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Kali Invader light weight full face helmet will help prevent trail borne face invaders

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Looking for some added facial protection on your next trail ride? While helmets with removable chin bars were all the rage just a few years ago, now we seem to be heading into an era of super light full face helmets that offer full face protection but with trail helmet breathability. Adding to that category is the all new Kali Invader – a light weight full face helmet with a permanently mounted, “motorcycle rated” chin bar.

Kali Invader light weight full face helmet will help prevent trail borne face invaders

While a removable chin bar is convenient for different riding disciplines, the additional complexity of the attachment mechanism often results in a heavier helmet that may or may not be DH certified for the chin bar. Because of that, we’ve seen a new crop of full face helmets recently that use a dedicated full face design but with a lighter, more ventilated shell than your average DH helmet. That makes it a better option for anyone looking for facial protection that isn’t riding park laps or racing DH.

Kali Invader light weight full face helmet will help prevent trail borne face invaders

The Invader uses a “unibody chinbar which passes the motorcycle chinbar test,” which is to say, it will actually provide protection for your face should you have to use it. An airy design with a massive number of vents should help keep you cool, while inside the helmet you’ll find Kali’s LDL (Low Density Layer) and Composite Fusion construction for added protection against rotational and linear impacts.

Kali Invader light weight full face helmet will help prevent trail borne face invaders

Offered in two fixed shell sizes, the Invader adjusts to fit multiple head sizes with the included replacement padding kits. Additional features include anti-microbial padding, an adjustable visor, and a Fidlock buckle with weight coming in at just under 640g for the XXS-M size.

Kali Invader light weight full face helmet will help prevent trail borne face invaders

Offered in four different color options, the Invader sells for $225 and is available now.

Kaliprotectives.com

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Jon Mess
Jon Mess
4 years ago

Please somebody make a full face helmet for road and gravel riders. I have facial scars and a broken tooth resulting from a face plant during a crash. If test prove they really improve safety it won’t be long before you see them required for racing events.

Andrew
Andrew
4 years ago
Reply to  Jon Mess

I don’t disagree with you in theory; but I think that it will take a long time for the general riding public to accept full face helmets for road riding.

David
David
4 years ago

It’s… not completely hideous.

Andy G
Andy G
4 years ago

Anybody know any more about this ‘motorcycle rated’ chin bar, and the testing level/cert it has? I notice it doesn’t have ASTM F-1952 DH standard, so interested in being being able to quantify it’s safety level vs a Stage, Proframe, etc, that do all have F-1952….

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