Couple new helmets for the 2017 season.

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A few months back in the middle of the winter I came across a pretty good deal on a couple new Shoei VFX-W helmets. I wanted to go with a full custom helmet wrap as I had already picked out the design I wanted and so forth. So I had LG1 graphics make these up for me. I started applying them a little over a week ago , and really struggled with them ( They are very tough , and I suck at graphics ) , and my buddy Joel offered to help finish them out. Pretty happy with how they turned out. A little more busy / wild than what I was thinking they would be , but got a few compliments at the track today on them. I broke the black one in today.....with the first ride of the year. Going to be sore as hell tomorrw , as we burned a lot of gas.

Anyways....here are both the helmets. And a word of warning , if any of you decide to do a full helmet wrap , just know they can be extremely painful if you're terrible at it like I am.











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steve_97060 4/2/2017 8:57pm
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wait, nothing about Reed or Dungey in this thread? unacceptable...

oh, nice helmets Jeffro...
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jeffro503 4/2/2017 9:05pm
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steve_97060 wrote:
wait, nothing about Reed or Dungey in this thread? unacceptable...

oh, nice helmets Jeffro...
Chad could wear my helmet. I'd be worried if Ryan wore one though , as it would take me a week to dry it out from all his tears!
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jeffro503 4/2/2017 9:06pm
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Smile

Forgot to add that.
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tobz 4/2/2017 9:20pm
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Done well for a wrap, I'd shudder to think how I'd go putting a sticker all around a helmet.

But I won't have to worry, they're banned in all forms of racing aust wide.

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jeffro503 4/2/2017 10:10pm
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tobz wrote:
Done well for a wrap, I'd shudder to think how I'd go putting a sticker all around a helmet. But I won't have to worry, they're...
Done well for a wrap, I'd shudder to think how I'd go putting a sticker all around a helmet.

But I won't have to worry, they're banned in all forms of racing aust wide.
Tobz...what about stickers? Not allowed to put stickers on the helmets? What's the difference between helmet graphics and bike graphics? Just trying to understand the logic.
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tobz 4/2/2017 10:15pm
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Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection.


It's to prevent riders using a helmet that's already been involved in a crash, where the rider might use a helmet wrap to hide it at bike inspection (where the helmet is also inspected at the start of the day).

More of Motorcycling Australia being it's typical nanny self. Just like the helmet cam ban.
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jeffro503 4/2/2017 11:24pm
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tobz wrote:
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection. It's to prevent riders using a helmet...
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection.


It's to prevent riders using a helmet that's already been involved in a crash, where the rider might use a helmet wrap to hide it at bike inspection (where the helmet is also inspected at the start of the day).

More of Motorcycling Australia being it's typical nanny self. Just like the helmet cam ban.
Are helmets inspected at a local level as well? Or just the professional ranks?
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MW19 4/2/2017 11:28pm
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Super rad man! Love the design.
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Turbojez 4/3/2017 1:48am
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Looking good!
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tobz 4/3/2017 2:03am
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tobz wrote:
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection. It's to prevent riders using a helmet...
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection.


It's to prevent riders using a helmet that's already been involved in a crash, where the rider might use a helmet wrap to hide it at bike inspection (where the helmet is also inspected at the start of the day).

More of Motorcycling Australia being it's typical nanny self. Just like the helmet cam ban.
jeffro503 wrote:
Are helmets inspected at a local level as well? Or just the professional ranks?
Yup, even at the local dustbowl club days. I'm certainly not entering any races that are at professional level Laughing
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krypto71 4/3/2017 4:35am
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Cool helmets! Also cool that I see some Castle Creations and Hyperion boxes, a bunch of lipos and a bottle of BSI kicker! I see you're not just running a moto shop there Jeffro!
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Mini Elsinore 4/3/2017 6:55am
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tobz wrote:
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection. It's to prevent riders using a helmet...
Stickers I'm not sure about. If the helmet is covered in them then I guess it wouldn't pass inspection.


It's to prevent riders using a helmet that's already been involved in a crash, where the rider might use a helmet wrap to hide it at bike inspection (where the helmet is also inspected at the start of the day).

More of Motorcycling Australia being it's typical nanny self. Just like the helmet cam ban.
Damn, nanny state, indeed. AUS is in the same boat as USA? Get out the pitchforks!

And, Jeffro, those lids look bitchin.
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kaptkaos 4/3/2017 7:04am
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Nice wraps man, they look really good.
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Forty 4/3/2017 7:10am
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Turned out good! A little to busy for me but very nice work.
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jmc2 4/3/2017 8:51am
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Didn't realize there were wraps for helmets now, but they look good.
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Myke 4/3/2017 1:20pm
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Great looking wraps!!
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Ryno23 4/3/2017 1:25pm
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Hell yeah buddy, those look pretty sweet! Kinda curious as to how well they hold up to roost and beatings?
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Falcon 4/3/2017 1:30pm
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Do you notice any addition in weight?
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jeffro503 4/3/2017 6:53pm
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Falcon wrote:
Do you notice any addition in weight?
Thanks guys for all the compliments. I've never done helmet wraps before , but once I saw a few good ones I wanted to try them out. It's why I got just a plain white and plain black one. Pretty happy with them , and they cover probably 95% of the entire helmet. Actually about 90%....they are still a little open / uncovered in the very back.

@Falcon.....no added weight. They are pretty damn thin , but stick like crazy! Once they are on , there are a pain to peel back off. Hopefully durable , and I think they may be.

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