Nolan N102 N-Com – incredible helmet, fantastic price

**ammo_alan** · 2nd August 2007, 21:05

I done the same a few days ago, and reading your post made me realise i have done the right thing

**fergie** · 6th August 2007, 16:03

went for a blast last night to try out the intercoms, pillans sounded perfect, clear voice etc, althought she said my voice was coming thru broken up , guess there may be some fine tuning to do or maybe i have turned the unit onto phone mode or something? methinks i will read the manual again. very pleased with the system though.

**fergie** · 9th August 2007, 11:57

went for a trip to thames and back last night, i could hear wifey clear as but she could not hear me?, anyone else had this sort of problem? not sure what course of action to take first. cant help thinking it's something to do with the way im turning the unit on, i hold the button down till i hear it beep. but if i press the button agin there are other beeps heard? any suggestions?

**bernardf** · 9th September 2007, 17:16

check out this thread re nolan n-com interesting reading
really need to go the bluetooth route for improved sound
i hope this helps
also a mate bought a 102 but had to modify the forehead foam due to it causing him to have headaches from the pressure so he trimmed it and now it is great

**Zukin** · 9th September 2007, 17:52

Originally Posted by bernardf

check out this thread re nolan n-com interesting reading
really need to go the bluetooth route for improved sound
i hope this helps
also a mate bought a 102 but had to modify the forehead foam due to it causing him to have headaches from the pressure so he trimmed it and now it is great

What thread???

**denill** · 24th September 2007, 09:32

This thread has been a godsend as otherwise I would not have contemplated Nolans. What you guys wrote got me thinking Nolans. I contemplated getting a pair from the States but went locally as I reckoned I might need some after sales help. And I did!!

I got a sharp deal from a local dealer and the importers, Eurobke installed the InterCom Kit and the Basic Kit. They stuffed up by installing the Basic Kit to both helmets. Only the rider helmet should have that? Any how they put that right.

To cut a long story short - The intercom works brilliantly. Very clear without extraneous noises even at the highest volume, like breathing and wind noise at speeds up to 140ks (on a closed road). Unlike the previous systems I have had! Sound is clear and not distorted and I would rate it 10 out of 10. Although I'm still not too sure which button to push and when. Just kept playing till something worked.

It was not ALL easy though. Eurobike provided a Nolan Multimedia wire for the Radar hookup. But it didn't work!! EuroBike didn't know why but Sharon at Remac took one look and said I needed an adaptor plug to take it from stereo to mono. $3 dollars! Presto the radar worked.

Next morn, Sat, set off for Gisborne - plugged it all in - no intercom!!!
At Wairoa, by chance - on another function -just before I heaved the lot into the river - discovered plugging in the radar mutes my voice to pillion?? I can hear the pillion?? So disconnected the Radar and it worked.

Think I will take the easy way out and use a separate helmet speaker for the radar. Unless someone can point me in the right direction??

BTW it really pissed down from Wairoa to Gizzy and the helmets worked well.

So thanks Guys for your info on this thread. Over the past 15 years or so I have bought 3 systems and they all ended up in the trash can. The last one was nearly 10 years ago and I had decided to forget about an intercom.

Cheers
Bill

**denill** · 24th September 2007, 09:36

Originally Posted by fergie

went for a blast last night to try out the intercoms, pillans sounded perfect, clear voice etc, althought she said my voice was coming thru broken up , guess there may be some fine tuning to do or maybe i have turned the unit onto phone mode or something? methinks i will read the manual again. very pleased with the system though.

See my post below. When i plug in the radar it mutes my voice to pillion??
I can hear the pillion??

**Grub** · 24th September 2007, 10:09

Denill ... great to have you in the Nolan crowd and also am very pleased to hear that the quality etc is better than you thought or have had before. We've never had anything before and so therefore no benchmark. We like our helmets LOTS and it's good to know we've made the right call.

I'm not sure what your setup is. You have buttons so therefore you have at least 1 helmet with the Bluetooth kit? Are you cabled together or on bluetooth?

I haven't tried multimedia devices other than a radio. The phone jack is the 2.5mm one and the media one is the 3.5mm one. I know music (3.5mm) should mute when the *phone* (2.5mm) is answered. My helmet is the bluetooth 'master' and Nasty's appears to be the 'client'. If I have music in my helmet, she hears it over the intercom. We haven't tried it the other way

**denill** · 24th September 2007, 10:46

Hi Grub

We have hard wire connections - not bluetooth.

Just had a call a few minutes ago from the Eurobke rep!! to see how it went. (That's why buying off shore is not always best) He suggested trying the multi media lead round the other way.
Will let you know how it goes.

Cheers
Bill

**pjpnz** · 25th September 2007, 08:58

I need the Nolan! How do I make sure I get the right size?? Thank you.

**denill** · 25th September 2007, 14:56

I have already written how we are rapt with the Nolan N102s we purchased last week. They have exceeded our expectations.

One of the factors in buying locally was the possibility that some after sales service was required. It has - and that has also exceeded our expectations. Ericksen Honda have provided A PLUS service - as have the Nolan importers Eurobike also.

As written previously - the only problem we have with the system is that the rider to pillion audio is muted when plugged to the Escort R/Detector. Everything else works fine??

Today Tony from Eurobike replicated my setup in their office and it works fine for him. After much e-mail and phone discussion I am still unable to get my set-up working, so he has offered to call in to my address next time he's in town!
In the meantime I have got around that by using the cord and separate earpiece that I used in the Shoei.

If you are contemplating buying off-shore, as I did - think again

**Swoop** · 29th September 2007, 17:23

Originally Posted by fergie

i could hear wifey clear as but she could not hear me?, anyone else had this sort of problem?

This appears to be an anomaly in the male/female makeup of the universe. Please reverse polarity immediately.

MotoHaus are stocking the Nolan helmet!!!
Looks bloody good!

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 7th October 2007, 21:03

Originally Posted by Jim2

Can you guys let me know if the visor leaks in the rain? I had an N100E and retired it in the end because I just could NOT get the visor to seal.

I have the N102 and have never noticed mine leak and have riden in a few down pours with it...

**Alpha Solo** · 10th October 2007, 18:47

Great helmet - good for walking into petrol stations / and being seen on the road etc

Ive installed the bluetooth kit and have been using my nokia phone to play back MP3's. great in the garden but at 100km + (on private roads) I have to turn it up to 11 and the distortion level is too much, anyone got any good ideas?