Shoei tends to update its helmets every six or seven years, but the reason the GT-Air 3 has been launched so soon after the GT-Air 2 first came to market in 2019 is because of ECE 22-06. In essence it is a full face version of the flip lid Shoei Neotec 3 helmet.

So the starting point is that the Shoei GT Air 3 is a safer helmet than the GT Air 2. The new safety standard places greater demands on the helmet's shell to resist cracking and on its ability to absorb energy in an impact.  The new standard also incorporates many other new tests, the most significant of which is a helmet's ability to withstand angle impacts. 

The Shoei GT Air 3 and the GT Air 2 are very similar helmets. From 10 metres you could not tell them apart. It is a sports touring full face helmet if for the same audience and so the core fundamentals are the same. A modern, reasonably aggressive design with a subtle but still distinct rear spoiler. Internal drop down sun visor. Semi-integrated Sena comms. system the Sena SRL-03. And importantly for us at Motolegends, changeable cheek pads and inner parts to allow a custom fit.