Shark OXO - Dark Shadow Matt Black

Good fit, comfortable especially for those with specs
One drawback , fitting comms requires quite a bit of work, especially if not fitting the shark sena as recommended

I have now sent this helmet back 3 times for repair as the visor clips kept breaking off. This would leave you with no visor when out on a ride, forcing you to use the sun visor which isn’t great at night. On all 3 occasions the helmet was fixed and returned so I cannot fault SBS. The helmet however is not of good quality. I found it noisy and felt cheap. I have now had a refund. Worst of all, I bought 2 of these, 1 for my wife which is still intact (for now).

I tried on loads of conventional flip-up helmets but found the weight over the front was uncomfortable and just didn't work with my glasses.

The Shark is a fantastic helmet as the chin bar retracts completely out of the way and still allows me to ride with just the visor down.

Added to that, the guys in the Bristol store were brilliant, courteous and very knowledgeable.


I wish I had bought one of these years ago I love it!

The helmet is lightweight, and functional. Visors are good, comes with pin lock and tinted visor. Chin piece is easy to use, feels safe and secure when both open face and closed. Sound proof is more than sufficient.

Just right for me

I’m very pleased, as I had a few chores in local towns and villages, joined by some lovely Rutland roads. It was hot, so slow riding in the ‘Jet’ position was great. Then, when I hit the open road I could close the front fully. The one thing I learnt is that you probably need to decide on full-face early, as it’s a bit cumbersome over about 60mph, against the wind resistance. The tinted visor worked well, and it was really comfortable. I might need to get some bigger pads in places, but overall it feels good quality and I’m looking forward to an oversea tour in a few weeks to properly put it through its paces!

This helmet is brilliant, it has a wonderfully deep and wide field of vision, the best of any helmet I’ve owned. Very comfortable to wear, as comfortable as my Schubert C5. It’s superb as an open faced helmet in summer, the sun visor was a bit sticky at first but is now smooth. The only criticism I have is the noise at low speed there appears to be quite an ingress of wind noise on the left side of the helmet from the flip over mechanism. This noise is noticeable at 20 mph and builds up with speed. This is nowhere near as quiet as my old Shark Evo ES which is disappointing.
Sum up brilliant and frustrating

This is the only brand that fits me properly and is a big improvement on the previous flip. That said the ventilation is poor especially at the top of the helmet which is a major negative

Fits well, works well with sun visor down, main visor down and as a full face helmet.

A pretty comfortable helmet that’s not too noisy. Nice quality with well thought out comms provision (apart from screws holding the trim on !!!). Simple visit fit/removal but …. That sun visor. Way way too short in its drop making it very distracting. In many cases causing issues with checking your instruments or mirrors.
If you wear glasses then their provision for you is an odd set up that doesn’t really work either.

If you never ride in the sun and don’t wear glasses then nice helmet

Nice and comfortable seem to be good value for money not done a lot of miles yet my wife likes her's this is our 3rd shark helmet looking forward to a good ride out to give them a proper try

When trying on Schuberth C5 with the help of the staff, we found that the C5 left too much of a gap at the forehead and couldn't modify the helmet to fit due to Schuberth not making certain padding.

We then looked at the Shark OXO as it had a similar style, it fit perfectly without changing any padding.

I've struggled to get on with flip up helmets since ditching my very much out-of-date Schuberth. I wanted something simple, giving the benefit of open face, without looking (and feeling) like a trojan helmet. This totally nails it, without too much sacrifice in sound insulation. In fact, in open face mode (neat flip over mechanism), it's quiet and breezy - in a good way! All I could wish for in a helmet - excellent quality for a reasonable cost.

Very comfortable. Best sun visor i have ever used Not too dark or too light.