Nolan Factory Tour - How to Make a Motorcycle Helmet 

One piece, by hand.

+Francis Cecile Hsieh That's just a Nolan internal test to check for stress after the helmet has been on and off the rider's head for many times.

Not a clue what you mean, everything looks perfectly fine to me. One helmet touches another? I see nothing wrong, this is a production line.

webBikeWorld It depends on point of views although that shouldn't be the standard. I know a bit a bout Japanese production line and I can assure you that such things would be punished, that is why Japanese factories are more successful, just look at Toyota as an example of production line. BTW, I like Nolan helmets, just I pointed out that so much "very" high technology isn't felt by the hand workers. Yet robots do better than humans because they follow the instructions.

Bill Admond I'll admit, you probably would see a different handling procedure in a Japanese factory. Which is why Shoei and Arai helmets cost 2x as much as the Nolan! In any case, there is no damage to the helmet and if you hadn't seen the video, you'd never know this happened. Let's focus on the important stuff, like the fact that Nolan is completely vertically integrated, even making their own face shields, plastic parts and they even have a license from Pinlock to manufacture their own anti-fog inserts. This helps them control costs and quality.

webBikeWorld I didn't specifically mention Shoei because this is about Nolan so it could appear that I was hijacking the post. But as we know price is the most important stop for any buyer when two competing products are on the shelf. I know that Nolan is one of the world's top product since they decided to produce composite fibre helmets instead of the much more expensive fiberglass made by the competitors.