Bell Powersports Mag-9 Motorcycle Helmets

I love the look of this helmet, the fit was perfect, snug, and will loosen a bit with use. The shaded visor is a bit difficult to bring down; I'm hoping that it will get easier with use. It springs back in place with no problem. Highway noise is much less than with my last one. Great helmet for the money!

Excellent helmet. Comfortable and fits true to sizing chart. I installed the Sena Bluetooth headset, and it only took a few minutes*. Pads come out easily for cleaning and snap back into place. Integrated sun visor is great, and full face clear shield reduces wind and noise. *The Sena Bluetooth headset does require a separate adaptor to fit this helmet, which is not clear from the Amazon description for the HEADSET (which is a separate item). However, since many ordering the helmet will likely want the convenience and look of an integrated package, one does need to be sure of headset specs to avoid time delay of getting the Bluetooth headset to fit. Overall, I love this helmet. Great product for a long ride, and I would buy it, again.

I've always liked Bell helmets. My dad manufactured the first Bell Star faceplate molds back in 1966-'67. Even though the company has gone through a couple of corporate changes, Bell helmets are still good. I purchased this Mag-9 because I like the 3/4/Jet helmet design. I haven't made the jump to the intercom Bluetooth communication systems yet, so can't comment on that feature of the Mag-9. My head measures 59.5cm (23 1/4-23 1/2") and is a medium oval shape. As I fell right in between L and XL, I ordered the XL size and it fit perfectly. The cheek pads were a little tight, but Bell has less thick cheek pads in stock, not like Shoei's cheek pads that are ALWAYS back-ordered, so I figured I'd just order a set of those as the rest of the helmet was fitting just right. Unfortunately, when I opened the box, the peak visor and the sun visor control were sitting loose in the box. They were easily attached as they have plastic bosses molded into them that easily push into mounting points on the helmet. The sun visor control pushes in over its square mounting point. The main clear visor and the drop-down sun visor are optically perfect. On the road, the helmet is noisy, a little noisier than my LS2 3/4 helmet, and way noisier than my Shoei. We are riding motorcycles, though, so . . . The venting is excellent, way better than my LS2 or Shoei helmets. The drop-down sun visor is a bit difficult to engage, but it pops up quickly with a bang and actually works well once you get used to it. The problem I encountered was the peak visor kept popping out, just like it arrived in the box, taking the drop-down visor's control with it. If this hadn't happened, I'd have kept this helmet. The Mag-9 is a good design that is just a little bit cheaply built.

What an excellent helmet! And this is coming from someone who doesn’t really like helmets. My last home it did not cover my ears and the turbulence noise. At freeway speeds was deafening. I could not even hear my bike. That is not existent with his helmet and I can actually hear my bike better. And when it gets cool out, the face shield does not fog up. It makes me want to wear my helmet.

I'm not getting rid of my full face Shoei, but I really like this open face helmet. It really is nice to have the open feel for rides that aren't on long stretches of freeway. The clear visor is excellent for protection over my sunglasses. I wear prescription sunglasses, but the internal Sun shield works very well also. The lid shade does give you decent protection from Sun in the eyes also. You will get wind noise with this helmet at freeway speeds. If you want total silence get a full face. However, it really is nice when you are making stops, or at slower speeds, to flip the shield up and have the air on your face or be able to talk to someone without yelling through the opening of a full face. I am waiting for my Sena. Will update when I get it.

As others have stated, the Bell Mag-9 seems to be a little undersized, meaning if you normally wear a medium, order a large as I did. I have several medium helmets from another manufacturer which fit me well and a large size Mag-9 fits me just as well. Some people have complained about this helmet being loud while riding. Yes, it is louder than a full coverage helmet. It's loud because it's an open faced helmet so not much can be done about that. As far as design issues, the lever to operate the tinted drop down visor is extremely stiff to operate, especially when raising the visor. When it does raise, it does so with a very loud bang. Also, it doesn't drop down far enough to be fully useful. Lastly, the so called sun shade on top doesn't extend far enough forward to do much good. It's more of a fashion statement than anything else.

the chin strap was not secure because I did not fixit in time of my motorcycle accident but the helmet itself saved my life. I good a good deal on it

O capacete é muito bom, agora com a viseira de sol ficou melhor ainda. Achei um pouco grande e infelizmente não cabe embaixo do banco da scooter. Eu tenho o MAG 8 excelente, mas ta véinho. Chegou tudo certo e dentro do previsto. Obrigado

We ordered this helmet and it was too small. I thought this is going to be a night mare to return...Wrong. The whole experience was great one, even though it didn't fit. LOL

The helmet looked OK out of the box. The first time it was used, the inner darkened visor extended and would not retract. I had to remove the inner lining of the helmet so that I could retract the visor and actually get back home again - night was about to fall. This obviously negated the possibility of returning or exchanging the item. Very disappointing.

Light ang strong. Viser integraded and functional.

Good value for the money. Less weight and less wind noise will make it a great helmet .