Reigning MotoGP World champion Jorge Lorenzo has decided to change the graphics on his Nolan X-Lite X-802 helmet for this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix and has decided to go all Top Gun on us.

Lorenzo wrote on his Facebook page that the helmet has special meaning to him, but we think that he must have has recently watched a rerun of the 1986 flick and decided that he wanted to become ‘Maverick’ and say ‘I Feel The Need…….The Need For Speed’ (considering Pedrosa’s blistering pace FP1, he’ll need it) or he must admire 125cc rider Vinales’ first name an awful lot.

Maybe he can even get Yamaha team mate Ben Spies to change the design on his HJC lid and become Goose, even if Iceman would suit the American better.

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This Carlos Checa replica helmet from X-Lite is quite elegant, as far as motorcycle helmets go. The X-802 Black Replica Carlos Checa will debut at this weekend’s Silverstone Superbike round where Checa’s helmet go from blue to a matte black look with the world map designed on it. With input from Checa, each image on the replica helmet tells a story.

The gutsy rider has included animals on the helmet to represent his love of nature, the continents reflect his feeling of being a global citizen, and in the middle of the helmet is a compass rose. The Black X-802 Carlos Checa replica has been included in the 2012 X-Lite collection and will be available on sale from September.

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The current leader in MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo explains in this video, the meaning of the three versions of his Nolan X-802 X-Lite replica helmets.

The first is the usual helmet that the Spanish rider uses called “Porfuera” while there’s also the Captain America that he used during the Indianapolis GP in 2009 and the Astronaut Moon Landing seen during the 2009 Estoril GP.

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Check out Carlos Checa’s brand new helmet design for this 2010 season. Checa who will be racing with Althea Ducati in WSBK, decided that it was time to change the graphics on his lid, and Nolan Group who supplies his helmets was more than happy to satisfy the rider’s request.

The designs on the helmet are a metaphor of Checa’s life and passions and each single design tells a story, with the animals expressing his love for nature, for free climbing, surfing and all extreme sports. The continents represent the Spanish rider’s feeling of being a citizen of the world and the top of helmet sees a windrose compass.

Nolan Helmets will be selling this X-Lite X-802 Checa Replica from April 2010 and is priced at € 539,00 and will be available in all authorized dealers.

Source | mypersonalhelmet

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Jorge Lorenzo’s Halo 3: ODST helmet that he wore during the last GP race of the 2009 season in Valencia is currently being auctioned on eBay.

The helmet is a Nolan X-Lite X-802 and this one of a kind lid has been hand painted to achieve three dimensional effects and reproduces the helmet worn by the hero of the video game Halo 3 ODST published by Microsoft.

Lorenzo and Microsoft have decided to devolve the money raised from the sale of the helmet to a Spanish NGO called Namaste, that is trying to improve conditions in orphanages across Nepal.

So if you’re interested in this unique helmet, just click here, and make your bid.

Source | motociclismo.es

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