Here is a favorite with the Custom or Bobber type riders. It is a Buco GT in silver metal flake. This and the Captain America helmet are always the first ones guys want to buy when they see all the helmets in the garage. I believe these are being reproduced in Japan. This one is an original.
Tomorrow I will post a red metal flake Arthur Fulmer.
I am enjoying posting these old helmets. Gives me a chance to clean up some of them that have years of dust on them. This is a Wheels Of Man Bumble Bee style helmet. I originally had two, sold the lesser of the two and gave this one a space. It has been a number of years since I have seen any Wheels Of Man motorcycle product.
There is the name and style number right on the back. If John Belushis SNL bumble bee skit would have taken to wheels this would be the hat of choice.
It is a nice looking helmet and adds contrast to my accumulation.
This is the construction sticker from inside the helmet. As you can see it is dated 11/27/74. A fairly well preserved 35 year old helmet. The inspector named Petra actually signed her work. Don't see much of that anymore.
I thought a side by side comparison of vintage full face MX helmets would be something different. The Bell Moto 3 was pretty much the standard for Moto Cross and Off Road riding from the late seventies on into the eighties.
The Simpson is a nice looking helmet but does not evoke images of that period like the Bell does. Who can forget Bob "Hurricane" Hannahs lightning bolt graphics on his MotoIII.
Black AGV shorty half helmet. Italian made, I like the logo.
The flip shield visor is interesting but probably uncomfortable at speed.
I'm guessing this would be favored by the Moped and Scooter crowd.
The helmet is an Arai Freddie Spencer Signature /Replica. The print is one of the Cycle World collection Gambaccini prints. It is Fast Freddie at speed on the 1985 Honda NSR 500.The print is 858/1000, Freddie and the NSR were one of a kind!
This is the last of my Road Race signature helmets. The next few posts/helmets are going to be shortys, metalflake and some odd stuff.
Kevin was another American who went to Europe and captured a G.P. crown. His signature/replica model Arai was an attractive helmet. As I mentioned earlier, Arai builds quality helmets. There are two or three very early Arai Jet Style (open face) helmets in the garage that I will post images of later.
This is a Bell Eddie Lawson signature replica professional racing helmet. Eddie was a world GP road racing champ and like Kenny Roberts, cut his teeth on American dirt tracks. I like the signature helmets because they point to a specific time and accomplishment. As you can see my helmets are far from perfect. More of an accumulation than a collection. I like it like that.
