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Nicky Hayden OIL RIG™

The purr of cylinders becomes an angry growl and sweat steams body armor as he leans 325 pounds of aluminum and attitude low enough to scrape a slider and taunt the limits of physics and sanity. He’s Nicky Hayden, The Kentucky Kid who became the MotoGP World Champion in 2006. We’re saluting him with a special edition of Oakley OIL RIG™, an aggressive style worthy of a racer whose world rips by at 200 mph.

Suitable for collectors and speed fanatics, this unique edition features Nicky’s traditional racing number on its custom icon graphics, and we added his “69” to the inner surface of the right stem. The Polished Black frame is matched with BLACK IRIDIUM® lenses to fuel clarity in bright light while reducing glare. Nicky’s signature is laser etched at the corner of the lens, and a custom printed MICROCLEAR™ bag is included for lens cleaning and frame storage.

This performance eyewear puts technology on the fast track with POLARIC ELLIPSOID™ geometry that creates a single continuous contour of PLUTONITE® lens material. XYZ OPTICS® opens the throttle on peripheral vision with startling clarity. The comfortably lightweight frame of durable O MATTER® includes sculpturally integrated hinges with dual cam action. The velocity of innovation blurs the line between science and art, and it salutes one of the hardest working racers on the circuit.

Available now in all good Oakley stockists. for more details check out Oakley

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