It looks the goods, acts the goods, and makes you feel a little bit special when you put it on. In the RR’s case, you don’t have to remove the visor to fit the Pinlock, but it’s no chore to do so anyway. The visor pops off quite easily (and I’m usually an idiot when it comes to this kinda stuff), is Pinlock ready, and comes with a Pinlock visor. Yes, you get a tube of silicone to…um, lube the seal from time to time.
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You can actually crack it open a little for traffic use, but it is spring-loaded and when fully closed sits snug against the seal. The visor has a positive and smooth ratchet action and your thumb-tab lives at the front. The top lip on this vent is adjustable outwards a few millimetres, presumably for different riding positions. And finally there’s a big vent at the back of the helmet which, like the side-extractors, acts to draw air out of the helmet at speed. There is another vent in the middle that sends air into the top of the helmet and two more ram-scoops either side about midway along the helmet. I know this because I was hyperventilating in terror on the run into Bombala. At either side of the chin-piece are passive air-extractors which draw out all your moist panting and puffing as clean air passes over them. The chin-vent is either open or closed, and it directs air up at your visor as well as your mouth and nose.
Nolan has its Racing Air Flow (RAF) kung-fu going on. Good trick that.Īnother good trick, or tricks, are the vents. It’s not a loud helmet by any means, and while it’s not exactly a silent tomb, I found the wind-noise muffled and relatively even, even as the speeds rose. A snug helmet fit, is the correct helmet fit. It didn’t rub my skull in places it shouldn’t have, and while I found the fit to be close-to-my-mouth around the chin-piece it wasn’t at all off-putting.
Do you know why? I forgot I was wearing it most of the time. I spent several days and did maybe 4000km with the X-802RR on my head, and they were very happy days indeed. The tank my chin wasn’t on belonged to a KTM Superduke R which explains the silly numbers on the speedo. And I experienced no lift or buffeting when my chin wasn’t on the tank despite the speed being slightly over the 240 mark. It offers great vision, even with your chin down on the tank. This is, after all, the helmet Casey Stoner and Danilo Petrucci wear. When it is on my head, it’s pure top-end race helmet in its fit (it does hug your cheeks and jaw in a most comforting manner) and its behaviour at speed. I constantly find myself staring at it like a retard when it’s not on my head.
Visually, it is one of the most beautiful helmets I have ever seen. The gorgeous carbon-fibre overlaid on the Kevlar composite shell transfixes the eye and pleases the senses. It is made in Italy – hand-layered actually – and it is quite rightly Nolan’s premier helmet. The result is a truly striking helmet which actually works as good as it looks. The dense, uber-plush, carbon-infused lining (for the eating of fear-stink) is green and black (with contrasting green stitching), and the words “World Champion” are embroidered underneath a golden victory wreath on the rear padding – so you read them every time you pull this masterpiece onto your head. Every aesthetic available has been incorporated into this amazing lid.Įven putting it on feels like an occasion. However, I can appreciate outstanding aesthetics – and the X-802RR has them. This is one hell-sexy lid – and that’s coming from a bloke who doesn’t much like full-face helmets. If it was a girl, it would be walking down the Victoria’s Secret runway while men ached lustfully at the sight of her. This, as you may or may not know, is the diabolically pointy end of Nolan’s solid range of mostly excellent Italian helmets.
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