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I have a Shoei X-Eleven in solid black and like this design http://www.compacc.com/p.cfm/c/1201001/p/20319 (http://www.compacc.com/p.cfm/c/1201001/p/20319) but I must say the desmo look is appealing as well http://store.ducatiusa.com/product/0/98100271/_/Ducati_Corse_Arai_Corsair_V_Helmet (http://store.ducatiusa.com/product/0/98100271/_/Ducati_Corse_Arai_Corsair_V_Helmet)

that said feel free to provide thoughts, suggestions and if you paint helmets PM me.

Thanks.

please pick an image and caption from "Look At This make the beast with two backsing Creature". That would be fantastic. http://www.latfc.us/index.html (http://www.latfc.us/index.html)

I would also like to see an ARCHER helmet.

(http://media.cleveland.com/ent_impact_tv/photo/archerjpg-6f068eeed30935ca.jpg)

Perhaps around the base, or around the visor, you could have inscribed:

 "HOW HARD IS IT TO POACH AN EGG?! ITS LIKE EGGS 101"

I would be amused at least.

my next helmet is going to have a moon pie logo on one side and an RC Cola logo on the other. perhaps they'll help foot the bill.

Paint Daffy duck on the thing.

do paperinik then!

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:M64moPjV3VQxnM:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Paperinik.jpg)

(http://www.funbumperstickers.com/images/Daffy_Duck_1.gif)

had this sticker on my black shoei TZ-R for a while

your favorite football team!

alright piss ants. how about a duck taking a shit?

why not intermix logos and images of the different bikes you own(ed) so it's unique to you.

How about the Lego Visor Mod?  http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=19437.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=19437.0)

Or more visor mod ideas here: http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=32884.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=32884.0)

leave it black.
add one of these.
(http://i19.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/2c/66/f2_2.JPG)

not enough room on my helmet I'm afraid.

I like but would like to have a little devil instead of the smiley face.

if your not gonna use that i got dibs

here is what I did to my icon alliance, I am from Texas as you can see

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/DSC02921.jpg)

Nice... [thumbsup]

Do you have access to spray equipment, or is that a garage/rattle can job?

I have been kicking around the idea of using small pics of playboy centerfolds to do a collage of naked chicks, it would look like your typical mumble jumble graphic from a distance but up closer it would be T&A here, a pretty face there, a bush and I dont the president.

I work at a collision repair shop so when its slow I mess around with my own stuff, try new ideas and such. sometime I rattle can stuff but only when I am looking to ghetto something but mostly use RM basecoat clearcoat system.

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/Mobile%20Uploads/1251327853.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/Mobile%20Uploads/1251327839.jpg)

Sweet...

another freakin' painter. ;D [thumbsup]

Hate to poop on the parade (all nice helmets BTW), but can't paint affect the structural integrity of the hard surface of a helmet?? ???

No.

Your thinking is 40 years old when helmets may have been something other than composites.

All composites can be refinished without affecting them structurally. You wouldn't want to use stripper on them, but paint is fine.

Hell....I'm not even 40 years old.... [laugh]

Yeah, I've heard different takes on the paint thing. Good to hear your opinion that modern helmets can be painted...

amazing how misinformation can hang on through the generations.  ;)

I think daffy looks cool but in red. where did you buy that sticker?

where is West Texas are you?  I might need a Texan to do the job  [thumbsup]

Beautiful...   [thumbsup]

Designs like this look so much better than the busy, psychedelic, technicolor yawn racer replica helmets.   [puke]

I made it when I was working at the student copy shop here on campus....

Quick search for daffy duck sticker gives this:
http://www.funbumperstickers.com/detail.aspx?ID=957 (http://www.funbumperstickers.com/detail.aspx?ID=957)

I am in Midland, its halfway between Dallas and El Paso. IDK if this is allowed here but you can pm me here or at my local website www.westtexasmotorcycles.net (http://) check it out if your in my area.

like ducpainter said the new tech poly paints dont affect the shell like the older lacquer and enamel paint did. they (lacquers and enamels) were mainly solvent based, the newer polys are more like epoxy with a dedicated hardener, solvents are very low to be V.O.C compliant making them less aggressive on the substrates. its really more like a coating than a paint. the only thing we dont paint are airbags.

I know the place well.  I'll send you a PM, would like a quote.
Thanks.

paintimg the old polycarbonate helmets about 30 years ago would make them mush. Thats a clue to how old I am not. [laugh]

the desmo one has tiny little lines that look like a pita to get right.

the other looks like some basic pin striping with a devil logo.

the white would probably be difficult on black regardless.