AGV K3 Striga, casque intégral

Pinlock MaxVision lens included

An AGV icon designed for perfection. The K3 is AGV's full-face helmet for road use that takes all the features of a versatile and safe helmet to a new level.

Safety for all, at the highest level: The high-strength thermoplastic shell, the high-density EPS and details such as the collarbone protection profile and the protective visor enable the K3 to meet the strict ECE 22.06 approval standard. Thanks to the AGV Extreme Safety design protocol, the K3 far exceeds the requirements of the latest international standards.

Versatility is its strength. The K3 is designed to give its best in every situation. The integrated sun visor, which can be operated comfortably even when wearing gloves, helps with excessive brightness and does not block the front ventilation in the resting position. The Pinlock® 70 MaxVision™ guarantees maximum visibility even on wet and cold days, when the temperature difference between the surroundings and the inside of the helmet could cause the visor to fog up dangerously. Not with the K3. The Ultravision visor also offers a horizontal field of vision of 190°, so you can see obstacles, the road and everything in front of you faster and better. The K3 is prepared for the installation of communication systems. The Eyewear Ready interior design makes it possible to wear glasses or sunglasses comfortably while driving.

Comfort enhances performance. The aerodynamic profile of the K3 is designed to achieve a dynamic weight of zero at a driving speed of 130 km/h. This means less weight and less strain on the neck muscles, so you can concentrate fully on riding. The interior made of 2DRY material with fast sweat and moisture absorption can be individually adjusted to optimize fit and comfort. Ventilation is maximally efficient thanks to the precise air intakes at the front and chin, which are easy to operate even when wearing gloves.

The practical steel micrometric closure system allows the helmet to be closed quickly and securely.

Shell

• 3 shell sizes
• Collarbone safe profile
• High Resistance Thermoplastic
• Multi-density EPS developed in 4 sizes

Ventilation

• 1 rear extractor
• 4 front vents
• Adjustable air vents
• Wind deflector included

Aerodynamics

• Optimized for all riding positions
• Shell shape designed to maximize aerodynamic performance and to have 0 dynamic weight at 130km/h (80 mph)

Interiors

• Cheek pads can be exchanged in all sizes
• DrySpeed: instant sweat absorption
• Curved neck protection profile
• Fit especially designed to allow wearing glasses
• Fresh and smooth, breathable fabric
• No stitches in sensitive areas
• Ready for communication system
• Removable and washable lining

Visor

• 100% Max Vision Pinlock included
• 190° horizontal field of view
• Anti-scratch
• Integrated anti-scratch sun visor, removable without using tools
• Micro-opening system
• Multistep visor mechanism
• Patented Extra Quick Release System
• UV protective
• Additional visor step for city position

Retention System

• Steel
• Micrometric

Weight

• 1.500 gr. at first shell size

Homologation

• ECE 22-06

Safety is not enough

Every AGV helmet has to excel in terms of protection, performance and comfort. Beyond regulations and what’s expected, attention to every detail is an obsession, one that stretches the meaning of perfection ever further.

That’s how Extreme Safety came into being. This exclusive AGV design protocol ensures the ultimate balance of all components through the manufacturing processes, choice of materials and functional design. The end product outperforms certification requirements, because every helmet has to pass tests that are even more demanding.

Setting new safety standards, not just following them: that’s how legends are made.

Shock Absorption

Impact protection is one of the most stringent Extreme Safety assessment criteria.

AGV helmets are designed to outperform homologation requirements and offer a higher level of safety. AGV ensures this by performing tests that subject them to much greater stress than certifying bodies.

The most stringent legislation requires an impact test at 6 different points with a velocity of 7.5 m/s. AGV helmets are tested at up to 15 different points, including the visor, with a velocity of 8.5 m/s.

The end result is G* and HIC* value measurements indicating up to 50% higher protection than the thresholds required for ECE homologation.

• *G - This is the measurement of the force transmitted to the head in an impact. It indicates the shock absorption capacity of a helmet: The lower the value, the higher the helmet's absorption capacity, resulting in less force being transmitted to the rider's head.
• *HIC - This is the value of the force transmitted to the head in an impact, measured over a time duration that simulates a real fall. This test is used to assess the probability of possible brain damage following an impact. The lower the HIC value, the higher the helmet's protective capacity, resulting in increased safety for the rider's head.

Impact Areas

To measure shock absorption capacity, the most stringent legislation in the world requires an impact test at 6 defined points on a helmet, excluding the visor, with a velocity of 7.5 m/s.

The AGV Extreme Safety protocol requires testing of up to 15 points at a velocity of 8.5 m/s.

This ensures that superior protection is guaranteed all over, not just in specific points, including the visor.

Side Protection

AGV is obsessed with designing the smallest possible visor mechanisms. It’s not about aesthetics.

