Scorpion Sports © 2004 | Technology | Face Shield Technology

“When I’m street riding, most ordinary helmets make me crazy when I want to change a faceshield,” Nikki complains. “Pull this, yank that, insert tab A into slot B. You know the drill—you need a degree in mechanical engineering to put on a clear shield. Which I have, but still, it’s a pain. When we designed Scorpion’s street helmets, we knew we had to make changing shields fast, clean, simple and easy.

Well, we did it. We call it the SpeedShift™ system, and it lets me—or even Eric, the Main Arachnid—change a shield in under ten seconds. With gloves on. You can even do it without taking off the helmet: you just pop the shield all the way up, twist the SpeedShift pivots, and peel off the shield. Pop the new one on, and you’re back on the road.”

“I also wanted to prevent fogging the faceshield in the rain, or on a humid night—‘cause if you can’t see well, you can’t ride well. So we developed the EverClear™ anti-fog coating—it keeps your clear shield clear, even when you’re breathing heavy. In the middle of the night in a Willow Springs endurance race, dragging your knee at 140 mph, you just might find yourself breathing heavy."