{"id":629,"date":"2013-10-28T23:52:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=629"},"modified":"2013-11-14T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:31:38","slug":"racing-with-shoeis-x-twelve-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/racing-with-shoeis-x-twelve-helmet\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing with Shoei&#8217;s X-Twelve Helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/racing-with-shoeis-x-twelve-helmet\/dsc_0005-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,355\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382724295&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shoei X-Twelve\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001-300x177.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-630\" alt=\"Shoei X-Twelve\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0005-001-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no shortage of choices when it comes to racing helmets, and it can be a daunting task to choose the right helmet for the right application. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re creating a guide to help you understand what&#8217;s available on the market. Our upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/tag\/racing-helmet-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">helmet overviews<\/a> from manufacturers like Shoei, Bell, Zamp, Racequip and Pyrotect will breakdown the different safety ratings, visibility, fit, and styles so you can find a helmet that works for your particular needs.<\/p>\n<p>First in the series is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shoei-helmets.com\/Helmet.aspx?X-Twelve&amp;h=19&amp;t=1\" target=\"_blank\">X-Twelve from Shoei<\/a>. I took this glossy, Union Jack adorned helmet to the local karting track on Sunday to see how well it would perform under racing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let the gentleman paint job fool you; the X-Twelve was born to race! Stay tuned to find out how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shoei-helmets.com\/Helmet.aspx?X-Twelve&amp;h=19&amp;t=1\" target=\"_blank\">Shoei&#8217;s X-Twelve<\/a> meets the demands of world class racers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There&#8217;s no shortage of choices when it comes to racing helmets, and it can be a daunting task to choose the right helmet for the right application. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re creating a guide to help you understand what&#8217;s available on the market. First up: Shoei&#8217;s X-Twelve.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[88,85,86,87],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-reviews","tag-karting","tag-racing-helmet-overview","tag-shoei","tag-x-twelve"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Shoei-X-Twelve-and-K1-Speed.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-a9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}