Custom Painted Old Motorcycle Helmet

This is a great hat. A custom fade paint job and competition stripes, hard to beat.

There are no markings on this helmet other than the Z.90 AMA Group 1 Racing sticker on the inside.

Cool old paint job from "back in the day"

Early Bell Star 120

Here is an early Bell Helmets Star 120. It was called a 120 because of the degree of peripheral vision it allowed. As you can see there is three button snaps for a visor and no pivot point for a shield.
These were the first full coverage helmets widely adopted by motocrossers. A duck bill visor, a pair of Carreras and a tape job on the helmet and you were ready to go.

Old Orange Arthur Fulmer AF40 Motorcycle Helmet

Bright orange Arthur Fulmer AF 40 helmet.

When I get these old skid lids I never remove the stickers that are on them. Do you remember these Harley Davidson number one stickers?

Vintage Fiberglass 3/4 Open Face Helmet

This fiberglass three quarter helmet has no identifying manufacturer markings left on it. I would guess it to be American made from the late 60's to early 70's. The button snaps are marked Dot, the liner and padding are good quality. It is heavy.

The layers of fiberglass cloth are visible under the gel coat. I tried to image that here but it may be hard to see. This is a nicely shaped helmet.

Top notch on the inside. The liner has a coating that has a rough texture . The interior has held up well.

Old Japanese Full Coverage Helmet

This is an early Japanese full coverage helmet. I am not sure of the make , it is not an Arai and does not look like any Shoei I have seen. The stickers inside are the 1970 Snell rating, the Z 90.1 rating and the size M that has Japan in small letters. Old full coverage helmets didn't allow for good peripheral vision. That changed with the Bell Star 120.

The green stripes on it appear to be factory applied. Offset competition stripes look good and never seem to go out of style.

Gray Metallic Arthur Fulmer Motorcycle Helmet

This metallic gray Arthur Fulmer is in nice shape. The trim on the Fulmers that I have are chrome like this one.

The graphics that came on these are light reflective.

Nice Fulmer logo on the back.

Like Arai helmets, Fulmers linings are high quality. The logo top pad is a nice touch.

Original Motorcycle Art

I know this blog is about vintage motorcycle helmets but I couldn't help it. I also gather up motorcycle art. Prints if I can get them but original stuff is what I really like. Motorcycles are not a subject most artist are interested in so that makes it all the more difficult to come by.
The Honda S 90 above is a small drawing done in colored and regular pencil. When I look at this I think that Honda S 90 was either the object of his affection or desire.

This is a Motocross racer done in acrylic. It has a $40 price on the back and a starving artists stamp on it. Hope he got something to eat because I do appreciate having it.

This is a wire art board track racer. It is as close as I will come to owning a boardtracker. Kinda looks like a Harley Pea Shooter.

I don't know what to say about this one. It's done in oil and it looks like an Indian to me. Check out the naked woman on the bed in the back ground.