I had an XR-1000 before I broke it by landing on it :P Then bought the X-spirit.
I prefer the X-spirit, the vents actually work, I can feel the air rushing over my head, and the front vents do a good ( though not perfect) job of de misting the visor at anything above a crawl. Much comfier too. One thing I would say is you really need to try it on, I had an S sive in the XR-1000, went to try the same size in the spirit, and couldn't even get my head in the bloody thing. Tried a medium and it was great, so try it on, the sizing seems to vary between the two models.
Oh yeah, and the X-Spirit is a miniscule amount lighter too :P
HTH
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