Caberg Levo (Levante) Modular Helmet ECE 22.05 Non-DOT

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Some of you may recall that I discussed this Caberg modular (flip-up) helmet in another thread a while ago. It had been announced as the Levante for Spring 2018 then was delayed until Spring 2019. It finally became available in May 2019 as the [url=https://www.caberg.it/en/helmets/flip-up/levo]Levo.



I ordered it from [url=http://motostorm.it]motostorm.it in size Large, color white on the evening of Sunday 05 May 2019. It shipped Monday 06 May 2019 and arrived Friday 10 May 2019. Not bad service from Italy!

Price was 287,70€ (USD $323.41 @1.12) and with shipping the total was 316.70€ (USD $356.01 @ 1.12).

The main caveat with this helmet for US/CA riders: it has not been self-certified to DOT (DOT does not actually certify helmets; they only spot-check self-certified helmets they buy in the open market). Now if (like me) you believe [url=https://youtu.be/0BUyp3HX8cY]DOT to be utter rubbish, this is of no consequence whatsoever. I am not going to let the lack of DOT self-certification prevent me from accessing otherwise excellent and affordable European helmet offerings. I might also add that DOT self-certification on a cheap helmet from China would not comfort me even if it actually met the DOT standard (which it likely doesn't).

This helmet has been homologated to the European ECE 22.05 standard that is the most commonly adopted around the world outside of North America. In fact it is dual-rated for use in both full-face and open-face modes. Pretty cool as that rating allows European riders the freedom to ride without worrying about being cited for riding with the chin bar up.

OK, now that we have addressed the DOT issue upfront, on to the unboxing that I did tonight. (I didn't unbox it on Friday because I just returned on Saturday evening from a 1300-mile ride to the Allegheny Highlands of western Virginia.)

Note: the helmet is a bright arctic white. It appears off-white in the pics due to incandescent lighting in my man-cave.























Visor all the way down (snaps down into a detent)

Visor one detent up


Visor two detents up


Visor three detents up


Visor all the way up (snaps up into detent)


Internal sun visor (down position) and side lever


Internal sun visor (up position) and side lever


Chin bar in up position


Note on raising the chin bar: if visor is down, chin bar raises smoothly and stops in a detent at its highest position. If the visor is up at any detent position, the chin bar pushes through the remaining visor detents on the way up.

Top vent closed


Top vent one detent open


Top vent two detents (fully) open


Chin vent closed


Chin vent open