Good lord, simmer down there, Texas!

 

For those on the fence, check out the nolan convertible helmets like the N-70. You can remove the shield and chin bar and make it a 3/4. But even with those things it's like looking out a picture window. (On any other forum that would start a screaming fight about whether the chin bar is really up to the task. Don't know, don't care. I told my wife it's EU certified in some homologated fashion, and that my insurance is paid up; one of those arguments seemed to work)

Don't really miss my modular; it's heavy, off balance, makes my neck hurt. OK for a ride around the corner but all day? No spank you. I keep meaning to get a half helmet for cross country work, although I'm too lazy to take the visor off the helmet I have, and definitely too lazy to go to the store to buy a new helmet. Which I think testifies to the Nolan's comfort and rideability.

The other little nugget of advice I have is, HD windshields don't mix with FF helmets very well. Check out CalSci, just went cross country with one and it's never coming off.

 

Try one that fits right next time. If it’s from the noise wear ear plugs.

 

I bought a Nolan Trilogy, nice helmet but I sold it online after 1 ride. To me it was loud. Went back to my 3/4 Shoei until I settled on the Shoei Neotec II. Still a modular but is fairly quiet... It fits good. If I was going for a FF I would look at the RF1200 or Arai

 

Imagine the head trauma if not for this helmet. Hit a tree at 45 after crashing on the pavement.

Broken

This would have been death without this lid. Happened last Saturday

 

I made the switch a few years ago. I went from 20+ years of no helmet, to a half shell (because I had to per the state I lived in at the time) to now a full face in a state with no helmet law.

I have a quite a few full face helmets now. On my sport bike I wear a Bell SRT modular with the photochromatic shield, which I absolutely love! On the Harley I wear a Torc T1 which for the money is a great helmet, and a very nice looking helmet at that. The very wide opening makes for great visibility and I've had no issues with the no frills design. I made some modifications to it to make it better though...more quiet. A lot more quiet! I added a chin curtain and filled up some openings inside the helmet with a dense foam that used to catch air and create a wind tunnel sound. Now it's as quiet as any other of my full face helmets. I wore it on a 1500 mile ride this summer and it performed flawlessly. It even didn't leak after getting caught in a downpour. I'm going to post a YouTube video on how to do it sometime in the near future.

I'll go without a helmet from time to time but only for short runs to the local store or when I'm test riding the bike after I service it. Other than that I'm wearing a full face.

Regardless if what some people think. A full face doesn't look goofy on a Harley and it doesn't take away for the experience. It actually enhances it. It may take a little while to get used to it but once you do you won't ride without one.

One note on the Torc T1, They run a little big. If you go by their size chart on their website it's off. I would normally wear a medium (57cm size head) and the small fits me perfectly. I could have gotten away with the medium but it was a little too loose and would have let a lot more air in.....making it much louder. The small is snug but broke in after a while and now fits perfectly. That inaccuracy in their size chart only applies to the Torc T1. According to what I read it seems to be accurate for all their other helmets. It's also an intermediate oval shell shape. If your head is more round maybe the Biltwell Gringo would be a better fit.

 

Utterly weird thing that it fits my head in the best way ever: tightly but softly, without any movement, without any pressure points. Mechanically it is perfect.
I haver never used earplugs, no any helmet was so disastrous loud, even loosely fitted dual-sports helmet with peak and beak.
Probably, I will buy one more Nolan again.

 

Dayum Rich. You okay otherwise? How's the bike?

 

Damn Glad Your here to post

WP

 

This info is what got me to make the switch to a MX helmet. I was a half helmet guy until I saw this.