Nolan N100E

[James Deuce]

Dug the flip front Nolan back out of the cupboard, because I'm sick of the Arai fogging up if I so much as breathe. I can only hold my breath for 2 minutes, so it was taking a long time to get to work. 2 minutes, faint, fall off, pick bike up, kick things straight, 2 minutes, etc, etc.

The pinlock insert is just brilliant. The only thing I used to complain about was the rain getting past the rubber strip, loosely referred to as a "seal", and running down the inside of the visor. In torrential rain, the water on the inside would work its way between the visor and the pinlock insert, and this would dry, permanently marking the insert.

I had a flash of inspiration though, and stuck some foam draft excluder tape, carefully cut to size along the top of the "seal", et voila! No more leaks. Got the Nolan for Winter and the Arai for Summer. Just need to get the retrofit kit for the sun visor and I'm sorted.

[madboy]

You could just try not going so slow, that stops visors from fogging up. Of course, you run into difficulties with traffic, intersections and life expectancy, but it's a small price to pay for clear vision.

On a side note, have you noticed how cold it's been lately? The weather was so crap the other night that I didn't lane split home, and with the reduced concentration on living came increased concentration on how bloody cold it was! Conclusion - lanesplitting is warmer. Unfortunately it's still subject to the same difficulties as visor fogging.

[Hitcher]

Pah! Sit behind a big screen (in one's helmet that accommodates one's head and nothing much else) and the forward velocity of one's STeed contributes not one jot to the defogging abilities (or lack of) of said helmet or prescription eyewear within. Exacerbated by wearing a neck tube or similar device.

I hate cold winter days. I do a lot of breath-holding and lip-directed mouth exhaling, in conjunction with tactical application of Mr Shoei's visor-popping lever.

[Paul in NZ]

Pah! Sit behind a big screen .

Totally agree...

The screen on the Starlet goes one side to the other and once I'm at work ther is the 46" LCD to keep me warm... aahhh....

[oldrider]

Dug the flip front Nolan back out of the cupboard, because I'm sick of the Arai fogging up if I so much as breathe. I can only hold my breath for 2 minutes, so it was taking a long time to get to work. 2 minutes, faint, fall off, pick bike up, kick things straight, 2 minutes, etc, etc.

The pinlock insert is just brilliant. The only thing I used to complain about was the rain getting past the rubber strip, loosely referred to as a "seal", and running down the inside of the visor. In torrential rain, the water on the inside would work its way between the visor and the pinlock insert, and this would dry, permanently marking the insert.

I had a flash of inspiration though, and stuck some foam draft excluder tape, carefully cut to size along the top of the "seal", et voila! No more leaks. Got the Nolan for Winter and the Arai for Summer. Just need to get the retrofit kit for the sun visor and I'm sorted.

I have a Nolan N101 and I have the same trouble as Jim2 with water getting in between the pinlock and the visor screen but it doesn't happen every time.

The pinlock anti-fog system is very good but not infallible under extreme conditions.

Coming home through Gibbiston flat (Queenstown to Cromwell) the day after ANZAC day we ran into an extremely cold squall of rain snow and ice.

The rain and snow froze on the visor and the visor fogged up, I just got the visor up when the hinges froze solid and nothing would move, It was extremely cold.

We slowed down and circled to ascertain how icy the road surface was becoming, snow was settling on the road and no other traffic was coming or going either way.

We decided to continue on to Cromwell and rode along the gravel verge to get safe traction, we have not been so cold for a long long time.

When we got to the Nevis valley (off to the right) we suddenly struck warmer air and everything returned to normal again. (wet and slushy with heavy rain)

We stopped at Cromwell and fueled up and scoffed a couple of pies and a cup of coffee and headed on up the Lindis Pass for home.

We didn't make it over the pass the snow was too low and too deep and there was no snowplow/grit truck up there.

We passed it (going up) at Tarras on our way back to Wanaka where we stayed with Pip's brother for the night.

Thanks for the idea Jim2 I might just follow your lead and put a bit of tape or sealer along the top of the pinlock to stop water and dust going down there.

I have had trouble with dust getting in between when travelling behind traffic on dusty gravel roads too.

The first time I thought that the pinlock had fogged up was on the Dansey's Pass one night but when I opened the visor the fog was still there!! Cheers John.

[Lou Girardin]

I had leaks on my 100E, but not on the N101. You can retrofit the later model seals to the N100.

BTW Oldrider is a certified nutter.

[James Deuce]

How much for the 101 seals Lou?

[oldrider]

BTW Oldrider is a certified nutter.

I resemble that remark!

There will be another 2-3000+ nutters out there for the Brass Monkey too! We live here, the visitors volunteer. Who are the real nutters? John.

[James Deuce]

Received a package in the post from Lou of AMPS fame, and contained therein was the brow level visor seal from an N101E.

MUCH better design than the previous version. The new one is a channel, rather than an ineffective rubber seal that didn't meet up with the top of the visor, thereby letting rain past.

It was easy to install, and only required trimming the centre mounting lug off the back. It fit perfectly into the groove in the shell and the end mounting lugs fit straight into the holes for the old seal.

Looking forward to trying it out, and if it doesn't work 100%, I can always double up with my draft excluding tape solution.

[James Deuce]

Draft excluder has been reinstalled. The new seal is 90% better than the old one, but the rain does eventually get inside the visor after about an hour of steady rain. With the tape in place not a drop gets in.

Also installed my VPS system. VPS is like a sun visor that you can raise and lower at will, and uses the existing visor retention and hinge mechanism to mount.

This thing is a piece of pure genius, especially for Winter use. The light in Winter isn't really harsh enough to require a dark visor for daylight running, but the sun spends more time hovering near the horizon and the opportunity for sunstrike is all the greater as a result. Plus in the shaded sections of road and dark visor can make it difficult to pick up whether or not the road is damp or icy where it is shady. I've also missed large potholes in this sort of light too.

Well! No more. The road dips into shade, flip the VPS up, hey presto, normal vision.

Another bonus is that it leaves the top half of your clear visor free of bugs. Ride through the twilight bug zone with the VPS visor down, and then flip it up when it gets properly dark, and you won't have to stop to clean your visor. See the photos below for proof!

[Hitcher]

Also installed my VPS system. VPS is like a sun visor that you can raise and lower at will, and uses the existing visor retention and hinge mechanism to mount.

Grump, mumble, fume, snarl...

[Lou Girardin]

Grump, mumble, fume, snarl...

So when do you want your XXL Nolan, grumpy?

[Hitcher]

So when do you want your XXL Nolan, grumpy?

A XXL Nolan is built for pinheads. I've tried one. Can't even get it on with the front open. Even the Shoei flipper is too small in a XXL.

Money no object, the only helmet that fits is a Shoei with no moving parts. Even Mr BMW can't cope. Feel my pain...

[Lou Girardin]

Tried a shoehorn?

[Hitcher]

Tried a shoehorn?

No, but next time I'm in Australia, or some other foreign shore, I plan to visit a helmet retailer with a full range of lids and have myself a good old trying-on. I suspect there may be manufacturers who make big lids that will fit me. But I'm never going to find them in New Zealand and there is little value in beating up on a shop to import something on spec that probably won't fit anyway.