Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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n n Ara l V X Pro by Images In M o ti o n $ 6 5 0 (p a in t . f in and spar e v iso r p aint). $406 9 5 (helme t) Ima g e s In Mot io n 13773 Huntington A v enue S Outh S a v a g e . MN 5 5 378 9 52/894- 30 1 4 vvvvvv _l rna g esinm o t lonblZ Seeing Stars Hoben Utile, the man behin d Images In Motio n. fast caugh t my eye w ith his booth at the Budds Creek MX Nati onal this year. I w as [ust cruismq thro ug h tile Pit s, and I saw w hat looked like mce, bl 9 photograph ic posters of top nders li ke M ike LaRocco. Jeremy M cGrath and more, but w hat I didn' t know unu l I got renll y clo se w as th at they w eren ' t photoqiap hs - th ey w ere ai rbrushed patnt inqs t I wa s astu nis hed Well. he also had a wh ole bun ch of really bn cl uu'vlookmq helmets on d ispl ay, so I took a card know Ing niat I was gomg to be makin g a Cycl e New s test helmet In th e near future. All I told Utne niter I sent. 1 m Illy plam -w lute A rm VX Pro wa s that I w anted th e CN I O ~J o s on the hel met , and since [' ve 11 alwa ys been a patr iot . I w ant ed somet hinq patriotic. I w as that vag ue. What he came up w it h w as nu udblow inq Besides th e stan dard Old Glor y theme. he reprod uced the raismg of the Am en can flag by nve U.S. Mari nes and a Navy medi c at the htq nest poin t of the Japanese Island of Iw o Jima (M ount Suriba cln l dunn g World War II (Februar y 23. 1945) on both sides 01 the helmet. The detail that Ut ne is capable or is stu numq , as you can hopefull y see III our newspn nt col or, and w hen compared to most helmet pai nte rs. his stu ff is usually much easier on the checkbook - after all , hvinq In Minnesota IS much less expe nsive th an livinq in Southern Cali fornia Utne IS a pertecnoms t . and hIS tu rn-around time is second to none. He's the man behmd Heath Voss' and Mi chael Byrne's lids. as w ell as KeVIn Wmdh am's and MIke Lak occos serms. If you 're thmkmg about gettmg a helmet painted, he can provide the helmet for you. or you can send one to him EIth er w ay. the indi vid uali ty he offers from helmet to helmet IS well w orth the money. Check out some of his othe r wor k on rus w ebsite if these photos aren't convi ncmq enoug h. 5teve [ox Ara l R X- 7 C o r s a ir b y S t r e a m l in e D e si g n $500 (paint). $582.95 (helm e t ) Str eamline D e s igns 3451 I Street SUIte 23 North H ighlands. CA 95660 91 6/334-8508 VV\l\lvv _ t r e arnl in e designs .net s Ro u n d and R o u n d There is a bit 01 a story behi nd this helmet. To make It bnct. the guys over at A rai sent me this RX 7 Corsau when the helmet was lust released last year I w as really excited because It 's hard to beat then top -ot -the -hne oftennqs the only problem was ust w asn't going to cut It for photo shoots. So afte r we aring the helmet III one of our that the helmet was a cue ball - It J shoc touts. I slupped It off to Dave Lojewski at Streamhne Desiqns . Anyone who has ever owned a custom -pauued helmet know s the techn o or havinq a com plete ly uni que piece of gg1l1. It's a way of ex pressinq yourself to the outs ide w orld Irorn behind that unpersonal art to wear all Ius IIO tinted VISOr. One th ing that I know about artis ts m general (pa rtly because I went to art school myse lf) 1S t hat they do then best wor k when you let them express themselves freely . In th e case of trns helmet. I gave Dave a very mimm al descnpt ion of w hat I liked and d rd nt li ke and w hat colors I was into. and let hi m do his thmg I would hrghly recommend th is app roach m gettmg a custom paint ed helmet. If yo u tlunk you 're such a great artist , vou probably don 't need a pamter In the first place. Leumo t he arus t come up WIth a desiqn 01 his / her own WIll probab ly be more hkely to yield a helmet that W ill blow vou awav , When I opened th e box 1 the tnst time. I was astounded - nrst by the pamt fumes and t hen by 01 Streamline's mte rpr e tau on of the rmrumalm to I gave Dave, The wor kma nshi p a ll the hel met is excellent. The Cycle News logos are custo m-m ade w ate r suckers lust li ke th e hel met manutac un ers usc - other elements use custom -made stickers. while most of the qraph ics arc band -pa inted The fi nal tnush on the helmet uses layers upon lave rs of clear coat for a lonqlasun u Iuush and to protect the gra phics and su ckers Dave wan ted to incorporate th e flow at the Corsair's vent s into b th e d l~m gn so that they w ould dtsappenr: I th ink he d id it q reat Jo of maki nr; everv tlun u look fund H is color selccuon cou ldn' t have been bett er, and his blendmg of th e reds, yellow s LInd oranges IS hot -rod custom -car qual.tv . StI c<1 mlt ne specia lizes in motocross, street anel cal' racing helmets. Tu m -arouud tuue is vm y good usually uu ee to flVO w eeks depending on the destc .t. 11 you' ve eve r w aited on a custo m- pain ted IH -dtlH-! t, you know t hat 's pret.ty quic k. Overall , I gIve tile l inish and design all A. Thi s thin q IS stu numq Blake Conner