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| Custom painted helmets are almost commonplace these days, and even the helmet companies themselves are putting out some pretty cool graphic patterns. But there was a time when helmets came in basic colors, and if you wanted anything fancier you did it yourself or found somebody who could do it for you. Being somewhat artistic, I always wanted to paint a helmet, so one day in college, I got out my Bell street helmet and laid some paint on it. I thought it turned out pretty decent, so I've continued my efforts, getting better (I think) as I go. Check 'em out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is that first helmet I did. It turned out pretty well, and I wore it for a lot of years. This was the helmet I was wearing when I wrecked my bike. I was only going about 30 leaving my neighborhood when a dog ran out in front of me, but you can see in the picture on the right the gouges where my head hit the pavement and slid. That's my sermon on wearing a helmet and the stupid people who choose not to. "Oh, I'm too good a rider, I won't wreck," they say. Please. It goes back to one of my core values, shared by my buddy Jason at ludicrousspeedracing "if you've got a $10 head, wear a $10 helmet." |
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| This is the first helmet that I did for racing. The blue thorns and checkered flag are a Troy Lee Designs kit, but the cards and yellow and other stuff are mine. It's not an all-original paint job, but I like it. I still use this helmet occasionally. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My latest personal helmet. I took a lot of time and a lot of Tylenol with this project, but it paid off. It started out as a replica of Jeremy McGrath's helmet. The design is very similar. But I decided that I didn't want to duplicate his helmet. I'm not Jeremy and don't want to be (well, OK, maybe I'd like to win a bunch of Championships), but I REALLY liked the design. So I tailored it to my own tastes. My |  |
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| racing gear is blue and yellow, thus the blue and yellow swirls. The starburst shapes are prismatic chrome vinyl, so they reflect a rainbow of light. And we laid down a couple of coats of pearl in the clear, so it gives the whole helmet an extra sheen. It's very cool. The Troy Lee catalog that this helmet was in listed that the paint job alone would cost $3,000. So I think that $50 worth of paint and tape was a bargain. This helmet's a Bell, as is the 'Stars 'n Stripes' helmet above, as are both of the helmets in the pic of my bike on the 'Other Stuff' page. Bell helmets may not be the only choice anymore, but the same principle still applies "If You Have a $10 Head...Wear a $10 Helmet" Bell said it years ago, and I still believe. I value my brains where they are, INSIDE my skull. |
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| This is a pair of helmets I did recently for my office manager and her boyfried (soon-to-be-husband). He'd just gotten a Yamaha VStar and the plain black helmets available in the local bike shops did nothing for them. So I came up with a couple of designs, using the colors of the bike, and these are the result. The one with the silver visor is hers, with kind of a simplified butterfly pattern. His is a modified, stylized flame design. The maroon doesn't really come out in these pics. Even though the designs are different, the style is similar and I think they go together pretty well. And Kim told me they've gotten lots of complements when they ride. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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