BELLScout Air Helmets

I have a vintage style motorcycle and I went in search of a cool helmet to match. I didn't want flames or flags or any such weird designs, I wanted something understated, timeless, and classic. I found this, and also comfort in the Bell Scout Air. It also has the added benefit of being comfortable.Biggest thing, there are many brands of retro helmets out there. This has an awesome retro style that fits well with my motorcycle. I feel safe because Bell is a well established brand of helmets that I trust my head to. That's actually the main reason I bought it over other similar offerings. It was a good name brand. I didn't really trust a lot of the cool looking but smaller brands of retro helmets. When its your own noggin you're talking about, I'll pay a bit more and stick with a good reputation.So far it is comfortable with no "hot spots" when you wear it too long. That's what I call the painful areas on top of your head resulting from even slight pressure, which is a problem for some helmets. Not this one. It is really worth the investment to me, because the last thing you want is to be distracted while riding due to discomfort.

I wanted to love this helmet so much. It is without question the lightest helmet I have ever worn. Plus, it sits nicely on your head and doesn't give you that mushroom look. Its safety rating is great. And Bell makes great helmets. BUT, even though I bought a size up, I still could barely fit it on my head. And when I did, it felt very uncomfortable, like actually painful.I have a Bell Mx9 Adventure which is one of the most comfortable helmets I've ever worn. And a Medium fits me great. But the Large Scout Air was just way too tight. (Full disclosure, I have cauliflower ears from wrestling and this was where the helmet hurt so I might just have a funky head.)

OK.... I just received this helmet thanks to Amazon's Sunday delivery. I was very much on the fence which size to get since a lot or reviews say it runs small. My head measures about 23 3/8" which is in the dead zone between L & XL on their size chart. I am not sure why there even is a dead zone but I guess it is what it is...... So I went with the large since that is what I get for everything else. My first impression was "WOW, this is light" my second impression was "WOW, this is tight". I am going to keep it though for 2 reasons. 1) I have long hair right now and once I go back to a close cut it will free up some room and I think if I had an XL it would end up being loose. 2) I think that after some time the L will mold to my head for a perfect fit. If I don't update this post it means the large worked out.***Update 29August2020***Glad I went with the large. I usually wear a full helmet or no helmet. This was my first in between. It has broken in quite nicely but is still a bit snug. THAT is a good thing. I think if it was much looser it would slip back on my head when I am riding. One thing to mention, being inexperienced with half helmets I am not sure if this is normal, it does get a bit bouncy around 65mph. I saw one reviewer said "it catches the wind" or something to that effect around the same speed. I wasn't sure what that meant but now I know that it means that your eyeballs rattle in your skull like marbles in a jar. All in all I am still 5 starring this lid.

Perfect fit and not bulky

Very nice helmet but almost impossible to fit my glasses. 🤦🏻‍♂️Keeping the helmet. It was easy do modify the foam ear pieces to fit glasses better.

The fit. I had high hopes for this helmet. Was so disappointed!

I decided to go with a smaller lighter helmet. My husband has this one so I decided to try it. I wanted a helmet with the shield stored and the sunvisor stored in the helmet which made it big and bulky. Buying this helmet, it was smaller it was lighter and it was comfortable except that I wear glasses. I bought a small helmet because that’s what I need, but it’s not glasses friendly because it does squeeze around your ears. After six or seven hours of wearing the helmet it begins to hurt where my glasses come around the back of my ear. I would not get a larger helmet because it would not fit correctly. other than the helmet squeezing around the ear area I would recommend it. I would also assume that after wearing it the padding inside will begin to form to wear the glasses no longer hurt.

My head measures 57.5 which is a size M so I went with size L. Perfect fit. Logic right? LOLAlso this helmet in vintage white turns you into a motorcycle cop.