7/4/11

Captain America Stars And Stripes Vintage Motorcycle Helmet

Everyone knows the origin of this helmet design. Captain America,Stars and Stripes,Flag helmet. I have heard it called many names but you always think of the movie when you see one. I had one when I was 10 years old and riding my Taco minibike. Seems appropriate to post it on the 4th of July.



















7/3/11

Vintage Full Face MX Helmet



My friend Rich Yelkin was at the Scott Burnworth Socal vintage classic race at Barona a couple of weeks ago. He is doing well and he brought me another helmet, god bless'em! No tags, appears to be early eighties construction. Dark metallic blue with a visor.....Thanks Rich!

6/25/11

Classic 1980's Arai Superbike Helmet

This is a classic Arai full coverage from the early 80's. This color scheme
was popular with alot of American Superbike racers of the period. This one is in pretty good shape. I am happy to have such a nice example.











6/24/11

1970's Japanese KUNOH Motorcycle Helmet

This is a plain vanilla helmet. The only thing interesting to me is the brand. It is a Kunoh,it is the only one I have.Japanese made, the shell is polycarbonate and the interior lining is lower quality.











6/23/11

Very Small Vintage Childs Motorcycle Helmet

This is the smallest functional motorcycle helmet I have ever seen. It is a childs size small, who would make that?
There are no markings other than a z 90.1 tag on the inside.

It looks to me to be early 70's Japanese construction. The shell is fiberglass and the trim is nice wide rubber. It is well made.




I have included an image of the hat along side an adult size large helmet for comparison.












6/6/11

Red Metalflake Arthur Fulmer AF20













Everybody wants an Arthur Fulmer AF20. This one is rough inside. That doesn't matter to me since it hangs upside down in my garage.

6/5/11

Black Bell Moto 3 With Visor





















A couple of months back I picked up this vintage Bell Moto 3. I was riding one of my vintage bikes at an ARX (good club) event at the Glen Helen REM Track. The announcer said he was selling some items one of which was an old Moto 3 helmet. I bit,$10 later the hat was in my truck. As you can see it has a history (bumps and bruises) but that is alright.