DRIFT INNOVATION has launched its first product onto the UK market – the X170 action camera.  The all-round helmet camera offers everything that both the discerning expert and novice require to capture their extreme sports videos and photographs

THE 'pudding-basin' helmet worn by Mike 'the Bike' Hailwood is set to exceed £4,000 when it goes up for auction at the Silverstone MotoGP on 11 June.Worn by the legendary Mike Hailwood in the 1960s, the hand-painted helmet not only holds

Fred Hill died from heart failure in Pentonville prison aged 74. He was halfway through a 60 day sentence for refusing to recognise the 1973 compulsory helmet law. Fred had been jailed a staggering 30 times before for exercising what he saw as a

Do you remember that yellow thing in the sky? I think they call it the sun and we occasionally see it in summer. And summer means flies, lots of them. Especially if you're doing a mad sun's-going-down blast in which case your visor and lid will be peppered with the little blighte...

THIS weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix sees several tributes to Marco Simoncelli from the teams and drivers in F1.Most notable is Italian Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli, who has been wearing a Simoncelli-replica helmet throughout the event so

HOUSING ESTATES all over the UK are probably fed up of twirps like this, but check this helmet-cam footage of an L-plate biker losing the front end of his bike on a corner.Luckily, the little rogue escapes without injury, but we're not sure

ITALIAN urban kit brand Turcano Urbano's latest products are now on the shelves at UK dealers. The 2013 spring/summer collection includes new helmets, jackets and gloves for men and women.We've condensed the marketing-speak into the key points you

very hard and learn quickly.When I started I thought Arai was only for the Japanese market, because I didn’t know exactly all the information on the company, but when I came to Europe I was amazed how big it is. We make about 300,000 helmets a year

MOTORCYCLE-RIDING patriotic footy fans with a penchant for Shark helmets (yes, all two of you) may be interested to know the company has released the limited edition S 900 Flag in the UK. The company say the St.George-inspired design is perfect

HOW DID YOU GET INTO PAINTING HELMETS?Completely by accident, actually! I raced Championship motocross for a few years professionally, but in 1999 I had a big accident that finished my career. It was at this time that I was introduced to Troy