Details last updated Jun 2020

We carefully select which stores we recommend to our customers. Each of our recommended stores must add something marvellous to you. They might be a pleasure to buy from; have feedback systems where customers can rate their performance; offer an unrivalled level of choice or lowest prices – or offer great service when things go wrong or we need to return stuff. Or preferably do all of the above!

Below, we’ve listed out why you should choose one of our recommended stores and provided quick links to jump to pages on their websites to find the latest ordering/returns info. Plus you can see at-a-glance some of their key terms and conditions, returns and delivery policies.

Disclosure: as always, should you follow one of our links and buy anything, we get a small % of the sale price at no extra cost to you – the price you see using our links is the same as going to the site directly.

Note: all helmet returns to all stores need to be in as-new condition with tags and stickers attached in original packaging. If they’re not, they won’t accept them back. 

We’ve tried to give a quick glance grid of their main terms and conditions in the boxes below but things are prone to change, so please use the links provided to click through to see the latest T&Cs and small print.

US Stores

Note: if you’re looking to order from outside the US, you may find some stores won’t ship certain brands of gear to you due to licensing agreements.

Revzilla  

Revzilla are based in Philadelphia and, at the time of writing, have an amazing rating of 9.8/10 stars on Reseller Ratings. They offer free shipping on orders over $39.99 to 48 states, have a 30 day no quibble returns policy and offer a pricematch too. That’s a winning combo and well worth a recommendation in anyone’s book!

2 Wheel

Based in California, 2 Wheel ship all helmets over $75 for free (most states). They ship from over 100 warehouses across the US and aim to get your order to your door in 3 days or less. They have a best price guarantee too and if your helmet doesn’t fit, return it within 30 days and they’ll pay for return shipping. The only fly in the ointment is that their independent online ratings from google shopping and reseller ratings seem to have disappeared (they were scoring 4.8/5 last time we looked) – replaced by a link to the Better Business Bureau and ratings embedded on their own website (see links below) which never feels as good as truly independent online ratings, right?

BTO Sports

BTO Sports have been based in California since 1999 and specialise mostly in dirt bike gear, though they’ve since moved into street and adventure cycle wear too. They get great online ratings (see below) and will deliver for free on orders over $85. If you need to exchange gear that doesn’t fit, they’ll pay for the return shipping on first order and give you 45 days to return it. Free return shipping also applies to your first return/refund item (yay!). Also they ship mostly from CA so it can take up to 3 days for East coast land delivery. They get great online reviews too – check the table below for links to see their latest score at Shopper Approved).

Note, if you click from our site to BTO, you drop onto an affiliate marketing permissions page first. Don’t worry, it’s OK (it’s a company called Avantlink who handles the affiliate tracking).

J&P Cycles

Founded in 1979 by John Parham in Anamosa, Iowa, J&P now have stores in Daytona and Sturgis too. They ship a huge range of motorcycle parts and gear internationally (order value over $39) and if you buy a helmet and it’s not the right size, they’ll exchange it for another size and pay for  the return shipping. J&P are now part of the same Comoto Holdings group that own Revzilla and Cycle Gear, and just like those guys, they get excellent online ratings – for their latest scores click the bottom entry in the table below.

Cycle Gear

Cycle Gear are the largest motorcycle gear retailer in the US with around 140 stores in 35 states. They get excellent online ratings, ship for free on orders over $49 (as usual, to contiguous 48 US states only) and offer 30 day returns (as-new condition with tags in manufacturer’s packaging) – though you’ve gotta pick up the return shipping with Cycle Gear.

Here’s some of their main terms and conditions:

Amazon

Most of us love shopping at Amazon, so we link into some helmet suppliers there too. On Amazon, you get loads of different stores and sellers offering helmets and gear for sale so make sure you check out their ratings before you buy and only buy from the most reputable sellers. Doing that’ll help you avoid buying non-genuine helmets too.

European Stores

When a helmet’s not available from our partner US stores, we’ll sometimes direct you to our European recommended retailers instead. Again, if you buy anything from those stores, we’ll get a small % of the transaction at no extra cost to you. Having said that, if you do buy from Europe, please bear in mind there will be an extra shipping cost to pay, it’ll usually take longer to get your helmet to you and you may well have to pay import taxes when it enters the US.

Note also, European helmets won’t be DOT labelled which means that while they’ll conform to the (often more stringent) European ECE 22.05 approval (which actually requires mandatory testing of all helmets before they go on sale, unlike in the DOT standard) – they’re not legal to be used in mandatory helmet states in the US or anywhere else that doesn’t use ECE certification.

SportsBikeShop

SBS are based near Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, hold stock for a massive range of helmets (and other gear) and are known for managing the online store for long-running UK motorcycle paper, MotorCycleNews. You can read their TrustPilot reviews here where, at the time of writing, they score an incredible 4.9/5. After ordering, your helmet is usually dispatched either that day or the next.

Here are some details of the service they provide:

Motoin

Motoin are a German motorcycle gear store that’s been trading since 2007. They have very good independent review scores (see the links below for their latest scores) and take all major payment methods including PayPal. Their helmets are shipped worldwide by either DHL or UPS and you can find lots of information about their ordering, returns and shipping processes/costs below: