Scorpion ADF-9000 Air - Desert White / Blue / Red
TCT ultra-lightweight adventure helmet with ultrawide Pinlock visor and removable peak
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RRP £329.99
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Verified Customer Reviews for Scorpion ADF-9000 Air
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Customers have praised this helmet for its comfort, quality, and innovative features. They highlight its lightweight construction compared to more expensive brands and appreciate the easy operation of the internal and external visors. The helmet's fit is comfortable, with adaptable airfit cheek pads and ample speaker recesses. Many mention the clear vision provided by the Pinlock system, despite some installation challenges. Overall, it's considered great value for money and is highly recommended for its performance and comfort.
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What's not to like!!!
16 November 2024 by Katie F
My hubby brought the same helmet (different colours) and was so pleased with it. When I tried it to compare with my different brand helmet I was amazed by the visibility and had to buy one. Although the helmet is designed more for adventure bikes, I find having the visor, especially when the sun is lower this time of year, to make a difference too. Liftweight and adjustable air pressure makes it extremely comfortable. I wear hearing aids and have no problems or discomfort even with intercom installed. The pearl white is a good stand out colour too. Extremely pleased with the product.
Delivery and service from Sportsbikeshop very efficient. Didn't leave me waiting too long for my purchase.
Style: Pearl White
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Brilliant comfortable helmet
09 November 2024 by Richard B
Lovely, quality, great looking helmet.
Fits great, I would recommend to anyone.
Style: Desert Matt Black / Silver
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My Perfect Adventure Helmet
30 October 2024 by Anonymous
Days of research and watching YouTube videos narrowed down the options to the Scorpion ADF9000. With years of dual sport African multi country adventure riding,I wanted to get back into it after an 8 year break. Tempting to just buy a premium brand name for double the price and so glad I did not. Measured my head 57cm looked at the size guide M and the Scorpion is a perfect fit. Comfortable | Looks Good | Great with MX Goggles | Pin Lock Visor | Low Noise | Ease of use | Comms cut outs etc | All the boxes ticked
Style: Trail Black / Neon Yellow
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Problems 6 months in
18 October 2024 by Tristan S
The visor touches the peak which in turn puts 2 huge scratches/grooves into the visor.
SBS returned to the helment to the manufacturer who replaced the visor and put some felt on the inner side of the peak but in time this will wear through.
Also the felt isn't positioned correctly so their remedial work is already a problem.
The visor doesn't seal against the rubber so you have a constant draft, rain droplets make their way in and constant wind noise.
The pump function is a waste of time as the helmet is an adequate fit.
The back of the helmet is cut quite high so rainwater goes down your neck.
The titanium D rings feel rough to the touch. Sets my teeth on edge.
Asked SBS for a refund but was denied. Feel a little let down by SBS.
If you do buy this helmet make sure the visor has enough clearance from the peak and the visor sits flush with the rubber seal.
The Nexx Wed.2 is a better helmet.
Style: Desert Matt Black / Silver
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Great lid!
23 September 2024 by Dave
I tried on various adventure helmets including the Arai and this was one of the comfiest and best quality helmets with good features for the money. I really wanted to like the Nexx Wed3 but it was noticeably too heavy (1,830g) compared to the ADF (1,667). Off the bike I thought the sun visor didn't come down far enough. It doesn't have the v above the nose and go down on each cheek the same as others but when riding it's really great. Noise is on par with my AGV street helmet and fitting my sena comms was pretty easy. Peak is easily removable. Vibration on the peak only happens when in the worst bit of unstable air from my screen. Field of view is brilliant and only had a little fogging on the very bottom of the visor where the pin lock doesn't cover, which isn't really noticeable until you lift it up past your eye line.
The vents could be a bit better and like some others I found the pinlock impossible to fit without filing the slots for the pins a bit deeper. Without that the lens buckled even when fully housed on each pin. Didn't take much filing with a bit of wet and dry paper but it should fit out the box.
Overall a great helmet and I'm really pleased with it.
Style: Pearl White
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Scorpion adf 9000 air
10 September 2024 by Jason W
Comphy light, quiet, well made, good quality
Style: Matt Pearl Black
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Fantastic Lid!
10 August 2024 by GB
I've had ADF 9000 for about a month. It's extremely well put together, the fit is true, it's comfortable and well designed. Despite comments elsewhere the pinlock was actually really easy to fit. I tend to stick with a clear visor so don't remove it very often - but taking it off is simple, no tools required but you do need to be brave! I also found that it was easy to run cables for comms, mic, speakers etc. I bought an Arai x4 last year which is ok but has increasingly irritated me. The pads don't fit very well, the visor doesn't sufficiently clear the field of view when it's raised and the visor catch is on the clutch side which is useless. I know x4 has been upgraded but it was still much more expensive than the Scorpion - which imho is miles better. Finally the inflatable cheek pads thing might seem gimmicky but it's actually really well executed - I know that if the pads flatten too much as it breaks in, that's not going to stop me getting a good fit. Buy this helmet.
Style: Matt Pearl Black
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SCORPION HELMET
10 August 2024 by Michael H
Really nice comfy helmet which can do everything, really pleased
Style: Desert White / Blue / Red
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Great helmet
02 August 2024 by Derek M
A lightweight quiet comfy helmet at a bargain sale price, only let down by plastic screws holding the peak on and the flip down sun visor rests on my nose. Sportsbikeshop quickly replaced the helmet due to a damaged plastic screw holding the peak on. As always excellent customer service.
Style: Trail Black / Red
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Protection, Quality and Value!