The visor mechanism can’t be covered by the shell or EPS liners, making it a weak point in the event of impact. At the same time, a very small mechanism allows a visor that’s wider at the sides to be fitted, thus increasing peripheral vision and the ability to see obstacles and potential dangers that could affect the bike.

AGV helmets have visor mechanisms up to 70% smaller than the market average. Safety is not a detail. Every detail makes the difference.

Collarbone Safe Profile

AGV was born out of the world of racing, where speed and extreme conditions make safety even more crucial, so that champions can get past both each other and their own limits.

AGV invented a special collarbone safe profile now copied by many in racing. It allows a considerable reduction in the risk of the helmet injuring the collarbone in the event of impact. This solution created for the track is now available to every rider on the lookout for perfection.

Safety in Shape

In more than 70 years of experience at the highest levels of world competition, we’ve seen the difference that can be made by a helmet that’s aerodynamic and stable even at high speeds, which minimizes neck fatigue.

Ultravision - Peripheral Vision

Unhampered vision allows complete control. AGV takes the blinders off helmets.

The smaller visor mechanisms and shape of the shell do away with a limitation common to most helmets on the market. AGV helmet construction allows peripheral vision up to 190°.

This amazing achievement lets you see what’s happening at the edges of your visual field earlier and better: obstacles, corners, vehicles, the competition. Control means safety and confidence.

Vertical Vision

Professional riders know better than anyone else that, when you’re tucked in, your eyes need to be directed upwards to see what’s going on around you. In that position, the top edge of the helmet is a limitation on the visual field, often a very dangerous one. Many use handmade solutions to raise the helmet, so that safety takes second place.

AGV helmets are designed to guarantee a greater vertical visual field than an average helmet, optimized according to the riding position associated with the helmet type, be it racing, sport or touring. This decision increases performance and control, to look beyond obstacles in safety.

Visual Quality

Visors are curved lenses, which can create distortions that result in mental fatigue at the level of the brain and compromise performance, just like a bad pair of glasses.

AGV helmet visors are in Optical Class 1, the highest possible. This guarantees that reflection and distortion are eliminated, for greater visual quality. Using an Optical Class 1 visor means that your brain receives accurate visual information. Clarity and depth of vision means concentration, precision and quick reactions.

Safety is also in the eye of the beholder.

Antifog Performance

AGV visors are equipped with Max Vision Pinlock®. Max Vision has no negative impact on the optical quality of AGV’s wide visors, so that maximum visibility is guaranteed in all conditions.

There’s total control of the road, always.

Aerodynamic Stability

The wind determines the shape.

The wedge-shaped chin is designed to reduce drag and cut through the air. The aerodynamic appendages stabilize the helmet at high speeds and shift the turbulence beyond the rider. Be it touring, sport or racing, every AGV helmet is designed in a wind tunnel, for stability and so that riders can be confident in all their most extreme riding conditions.

Dynamic Weight

Studying different shapes in a wind tunnel makes it possible to reduce the weight of a helmet according to the speed at which it moves through a fluid like air.

Z-lift – the tendency to push up or down in motion – can be used to offset a helmet’s static weight so that it literally floats.

In addition to their extremely low weight, AGV helmets exploit this principle to reduce neck fatigue while riding. For example, the K6 is already lighter at 90 km/h. At 160 km/h, the Pista GP RR is weightless.

Ventilation

Reinventing ventilation seemed like an impossible task. We did it by taking into consideration the speed of the air passing through the helmet, not just the amount.

The front air vent – a distinctive feature of AGV helmets – exploits the point of the helmet where the impact of air flow is greatest to generate high intake pressure. The ducts on AGV racing helmet chinguards, as on the Pista GP RR, increase the intake air volume in the lower part of the helmet, enhancing comfort and ventilation even in extreme conditions.

Venturi Effect

The Venturi effect makes a great contribution to ventilation.

AGV helmets are designed to generate low pressure in the rear extractor area, producing a vortex effect that increases the speed of transition from inside to outside of helmet exponentially, enhancing heat transfer.

Superior Comfort

AGV interiors are made using extremely high-quality materials, developed for the smoothest and most comfortable helmet fit possible. All AGV helmets are designed to absorb sweat and moisture extremely quickly, to ensure maximum comfort and concentration on the road.

The leather or fabric outer profiles are water repellent so that the inner lining doesn’t get wet even in extremely heavy rain.

Customization is a characteristic that pushes an obsession with details even further. The patented AGV reversible crown pad allows a choice of warm fabric or a cooler one, according to the climate and the rider’s preferences.

Research into materials

It isn’t enough to choose refined raw materials and advanced components. Every component, every mechanism and every detail is designed to be as effective as possible in concert with the others and provide the very best performance in all conditions.

This is the real essence of AGV. This is the authentic perfection of obsession.

Note

• All helmets will be delivered only with the ECE certification by default, even if it is shown differently.
• all helmets that have a visor will be delivered with a clear visor, even if it is shown differently.