Helmet modifications…

 

My helmet, with modifications....

 Nothing in my possession can remain stock. All of the sleds and bikes that are, or were mine, are modified. Even my helmet is a mod…

The helmet I’m wearing now is the one I got four years ago. I ran it like the yellow and orange lid that it was for two years. But when I upgraded to a bigger sled, it didn’t match… so I had to modify it. After cutting the visor down, I sanded it all, and took the black spray paint to it… And so I had my matching black helmet, for only a couple of cents.

But after running it a half-season like that, I thought it needed more. I decided a “stabilizer fin” on the back would look cool, but the ones in the catalogs were too expensive. So I rummaged thru my shop to find something that I could make work… After making a paper template, I cut out a piece of plastic from an oil jug, and then mounted it up with a small screw (which, I might add, was out of a stereo I took apart years before) and superglue…

This year, I “branded” it, with a cut-out text, and more spray paint. I’m not sure if there are any more mods I can do to it now, but I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth out of it – both in protection, and projects!