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Shark Motorbike Helmet Reviews

Shark are a well known motorcycle helmet maker based in France. They're well regarded for helmet safety and make some pretty innovative helmets - especially their modular helmets that look pretty funky and have chin bars that flip round to the back of the helmet. Most of their helmets are priced somewhere around the middle of the price range.

On this page, you'll find all our Shark helmet-related articles and reviews.

Latest Shark Reviews & Previews

As usual, in this first section, we mix up all the latest Shark helmet reviews and previews so you can scroll down and see all their helmet range checked out and rated. And when you come to the bottom, press 'click more' to load even more helmet reviews.

Shark Race-R Pro Carbon Fibre Full Face Helmet Review

Apparently, the Shark Race-R Pro helmet was originally designed for pro racers. Guess that means Stefan Bradl, Scott Redding and the like - and it gives you an idea of the sort of biker who'll naturally get the most out of the Race-R. Full faired, head-down sportsbike riders. SHARP...

Shark Evojet Review: unusual flip-front helmet with a one piece chin...

Shark's Evojet flip-up modular motorcycle helmet review. Shark have become flip-front helmet specialists over the last few years, first with the Evoline series, then with the Openline, the Evo-One 2 and Evo ES. And now they've developed the concept that little bit further with the Evojet. And hats off to Shark,...

Shark Evo ES modular flip-up helmet review

Shark Evo ES: a great value 'up and over' modular touring helmet. Shark helmets have updated their Evo One helmet (again!) and this time it's called the Evo ES. It's thermoplastic flip-front helmet that builds on their Evo and Evoline series of helmets, incorporating the up-and-over chin bar that Shark...

A review of the Evo-One 2 modular crash helmet by Shark

Shark Evo-One 2 - a compact, flip-front helmet with Pinlock Max Vision included Shark has been making flip-up/modular helmets for years - with each new model improving bit by bit. There's the well-known Evoline series of helmets (version one through to the current version 3) and there's also the Openline. And...

Shark Skwal 2 Motorbike Helmet: a great all rounder with built-in...

Shark Skwal 2 review: a mid-priced polycarbonate street helmet with LEDs The original Skwal helmet has only been with us a couple of years but Shark has decided it's time for a revamp. Which is a bit surprising, since the first Skwal is both highly rated by owners and scored well...

Shark Drak Crash Helmet review

The Shark Drak: Shark's stormtrooper open face crash helmet Shark launched the Raw crash helmet range in 2013, squarely aimed at the inner urban warrior in all of us. It then changed the name to the Shark Drak - though it's the same helmet. And since then, they've played around with the...

Who are Shark Helmets?

Glad you asked. Shark are a French company based in Marseilles, who've been making motorcycle crash helmets for around 25 years. They produce a pretty wide range of helmets and sponsor some high profile bike racers to promote their helmets - past names include Foggy and Troy Corser - and current riders including Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Martin in MotoGP.

Shark make a wide range of helmets; sports, touring, commuter, adventure; and in recent years, Shark has regularly been placed in the top half of our Top 10 Safest Helmet Brands list (scoring and average of over 4/5 stars for safety according to the UK's SHARP labs) - meaning, if you've not got time to do the research, you can generally put your faith in a Shark helmet.

Modular/Flip-up Shark Helmets

Flip-up helmets - or rather flip-over helmets in Shark's case - have become a bit of a Shark speciality in recent years, with their dual homologated modular helmets featuring chin bars that flip round to the back of the helmet giving a combination of great safety levels and a real open-face riding experience. The Evo-One range even score 100% for chin bar locking which is really good to know! Read on for all our modular Shark reviews.

Shark Evojet Review: unusual flip-front helmet with a one piece chin...

Shark Evo ES modular flip-up helmet review

A review of the Evo-One 2 modular crash helmet by Shark

Shark Openline flip-up motorcycle helmet review

Shark Openline - a low-priced flip-up helmet with free Pinlock and 5 year warranty The Openline was introduced to be Shark’s lower-priced, do everything flip-up crash helmet that’ll work for most motorcyclists. Here's a look at what features you can expect if you buy one, together with what owners and riders...

Shark Evoline 3 crash helmet review

The Shark Evoline 3 was launched early 2012 and is a little lighter than it's predecessor (though still relatively heavy because of the extra components needed to open the chinguard), good for glasses wearers and added an extra SHARP star to its safety rating. It's also bluetooth (sharktooth) ready....

Full Face Shark Helmets

Shark offers some of the most innovative full face helmets out there - including helmets with real style (Spartan) and helmets with built in LEDs (Skwal) for style and safety. Some of their helmets score incredibly well in the SHARP safety helmet test too - and many offer excellent value for money. Take a look at all the Shark full face helmets we've covered on the site by scrolling down through this section.

Shark Skwal 2 Motorbike Helmet: a great all rounder with built-in...

Shark Spartan motorcycle helmet review

Review of Shark's full face streetbike motorcycle helmet, the Shark Spartan The Spartan is Shark's aggressive streetbike full face helmet that comes in both fibreglass and fibreglass/carbon versions. The Spartan comes in two flavours - there's a light weight carbon fibre version and a slightly heavier fibreglass version of the helmet,...

Full Review of the Shark Ridill Motorcycle Helmet

Shark's entry-level all-rounder - the Shark Ridill full face helmet The Shark Ridill is the replacement for that good ole stalwart, the Shark S700S. The S700S was a great all-rounder: a SHARP 4 Star safety rated helmet that performed pretty well in every respect and didn't cost a ton. And the...

Shark Vancore 1 and Vancore 2 crash helmet review

Shark Vancore: a SHARP 4 Star rated urban full face helmet. Hats off to Shark. Not only have they consistently been in the top half of our Top 10 Safest Helmet Brands list, but they're always trying to bring innovation into the crash helmet market. First it was the Shark Raw/Drak,...

Shark Skwal Review

Shark Skwal crash helmet. A polycarb full face helmet with in-built LED lights The Skwal is Shark's middle of the range, do anything at a reasonable price, helmet. Only this time it's got some added bling in the form of built-in LED lights front and rear. But is it just...

Review of the Shark S600 full face crash helmet

Shark's entry-level thermoplastic full face helmet - the Shark S600 The S600 is Shark's current entry-level helmet. But even though it can be had for under £100, that doesn't necessarily mean you have to compromise. As we show in our cheapest crash helmets section, there's plenty of choice and great...

Shark Track and Sportsbike Helmets

Like many serious sportsbike or track helmet brands, Shark develops its track lids using feedback from it's pro rider sponsorship programme. It includes riders in MotoGP and WSBK and Shark's Race R Pro GP FIM helmet is homologated by the FIM for use in world series motorcycle racing.

Shark Race-R Pro Carbon Fibre Full Face Helmet Review

Lower Price Shark Helmets

Our lower priced Shark helmets section shows Sharks that can be bought for £150 or less. Even though they don't cost much money and they'll probably be polycarbonate, you can get some great features for the money, including sun visors and Pinlock anti-fog inserts in the box. And at least one scores highly in the SHARP helmet safety test.

Full Review of the Shark Ridill Motorcycle Helmet

Shark Openline flip-up motorcycle helmet review

Review of the Shark S600 full face crash helmet

Best Protecting Shark Helmets

Shark has a great reputation for making some of the best protecting helmets out there with their SHARP tested helmets typically scoring four stars or more. Where an ECE Shark helmet has scored four or five stars in the SHARP test, you'll find them listed below.