Custom Flame Paint Job on Scorpion Half Helmet

I was shopping for a new half helmet last summer specifically for warmer days and saw all kinds of really cool designs… but the helmet I ultimately chose was only available to me locally in solid colors.  I considered putting on a few die-cut vinyl decals but decided it would be much less cheesy if I got it painted.  And I figured who better to paint my helmet than our own fellow moto-blogger Mr Motorcycle of Kulass Speedshop Paint!?!  So I drew a sketch and picked up a couple of paint chips at the hardware store to give him an idea of what color I wanted, and shipped the helmet off to him in Minnesota a few weeks ago.

On Friday I got an email saying that my helmet was done!  Yay, I couldn’t wait to see it!  Apparently Mr M couldn’t wait to show the world either because he put together a video slideshow of the whole painting process!  Check it out over on his blog… click here!

Personally I think it looks awesome!  And it will do a fabulous job of blending together the colors from my silver Harley® and the purple mesh Harley® jacket I wear in the summer. 

Fan-freakin-tastic job dude!  :-)

More Barber Motorsports Museum Pictures

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As most of you already read Diana and I took a ten state road trip where we visited the Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama which is home to the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Museum. The collection includes both cars and motorcycles. there are 1200 motorcycles of which 600 are displayed. They have the world’s largest collection of Lotus cars. Mostly race cars. There are other colector cars as well. Although you already saw my pictures, here are Diana’s pictures from her new Cannon Rebel XSI Digital SLR.

Lady R instructed us to take Alabama Rt 25 to the museum rather than the highway and that was a kick ass road! It Looked like this…

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When we got to the Barber Motorsports Park it looked like this…

The motorsports park

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Statues at Barber

These statues represent the empowerment one feels when riding on a motorcycle. Here are some other good pictures that Diana got…

The Navy harley Motorcycle

jawa ice racer

1970 Harley davidson Super Glide the first factory custom

red and yellow with sidecar

white with sidecar

Excelsior

vintage super bikes

another look at the Ford

jay in the middle

Lotus on display

another shot atthe basement

another look at the Imapla

another great looking collector bike

radical customs also represented

To see all of Diana’s pictures click here.

Gator Attacks Biker in Florida

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43 year old motorcyclist from Newark, DE was attacked by inanimate alligator in front of Gainesville Harley-Davidson in Gainesville, FL. The victim was not seriously injured in the catastrophic incident. However he is being treated for mild brain damage unrelated to the attack. Details to come.

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RevZilla Showroom in South Philly

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Can you follow this strange chain of events? I see an advertisement on Facebook for an Internet based motorcycle accessory company called RevZilla whose headquarters and only showroom is less than an hour north of us in South Philly. I zip over there one day after a training seminar in the city of Brotherly Love to check it out. I chat with Matt Kull and take some pictures. RevZilla becomes a paid advertiser on RC USA. I decide to check out Helmet Hair Blog to see what’s new over there. Helmet Hair Blog was one of my inspirations to create my blog. I see a video made by the guys at RevZilla over at the Helmet Hair Blog which is based in Denmark. Cool to see these young South Philly guys get recognition by an international motorcycle blog from abroad.


Revzilla is the creation of several young entrepreneurs who love motorcycles, offer superior customer service, carry the best of the best in motorcycle safety gear and have fantastic Internet skills. Cruisers who are still into black leather may not be in the market for an $800 Gore-Tex riding suite with built in CE approved armor but you have to appreciate the fine gear like the Rev It line and you also gotta give these guys props for the video product reviews. These guys are like my new hero’s. I ‘ll try to find out more about them and post here at RC USA.

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Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow

I gotta hand it to Stephanie aka Iowa Harley Girl! She posts some really good material at her blog. Not sure what made me wander over there but I got a vibe that said “check out Iowa Harley Girl’s blog and see what’s happening over there.” She posted this video and now I’m all revved up! Bullet and Crow’s hot pants totally rock!

Pictures From Fox Creek Leather Trip

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Our pictures from the Fox Creek Leather trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains are posted at Flickr. Click here.