16 July 2024 by Steve C
Starting with protection, this helmet meets the latest ECE 22.06 requirements AND is approved by British Motorcycle Sport for racing - more than some helmets at twice the price. If nothing else survives, at least you'll know your head will be in one piece! The materials and construction all have a quality feel and this also extends to that cosy environment where your head goes. Clear or tinted visor with large tabs that even fat fingered gorilla's can use to easily flip up and down, with a similarly sized smooth action lever located on the left side to flip the built in tinted sun visor up and down. The peak is quick and easy to remove or install; the visors are quick and easy to remove and install (even though it feels a little brutal) and you are provided with a wide panoramic field of vision. Now to the Pinlock - I'm really not to sure what other people are doing with their Pinlocks, but within two minutes it was out its nice protective bag and installed - knives? scissors? really? This is a brilliant, well made, great fitting, great quality and great value for money helmet. And one last tip - go for the white. Why? It's cheaper and your head won't boil in the sun like it may do in the black or other dark finishes.
Style: Pearl White
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Great lid
14 June 2024 by Anonymous
Fits great, ordered large. Peak non intrusive at higher speeds, easy fitment of senna Comms system. Only slight issue was fitting pinlock but nothing to stop me giving it a 5 stars
Style: Desert White / Blue / Red
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Great value Quality helmet.
04 June 2024 by Anonymous
Very comfortable with a good field of vision. Pinlock was fiddly but did click firmly into place. Great that this was included along with the dark visor which I doubt I'll use. The peak works well at shielding the sun and the drop down visor works well when the sun is lower on the horizon.
Airfit cheek pads? Not sure I'll use the feature as the helmet is comfortable anyway.
Style: Pearl White
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Scorpion ADF-9000
10 April 2024 by Alan B
2nd Scorpion Air helmet from Sportsbikeshop, good sizing, comfortable and a lot quieter than most helmets, cracking price and delivery as always from SBS
Really can't fault the product or service.
Style: Trail Black / Neon Yellow
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Scorpion helmet
07 April 2024 by Anonymous
Well made, but adventure helmets I found are difficult to put on to get the right fit. Best to try them on before buying
Style: Desert White / Blue / Red
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Greatest All round helmet
26 March 2024 by Kevin H
Looks good
Feels great
Suits all ride positions Rain or sunshine very happy with it
Style: Desert Matt Black / Silver
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Excellent all-around helmet
21 March 2024 by Evan
Pros:
- Great quality helmet, fits nice on my head shape. Seems really well made.
- High quality, soft interior. Airfit cheek pads are great.
- Embedded sun visor.
- Easily removable peak.
- Excellent ventilation.
Cons:
- Pinlock visor does not fit the helmet's visor. Seems like Pinlock's fault, as on the cover it says it's designed for this specific helmet. Needs some DIY to fit properly. I had to use a knife + pair of scissors to make it work. Not something tremendous, just 10mins of extra work. Still, not a good thing to have to do.
- The sun visor causes some distortion along its bottom edge, so when reading the instruments or sat-nav, expect some visual distortion.
- While "compatible" with Scorpion's intercom system, the battery has to be placed on the lower back of the outside of the helmet. Odd.
- Average weight. Not as light as some of the more premium priced helmets.
Style: Pearl White
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Fantastic Helmet
20 March 2024 by Andy
I'll start with what you want to hear, it's worth the money and a fantastic helmet to wear day in-day out. I've owned it for around a month now and it has bedded in nicely. Initially it was quite tight around the cheeks, but this has improved, and I'm sure is why the air fit is in place to retain a good fit over time. I find that it's an odd shaped helmet, though. It fits, but fits differently to other helmets I've owned (Nolan N70-2X, AGV K3 etc...). Not a bad different, just different.
It's very light, noticeably so compared to my old Nolan N70-2X. The included tinted visor is a nice touch!
I love the huge visor, its action is smooth and the pinlock is a great addition. The visor almost has some form of water-beading properties to it. It beads much nicer than other visors that I have used, not sure if this is just because how new it is, but I don't remember the same thing with other helmets. I haven't applied any Rainex or similar to it, it just sheds water!
The drop-down sun visor works well and comes down quite far.
Vents don't appear to do much, so I don't see this being a cooler helmet in warmer climates. I will say that it's lovely and warm in winter though!
The peak doesn't seem to drag at speed, it is a very flexible peak so maybe that helps.
I fitted a Cardo Freecom with JBL speakers easily enough, the helmet has cut-outs for the speakers and does fit the larger JBL speakers.
I'd recommend this helmet. It's comfy, looks great and performs well. It's definitely amazing value for money and is a quality product.
Style: Desert Matt Black / Silver
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Get a head Get a hat
28 February 2024 by Chris S
Nice helmet. Good fit with wide field of vision. The drop down sun visor is a bonus on an adventure helmet.
Wind noise might be slightly up on my Arai x4 but great value all round.
Style: Pearl White
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Description
Product Specification
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Scorpion ADF-9000 Air - Desert White / Blue / Red
- TCT-Ultra lightweight composite shell construction
- Ultrawide Max Vision Pinlock visor and insert
- 3 shell sizes for optimal fit and comfort
- Emergency quick-release cheek pads
- Adjustable front and aero-tuned rear air vents
- Speed View internal drop-down sun visor
- Airfit customisable cheek pads for an optimal fit
- Soft antimicrobial KwickWick 3 interior
- Titanium Double-D ring fastening
- Two action camera mounting points
- Removable peak included
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Is this helmet ACU rated?
October 28, 2024We can confirm that this helmet is ACU gold approved.
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