Akuma Stealth Motorcycle Helmet Review

If you were to ask me if Akuma would be able to outdo the awesome Akuma V-1 Ghostrider helmet then I would have said Hell No. The Akuma V-1 is an amazing helmet and easily one of the best looking that I have ever reviewed. I have a thing for matte black and carbon fiber though......so enter the Akuma Stealth Motorcycle helmet.

The Akuma Stealth is also a military themed helmet and is fashioned to resemble the features of one of the absolutely coolest looking jet fighters in the US Air Force. The sinister and badass looking F-117 Nighthawk which is more widely known as the Stealth fighter. That is a badass airplane and the Akuma Stealth is a badass motorcycle helmet.

The Akuma Stealth helmet is similar in design to the Akuma V-1 Ghostrider and it also has a world class graphics design and a first class paint job. Like the V-1 the Stealth also has the integerated, rechargeable power supply that powers a forward facing LED maplight and a pair of red exhaust LED lights in the rear. If you are familiar with the V-1 then you know what a hit this was when it first arrived on the scene.

Akuma is becoming widely known for having some of the hottest helmet graphics of any of the manufacturers and the LED lights are just another cool finishing touch that sets them apart from the herd of full face helmets out there. Do cool graphics mean it's a good helmet? No, so let's check the rest of it out.

Akuma Stealth Fit and Finish

Did I mention the cool paint job on the Akuma Stealth motorcycle helmet? Ok....but sorry....this paint job is worthy of the adoration that I am giving it. I can't help it...it's hot.
The Stealth comes in either a gloss or matte finish and my example was a gloss finish helmet. After a few months of riding the finish showed no sign of wear and nary a chip or flaw in sight. Needless to say I was quite careful with it. Even though I loved the gloss finish on the helmet, I am more of a matte finish kind of guy. I think either one would look fantastic so you won't go wrong.
The way the helmet was assembled appeared to be good and the parts fit right and gave a very good impression on inspection.

Helmet Fit and Comfort

The Akuma Stealth seemed to fit quite similarly to the V-1 Ghostrider and it's a fit that I call "neutral." What I mean by that is it is designed to fit a wide variety of head shapes and is not narrow or wide, not loose or tight but rather kind of an all things to everybody kind of fit. If you have an ordinary head shape then you are going to like the way the Akuma fits your head.

I have a slightly oval head shape so I can sometimes have issues with helmet fit but the Stealth felt great on my big old head and I found it an easy to wear helmet.

My XL sized Stealth fit my head quite well and the only thing that I noticed was that the chin bar seemed slightly closer to my face than I would like. I didn't notice that with the Ghostrider so it might have just been me having a weird day. Who knows.

The helmet liner is removable and washable, which is a great feature living in Georgia, as my head can get funky at 100 degree temperatures. The liner felt fine against my face but it isn't the same silky soft material that you find in a lot of helmets. It was not uncomfortable, it was just different than I was used to feeling.

Akuma Ventillation

One of the things I liked the most about the Akuma Ghostrider was the ventillation. I like a helmet that can flow a LOT of air and the V-1 did not disappoint. The Stealth has a similar design with dual intake vents on the top of the helmet that are a sliding design. These vents have to flow through the liner but they still seemed to flow a large volume of air around the top of the helmet.
There are two small horizontal vent passages in the upper part of the back of the chin bar, and the air that enters the titanium mesh vents up front is channeled through these passages and also up in back of the visor. The sliding switch on the top of the lower section of the eye port opens and closes the front chin vent.
The helmet has two small exhaust vents in the lower rear of the shell that are also covered with the titanium mesh. It appears that the air comes in through the top vents, travels along through the channels in the top of the helmet and exhausts from the rear vents. The low pressure probably helps pull some air from the inside of the helmet.

Akuma Helmet Weight

My test helmet was a size XL and weighed in at 1634 grams which is pretty darn light to begin with but even more impressive when you factor in the extra weight of the map light and battery system. I reviewed a Shoei X-Eleven recently and the Akuma Stealth is slightly less than that. The Shoei X-11 is one of the Shoei's lighter race helmets available.

Akuma Visor

The Akuma Stealth is available with two visor choices. You can use the standard clear or the ultra badass looking dark smoke visor. The dark smoke visor gives the helmet that blacked out look like a jet pilot's helmet.

The visor has a good quality release mechanism, allowing quick visor replacement if necessary. I did not measure it but it seemed that the eye port for the Stealth was slightly larger than average helmets.

Visibility was very good even bent over the bars.

LED Lights

Like the V-1 Ghost Rider, the Stealth also incorporates those killer little red LED lights tucked up under the "exhaust vents" in the rear of the helmet. These are meant to simulate the "afterburners" on a jet and I can say that at night, they look hella cool. You won't be able to see them very well during the day but at night, they shine.

The controls are neatly tucked up under the chin bar and are out of the way. You turn the LEDs on and off with a small rocker switch. It's very easy to operate. The Stealth incorporates the same white LED light that the V-1 Ghostrider employs as well. It could be called a gimmick but it can be a handly little map light at night.

The rechargeable battery has a tiny connector hidden in the helmet liner, and the helmet comes with an electric recharger and power cord. We didn't test this helmet very long but the lights never needed recharging and from our experience with the V-1 they last quite a while between charges.

Akuma Summary

Let's see what we forgot to mention, the Akuma Stealth is both DOT and ECE 22-05 approved which should give you some comfort knowing that it is a quality helmet in addition to its gorgeous looks.

There is no question that this is a quality helmet and the graphics and paint are as good as you could find on a one off custom but at an off the shelf price. It looks great and the fit, finish and quality all appeared to be on par with some of the better motorcycle helmets on the market.

The graphics combined with the LED system makes this the perfect helmet for the rider who wants to stand out in the crowd and have something a little different than what everyone else is wearing.

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