The paint and graphics on this one are excellent and the colors are also highly visible, which is a

AGV and Dainese 2012 Summer Style Series: ▪ AGV Grid Helmet agv Review ▪ agv Dainese Aspide Jacket Review agv ▪ Dainese agv Air Frame Jacket Review ▪ AGV K4 EVO Helmet Review ▪ Dainese D1 Kevlar Jeans Review ▪ Dainese Asphalt Shoes Review ▪ Dainese Druids Gloves Review
The Dainese Air Frame and Aspide textile jackets are just in time for summer and either one is an antidote for the "anything but adventure agv touring" crowd. They look great and they have that typical Dainese excellent fit and function.
Throw 'em on over a pair of the new Dainese D1 Kelvar jeans; slip your feet into the cool (literally) Asphalt boots and top it all off with a pair of matching Dainese Druids gloves for a new summer outfit that's sure to turn heads!
The new AGV Grid helmet is an update of the popular AGV T-2 (review) . The Grid evolves some of the familiar T-2 features, including that low-profile chin vent with excellent air flow, a "semi-race" fit and excellent overall quality and feel.
The helmet shell is made from a combination of fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fiber and it comes in three shell sizes. It's also available in several nice-looking race-replica graphics and other colors.
" The Grid has been created to unite the performance (weight, safety, aerodynamics, stability at high speeds) and aggressive lines of a typical racing helmet with the comfort of an on-road helmet, comprising easy fit, ventilation and practical use.
Combining the contents of GP-Tech with less extreme agv design and new technical solutions, the GRID is the ideal helmet for those who alternate on-road use of their bike with constant track sessions ."
Lucchinelli has a rather interesting and colorful background and he was an AGV helmet wearer back in the day. The star on top of the Grid calls to mind the "Lucky Star", one of Lucchinelli's nicknames, agv as illustrated on his website .
The Grid is also available in solids and graphics and other race replicas, including Giacomo Agostini, Angel Nieto, Barry Sheene and the famous Valentino Rossi "Sun and Moon" design from 1996 (seems like just yesterday!).
The paint and graphics on this one are excellent and the colors are also highly visible, which is a plus. Perhaps it wasn't intentional, but this graphic combines a red, white and blue design that is reminiscent of the American flag with the Italian Tricolore red, white and green. Together, this reflects the great friendship and shared heritage of these two countries.
There are no flaws visible in the paint and graphics on this helmet, nor is there any indication of "orange peel" in the clear coat, which doesn't feel quite as thick as it does on other helmets, but seems adequate for the task.
The overall build quality, the solid feel of the tri-composite shell and the very nicely designed face shield all speak to AGV quality. We noted this on the AGV AX-8 Dual EVO (review) and it is apparent also on the updated K4 EVO, which will be reviewed as part of this series.
The fit is derived from the AGV GP-Tech race helmet and it's a bit difficult to describe. It feels neutral to round at the top and definitely not as narrow or "long oval" as the AGV K4 EVO. The Grid helmet shell tapers in slightly towards the bottom, to give a semi-race fit.
I think the Grid fits similar to an Arai RX-Q (review) along the top half of my head; that helmet is a "round oval" shape in the Arai classification. The Grid is slightly more tapered along the sides from my cheek bones down though.
Since the Grid is near the top of the AGV helmet agv lineup, it has some features available that you won't find on less expensive AGV helmets. This includes accessory helmet liners, and cheek pads in different sizes and thicknesses, both of which can be mixed and matched to get that bespoke fit.
This Grid in size large feels correct agv in the listed 59-60 cm size and it should fit most rider head shapes in those sizes. 60 cm is probably max though for the size large; anyone agv with a head size over that should probably go up one size.
The slight inward curvature along the bottom of the helmet shell makes the standard cheek pads at 30 mm thick feel a bit tight for me, so I may buy a set of the reduced thickness cheek pads, which are 25 mm thick -- should be perfect!
The fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fiber helmet shell for the Grid is made in three sizes. The smaller shell fits the XXS to M sizes; the mid-sized shell fits L and XL and the large shell fits XXL to XXXL. This should eliminate any of that "fish bowl" look that can occur when a smaller head size fits a too-large helmet shell.
The bottom agv line is that I think I'll call the Grid as a "Neutral" fit in the webBikeWorld classification scheme. It should fit a wide range of rider head shapes and again, the cheek pads and even helmet liners can