg and while its not the quality of Aria or Shoei its less than half the cost and I prefer the interior of the lid.
But due to the visor I can't recommend the helmet unless you live in a dry dusty country.

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  • bfcarter on 4th Aug 2009

    I found this review very helpful because I too have recently purchased an AGV Longway Daytona and like it very much. It is confortable (a bit tight to remove though) & the cut outs for the ears is a good idea. I don't have any issues with the visor as I never ride with the helmet flipped open but I have recently experienced a problem when it rains. The top right edge of the visor does not seal when down fully on the helmet thus letting water in. It is as if the visor is slightly too big and doesn't seal correctly. As I only purchased the helmet three weeks ago I returned it to the shop & they tried a visor from another Longway. This was exactly the same so it would appear my helmet is possibly from a faulty batch. The shop have sent it away for examination. At the time of writing I am still waiting for a response.