{"id":260185,"date":"2017-02-13T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=260185"},"modified":"2017-02-13T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T08:09:21","slug":"nolan-n87-helmet-review-blasted-sex-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/nolan-n87-helmet-review-blasted-sex-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"NOLAN N87 HELMET REVIEW \u2013 BLASTED SEX-METAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m so the right bloke to test full-face helmets. The last full-face I actually bought is still lying in a paddock just outside Melbourne where I threw it in a fit of claustrophobic pique.<\/p>\n

But because I do occasionally wobble my way around a race-track, I do have a small range of full-face helmets I push onto my bonce because the rules say I have to.<\/p>\n

The good folks at Ron Angel Wholesale are the Australian importers of Nolan, and it amuses them to send me their products from time to time.<\/p>\n

And like all children I love presents in big boxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have sent you an N87,\u201d Ron Angel\u2019s Grant Sammut said to me when he called.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s nice,\u201d I replied. \u201cJust what is that?\u201d<\/p>\n

“One beer. Make it cold.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a full-face helmet.\u201d
\n\u201cLovely,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019ll just put it on the shelf with the other ones then, shall I?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActually,\u201d Grant said, \u201cIt would be really good if you wore it a bit. I reckon you might like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just so happens I am going to Phillip Island soon to embarrass myself on the 2017 GSX-R1000. I\u2019m thinking that would be a good a place as any to see if it flies off my head, strangles me with the strap, or annoys me so much I shall be forced to throw it into the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n

The burnished-metal finish sets off a good-looking lid.<\/p><\/div>\n

But you know what?
\nI brought it back with me and I really rather liked it.<\/p>\n

You get quite a lot of helmet for not all that much money, and since Nolan (which is Italian for \u2018Nolan\u2019) makes some of the finest helmets in the world, that\u2019s good news.<\/p>\n

The company came into being in 1972, when Lander Nocchi figured he could make helmets better than other people and introduced a polycarbonate material called Lexan he had found in the States into the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n

Pretty snazzy with green.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is kinda urban wasteland, but you’ll need a gun.<\/p><\/div>\n

Very yacht club.<\/p><\/div>\n

Altogether more dignified.<\/p><\/div>\n

The N87 is a very handsome bit of headgear. It weighs a mere 1.42kg, which is lighter than average, passes all the finest safety tests, ECE and DOT, and scores four out of five stars on the SHARP testing system \u2013 which is impressive.<\/p>\n

It comes with excellent, easy-to-use-with-gloves venting at the chin and the crown, which was very helpful because I sweat like a wrestler when I\u2019m terrified and arrowing down Gardner Straight at some stupid speed.<\/p>\n

That there’s the sun-visor switch.<\/p><\/div>\n

Interestingly, it didn\u2019t lift and it didn\u2019t vibrate. Nolan recently re-did its visor attachment system, so it\u2019s easy to get off and on, and the visor is also lightly spring-loaded and sits snug against the shell to keep out even more water and air. It\u2019s Pinlock ready and comes with a Pinlock Max Vision insert in the box as standard.<\/p>\n

The visor is wide and high, which allows for excellent peripheral vision as well as letting you see where you’re going when you\u2019ve got your face on the tank running from the Highway Patrol. Or at the track.<\/p>\n

It also has a flip-down sun-visor (rated at UV400), operated by a switch on the side of the lid, which didn\u2019t sit on my nose, and masked my terrified eyes from onlookers extremely well.<\/p>\n

Pinlock fitted, visor down, sun-visor down – then, like magic, the visor can be lifted and you’ve still got eye-protection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Seriously, I wore it on the track with the sun-visor down behind the clear visor and it didn\u2019t vibrate and it didn\u2019t shit me. So there\u2019s no need to carry a tinted visor wrapped in a rag up your blurter and get on everyone\u2019s tits when you have to pull over at sundown and swap visors.<\/p>\n

What I did notice was that when I sat up at the end of the straight and the wind-blast smashed me in the face, I felt some pressure on the left side of my forehead. I\u2019m thinking this is because my skull is shaped a bit funny there, since every helmet I have ever worn grinds on me in that exact place until I wear it in. Or hit it with a hammer.<\/p>\n

The lining in all it’s plushy plushness.<\/p><\/div>\n

A good amount of air comes in through here. No, I haven’t scratched it. that’s the way it’s painted.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s possible my mother dropped me on that part of my head when I was a baby and there is some strange bone-growth happening. Or it\u2019s the onset of horns. I\u2019m not sure.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that was the only issue I had with the N87.<\/p>\n

The lining is very plush \u2013 almost like pushing your face into an expensive sofa at Harvey Norman. It\u2019s also removable, washable, wicks away sweat, and didn\u2019t smell like a bad girl\u2019s panties even after I had leeched sweat into it all day. It also boasts Nolan\u2019s Adaptive Eyewear System, so it won\u2019t press the arms of your glasses into the side of your skull if you\u2019re a four-eyed bastard like me.<\/p>\n

The rear-air-vent. Apparently you can even fit a stop-light there, if you’re strange. Seriously.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re into communications, then the N87 is ready to be fitted with Nolan N-Com Bluetooth comms \u2013 there is space for earphones and a mic and a place to mount the unit.<\/p>\n

It fastens with the clever rachet fastening system, which is a breeze to get on and off.<\/p>\n

It even comes with a chin-curtain to catch your drool and an astonishing five-year warranty.<\/p>\n

Like I said, it\u2019s a whole lot of top-quality helmet with great features for not a lot of money.<\/p>\n

And mine is not floating in Bass Strait, which is a beaut result as far as I\u2019m concerned.<\/p>\n

Ready when you are, Repsol.<\/p><\/div>\n

HOW MUCH?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plain – $319<\/p>\n

Graphics – $379<\/p>\n

Sexy burnished metal finish – $399<\/p>\n

WHERE CAN I GET IT FROM?<\/strong> If you contact Ron Angel Wholesale HERE<\/a>, they will send you to your nearest Nolan dealer. Or I can give you Grant’s home number.<\/p>\n

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