Shoei GT Air 2 – Panorama TC-8

Shoei® GT-Air II Panorama TC-8. The Shoei GT Air 2 is a great full face helmet by Shoei for Adventure/Touring, Urban/Street riders. Compared to any other style helmets, full face helmets provide the best overall protection as they cover you from top to chin. This is why you only ever see full face helmets on the track. When deciding on a new helmet and safety is your top priority you cannot go wrong with a full face helmet.

The Shoei GT-Air II motorcycle helmet replaced the original GT Air and has been around since in 2019. In that time, it’s received plaudits from customers and awarded a Ride magazine ‘Best Buy’ green triangle.

GT Air 2 the ultimate all-rounder has been updated to meet the demands of today’s rider. The shell design of the new Shoei GT-Air 2 has been evolved but remains true to its aerodynamic and stable roots. Featuring an improved ventilation scheme, the GT-Air II includes the lengthened QSV-2 drop down sun visor which provides 5mm more coverage for instant sun relief.

Like its flip-up cousin, the Neotec 2, the GT Air 2 has a micro ratchet chin strap and is designed to integrate with the GT-Air II specific SRL 2 Bluetooth Communication System by Sena for a clean and low profile installation.

Shoei® GT-Air 2 Key Features:

• AIM multi-composite fibre construction.
• Mist resistant CNS-1 Pinlock system (Pinlock insert included).
• Stainless steel micro ratchet retention system.
• Emergency quick release system.
• Anti-fog, anti-scratch inner sun visor.
• Detachable and washable centre pad and cheek pads.
• Noise-reducing ear pads.
• Prepared for intercom installation (SENA SRL2).
• Multiple venting and extraction.
• Inlet vents on the brow and chin.
• Exhaust vents at the rear of the helmet.
• Integrated rear spoiler.

The Shoei GT-Air 2 Panorama TC-8 is a superior touring full-face helmet, featuring an aerodynamic AIM+ shell, optimised ventilation and an internal sun visor. The successor to Shoei’s most popular full-face motorcycle helmet, the GT-Air 2 is designed to be their most innovative and ground-breaking helmet yet, the GT-Air 2 is built to be the answer for every condition.

The Shoei GT-Air 2, like all of Shoei’s helmets, is built from the ground up taking the successes from previous helmets and fine-tuning other parts to make improvements. Similar to its predecessor the GT-Air 2 uses multiple layers of organic and multi-composite fibres built around an impact-absorbing AIM shell, that offers incredible protection as well as abrasion resistance. With 3 options for shell size and varying cheek pad sizes to give you a customized and personal fit that is ideal and perfect for you.

Shoei has subtly tweaked and modified the design of the GT-Air 2 to streamline the helmet further and have also poured more effort into improving the aerodynamics vastly thanks to repeated testing at Shoei’s wind tunnel facility. The helmet features an integrated top spoiler as well as a fully newly designed chin spoiler that reduces buffering and relieves pressure on your head and neck at higher speeds.

The ventilation system of the Shoei GT-Air 2 has been drastically redesigned and improved to allow more airflow through the helmet without increasing drag and wind noise. Inlets on the upper head and chin areas of the GT-Air 2 work alongside a new slightly open visor position to allow for great airflow into the helmet and to fully circulate around cooling your head but all without misting the visor.

The helmet has been built with modern communication in mind and so utilizes a very low-profile space to fit a Sena SRL2 Communication device that allows for seamless integration for the comms kit without any awkward wires. It also features the newly designed QSV-2 Visor that offers an enlarged field of view, but it is also Pinlock ready.

The helmet is another revolution from Shoei, building on all the things they got right with the original GT-Air but putting a huge amount of effort into improving it even further. Shoei has brought their A-game to the modern full-face motorcycle helmet, the Shoei GT-Air 2 motorcycle helmet may just be the new benchmark for full-face helmets.

Aerodynamic Shell Design:

• Aerodynamic properties maximized through extensive wind tunnel testing and professional riders’ feedback
• Multi-piece EPS liner enhances impact absorption and ventilation
• Molded air spoiler reduces drag and lift as well as diminishes pressure on the rider’s neck while riding at speed

Advanced Integrated Matrix (AIM):

• High performance fiber materials combined with elastic organic fibers to create a shell structure that is ultra-lightweight, rigid and resilient
• Three shell sizes: XS-SM, MD-LG, XL-2XL

CNS-1 Shield System:

• CNS-1 three-dimensionally curved shield is both wider and taller than the CX-1V it replaces
• Includes Pinlock Anti-Fog Lens for more coverage of the CNS-1 shield
• Dual-Ridge window bead increases contact with the shield to reduce wind noise
• Scratch-resistant shield coating
• 99.9% protection from harmful UV A&B rays

Sun Shield Visor System:

• Built-in QSV-2 sun shield gives riders instant relief from sun glare in one quick motion
• Visor meets ANSI Z80.3-2010 standard for non-prescription eyeglasses
• Large and easy to reach slider activates the 3D injection-molded inner sun shield
• Distortion-free shield blocks 99% of harmful UV rays
• Forehead area of the outer shell is raised slightly to accommodate the internal sun shield, allowing the integrity of the GT-Air’s inner EPS liner to remain intact

Micro Ratchet Chin-Strap:

• 100% stainless steel interlocking mechanism
• Quick, smooth and easy to operate

Safety:

• Shock-absorbent shell in AIM
• EPS liner system with multiple densities
• Mist-retardant CNS-1 Pinlock® visor
• Stainless steel Micro Ratchet System
• E.Q.R.S. security system (Emergency Quick Release System)

Comfort:

• QSV-2 sun visor
• 3 different outer shell sizes (XS-M/ L/ XL-XXL)
• 3D centre pad
• Cheek pads in different thicknesses (31, 35, 39, 43 mm)
• All pads detachable, washable
• Ear pads
• Prepared for SENA® SRL2 communication system

Ventilation System:

• Redesigned upper air intake vent positioned to maximize air volume into the helmet interior
• Enlarged lower intake vent reduces shield fogging and increases ventilation
• Upper and lower intake vents are easy to operate even with gloved hands
• Rear/neck vents allow for effective air exhaust
• Three intake, six exhaust vents
• Breath guard and chin curtain included

Interior System:

• 3-D Max-Dry center pad and multi-layered, polyurethane foam cheek pads
• Chin curtain prevents wind entry and reduces noise
• Cheek pads are replaceable or removable for maintenance
• Eyeglass compatible interior
• E.Q.R.S. (Emergency Quick-Release System) allows emergency medical personnel to easily remove the cheek pads from the helmet of a rider involved in an accident, in turn making the Shoei GT-Air more easily removable

Aerodynamics:

• Integrated spoiler
• Newly designed chin spoiler

Safety Certification:

• ECE 22.05

If this Shoei® GT-Air II is not the helmet you are looking for, don’t worry we have a lot of other Shoei full face motorcycle helmets in our collection.