Gear: Bell Star matte carbon

Eager to repair an image tarnished by years of low-quality products sold in discount stores, Bell Sports is pushing a totally new range of high-quality, well-designed helmets designed to compete with the biggest established players. That charge is being led by a top-tier roadracing helmet, the Bell Star, and this new-for-2012 flagship model in matte carbon. Fitted with a Transitions photochromatic visor, this is a $770 helmet. Should you pay that much for a Bell?

Photos: Sean Smith :continue:

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Wes Siler. January 18th, 2012 - Permalink - Comments (64)

Bell continues helmet graphic leadership

Normally, helmet graphics are limited to loud racer replicas (at best) or generic, yet still offensive tribal graphics (at worst). Recently, reborn American helmet maker Bell has been trying to reverse that trend, working with noted designers to bring actually credible paint jobs to market. These new colors for the flagship Star and second-tier RS1 continue that. Especially this Roland Sands-created Flash design for the RS1. :continue:

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Wes Siler. August 24th, 2011 - Permalink - Comments (34)

Video: RSD Speed Freak Bell Star

The custom graphics that Roland Sands designed for this Bell Star have the appearance of metal leaf applied on top of raw carbon fiber. Anything black you see here isn’t paint, it’s the exposed weave of the all-carbon shell. The Star is Bell’s range-topping full-face helmet and is built to the Snell M2010 safety standard. :continue:

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Wes Siler. January 17th, 2011 - Permalink - Comments (7)
Gear: Bell Star helmet

Gear: Bell Star helmet

The Bell Star is supposed to be the helmet that puts Bell back on the map with motorcyclists. It’s supposed to finally rival Shoei and Arai on looks, comfort and quality. Does it? Well, on looks maybe. > :continue:

Wes Siler. August 13th, 2009 - Permalink - Comments (12)
Roland Sands brings Benjamins to Bell Star C-Note

Roland Sands brings Benjamins to Bell Star C-Note

The Bell Star C-Note is the fruit of a new collaboration between the helmet maker and custom bike designer Roland Sands. Featuring a graphical tribute to a $100 bill (hence the name), the special edition Star will retail for $699 (compared to the plain Star’s $550). The extra money is justified not only by the charitable contribution made to the Feed Roland fund, but also by the C-Note’s incredibly elaborate paint job, which is the most complex Bell has ever created.

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Wes Siler. October 13th, 2008 - Permalink - Comments (5)

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