Metalflake Helmets

[Freebird]

Do you miss them? Do you even remember them? I'm bet most of us here do remember them. Here is a neat article about Fulmer who is producing them again, including the metal flake "stars and stripes" helmet from Easy Rider in celebration of their 40 year anniversary. You can even get the bubble shields.

 

http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-accessories/2009/fulmer-helmets.htm

[Kregerdoodle]

man...those bring back some memories........

[zoner]

Do you miss them? Do you even remember them? I'm bet most of us here do remember them. Here is a neat article about Fulmer who is producing them again, including the metal flake "stars and stripes" helmet from Easy Rider in celebration of their 40 year anniversary. You can even get the bubble shields.

 

http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-accessories/2009/fulmer-helmets.htm

 

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

The "red metalflake" one.......yikes!!! Just like I remember it. No bubble shield though, just the small visor that snapped on. When I no longer used it, it was kept for the memories. The grand kids/grandkids took thier turn wearing it and playing motorcycle. The foam inside was disinigrating slowly and I finally chucked it out (just 2 years ago)

 

Again Thanks.....Will Make My Day!!

 

Ed

[Big Daddy]

My first helmet was a sort of metal flake dark orange and black stripes! I would like to try one of those bubble shields on my current 3/4 helmet!

Thanks Don!

[timgray]

Metalflake is not that hard, it just takes a skilled paint guy which are pretty rare today. My 83 venture is now metalflake with some other awesome "retro" paint effects that are updated to look very modern. Remember erriedes? The ground up pearl that you sprayed on, laid down some plastic wrap wrinkled and pulled off then airbrushed with candy? IT has an effect that makes people go WOW. I had several car paint guys freak over my bikes paint as they acted like they never saw that effect before.

 

The advantage is that the new urethane clears can spray over older paints that allow you to do the cool stuff again while not having any fade problems and be harder than heck so it cant be scratched. The paint guys that poo-poo using lacquer dont know what they are missing, it's why House of Kolor still sells the stuff.

[Stratcat]

Do you miss them? Do you even remember them? I'm bet most of us here do remember them. Here is a neat article about Fulmer who is producing them again, including the metal flake "stars and stripes" helmet from Easy Rider in celebration of their 40 year anniversary. You can even get the bubble shields.

 

http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-accessories/2009/fulmer-helmets.htm

 

Yeah I read that too, to cool! Makes me remember my old CB350 days!

[KAWoodworth]

OMG - Yes! My first one was a blue metalflake 3/4. Didn't need it for motorcycles back then in 1968 but most of the 1/4 mile race tracks required them. I had a 1964 Pontiac 389, 4 speed with 3 duces. Ran 12's in the 1/4 mile. What I wouldn't give to have that car back again now.

[ToRide1]

I'm not sure but I think all of Fulmer's open-face 3/4 helmets have passed Snell certification.

[Iowawegian]

Our son was home a couple of weeks ago, telling us how popular they had become. We drug out our metal flake, bubble sheilds from the basement. He about died when he saw that we had gotten a custom painted "logo" on the lower back of the helmet. Said that he'd love to take them off our hands and resell them. I thought he was joking! Don't know what the "originals" sell for but he sure got a bang out of seeing them.

[Cerviperus]

I may not be old enough to have had one of my own, but when I was little I remember running around in an old gold flake helmet of my dad's, driving my fisher price car.

 

Actually, I have a picture (no, you'll never see it) with me in a diaper, huge leather gloves, the gold helmet, and nothing else.

[ToRide1]

Our son was home a couple of weeks ago, telling us how popular they had become. We drug out our metal flake, bubble sheilds from the basement. He about died when he saw that we had gotten a custom painted "logo" on the lower back of the helmet. Said that he'd love to take them off our hands and resell them. I thought he was joking! Don't know what the "originals" sell for but he sure got a bang out of seeing them.

 

I don't think their worth much as there 1000's of them kicking around along with the old Bell helmets and just about everybody I knew back in the 70's had at lest one bell helmet in their collection. I'm starting to feel old thinking about this stuff.

[BIG TOM]

Gold metalflake...groovy...right on man.....power to the people:fnd_(16):

[WilCruise]

Wonder if they'd be more popular if applied to something other than 3/4 helmet...

[Ozark]

Yeah I read that too, to cool! Makes me remember my old CB350 days!

CB350 belonged to my friend. I was the cool one. I had a CL350 with a red metal flake helmet, denim jacket, and ring boots. King Of The Road.

[Eddie]

we still have two we use on the dirt bikes up north, both are gold with different designs in them.

[Stratcat]

CB350 belonged to my friend. I was the cool one. I had a CL350 with a red metal flake helmet, denim jacket, and ring boots. King Of The Road.

 

Your were the mac daddy!

[BuckShot]

I had the stars and stripes one. Went looking for it at my Dads about 15 years ago when I read how they were becomeing collector item and could not find it. Dad said he was cleaning and pitched it.