Groovy motorcycle ads from the past - Life helmets

Step back in time with the funniest classic adverts of all time. Wax your moustache, pull on your Belstaff and pull women on your motorbike

Posted: 1 December 2011
by Visordown

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1978 Life helmets sidecar

1978: Life helmets

Life helmets did a series starring Tula (left), a stunning brunette who wore just spray-painted leathers over her curvy 37-25-37 bod. This shot’s “Double Life” headline proved appropriate four years later when The News of the World revealed that Tula was a trans-sexual, having grown up in Norfolk as Barry Cossey before changing his name to Caroline and having the op!


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Thomp
Got to number 4, almost fell off chair, quality ad.

Posted: 01/12/2011 at 16:22


Stevie70
Is that Steve Parrish? Looks like Lorenzo doing a Steve Parrish impersonation....

Posted: 06/12/2011 at 16:57


PommyR6
Brilliant picture of Steve Parrish in the Belstaff, how happy must he be now you've dug that picture up?

Posted: 06/12/2011 at 22:10


Chris Gagnon
Didn't Tula(The Driver) used to be a guy?

Posted: 12/10/2012 at 23:08


Hugh Jarse

I like the look of the old Belstaffs but not the slimy waxed cotton. I wouldnt buy a Belstaff now because they pay too much of my money kitting out the likes of Ewan and Thingy. I wont buy anything where a chunk of the price goes to a 'star'.


Posted: 14/10/2012 at 18:49

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