Thread: Why do helmet graphics just suck these days?

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

I gotta say it takes a certain amount of confidence to name a helmet in a way that identifies the buyer as a moron.

Balls, even.

sort of like saying: This here's the good shit!

hmmmm, high quality poop? I must live a sheltered life . . . .

Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

bust caps is just slang for kickass really, or at least thats what it's evolved into.

sort of like how kickass now means "goooo!"

and goooo really means wiiiin

and wiin really means you should consider a trackday cause you think you're all that but you're racing people who don't know they're being raced so they have no chance of winning.


Now you know why ICON wouldn't hire me but Icahn would.

so does this mean you're coming next week to 'represent' your hood?

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

I gotta say it takes a certain amount of confidence to name a helmet in a way that identifies the buyer as a moron.

Balls, even.

The price they charge for some of their stuff, you'd have to be a moron to buy it. What's the old saying 'If the shoe (or in this case, helmet) fits, wear it"

Originally Posted by seamus

If you had a helmet with LV on it, you'd be representing Las Vegas. Doesn't have to be anything violent about it..

"The hat mighta had a LV on the back, but at the swap meet than ain't jack..."

Originally Posted by BizJetGuy

There's lots of money in posing, apparently.

Works for HD.

Originally Posted by evl_twn

Works for HD.

"Ride to Pretend, Pretend to Ride"

Originally Posted by BizJetGuy

"Ride to Pretend, Pretend to Ride"

Yeah, but whenever I'm out riding on the roads I see about 25 Harleys for every sport bike... Just sayin'

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

Yeah, but whenever I'm out riding on the roads I see about 25 Harleys for every sport bike... Just sayin'

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

Yeah, but whenever I'm out riding on the roads I see about 25 Harleys for every sport bike... Just sayin'

That's 'cause it's lonely at the top

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

Yeah, but whenever I'm out riding on the roads I see about 25 Harleys for every sport bike... Just sayin'

Seriously, though, my comment was really meant to be applied to both the HD and icon "lifestyle". Different angles but the marketing approaches, at their core, are identical by trying to sell a "hard lifestyle" with flash and very little substance. There are the true root elements that promote the stereotype or "images" (1%'ers, gangbangers, etc.) but my opinion would be that the gear and accessories are purchased moreso by those that wish to project those images rather than actually participate

I look at it as an alter-ego or weekend persona when an individual who may portray a corporate image in professional life feels they have to put on a costume (HD, sportbike, whateva) and get into another mindset to be the weekend badass. Maybe it's the other way around, I don't know.

Anyhow, I'm just making an observation - not trying to turn this into a HD bashing thread by any means. I would imagine that the true HD crowd looks upon the poseurs on cruisers much in the same way that the erudite track guys and ST mileage-rackers look upon the stunnas and icon fold.

I know, and it's hard to avoid placing a sharp stick in the big eye of Sauron - from a safe distance!

ICON is really aggressive with their marketing, and it appears to work. I personally don't care for the style and am evidently immune to the target appeal, but I guess at the end of the day they make a decent product for the dollar. I'd just as soon see someone buy a 'speed cretin' helmet and actually wear it. It would save their life and give me a huge laugh.

Every motorcycle and mc product wants to establish a brand identity and market like motherfuckers to all of the commonalities of their core customer base.

For Harley, that can be alternately American patriotism and romantic notions of the loner-outlaw. For Scorpion, it's obviously sex-starved men and younger guys who confuse anime with real life. ICON wants the urban culture hip-hop oriented buyers who aren't being marketed to by the other brands.

This guy probably would've benefitted from an ICON.

Man Killed When Motorcycle Flips - News Story - WEWS Cleveland

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

the big eye of Sauron

I had to Google that one.

You sure are letting your geek flag fly

I figured you might have seen the movie...

I don't get out much

Originally Posted by BizJetGuy

You sure are letting your geek flag fly

Gotta represen' muthafucka.

Originally Posted by luvtolean

Gotta represen' muthafucka.

Sheeeit, Frodo is a hard'hittin' nine-finger havin' OG, yo.

Originally Posted by ND4SPD

This guy probably would've benefitted from an ICON.

Man Killed When Motorcycle Flips - News Story - WEWS Cleveland

it baffles my mind that people will still get on a bike without a helmet on. Shitty graphics or not on the Icons at least its getting people who I bet might not be as inclined to wear one to actually put one on. I think even if you say they Icon are attracting what you might perceive as the wrong crowd to motorcycling they're products and advertising and sponsorship of Jason Britton have brought about more awareness of protective gear in the stunting segment of motorcycling. I'm sure you'll all agree that no matter what type of riding one chooses to participate in, wearing as much protective gear as possible is a good thing (even if it looks stupid/ugly).

People make fun of me for wearing my leathers on the street saying I look like a Power Ranger. I'd rather they make fun of me now than give me sympathy later if I hadn't been wearing them.

Originally Posted by CBR929RE

People make fun of me for wearing my leathers on the street saying I look like a Power Ranger. I'd rather they make fun of me now than give me sympathy later if I hadn't been wearing them.

People that do that are either 1) non-Motorcyclists or 2) motorcyclists that are squids.

In fact, when people gave me sideways looks for wearing leathers on the street, I would respond by walking a little taller in their company; their mockery my own badge of honor. And I would even give them a little back to ponder by looking back at them with an obvious pity-type expression on my face for those poor souls trapped in their cage or worse, they being nothing more than a witless prisoner sitting atop their two wheeled machine without any real ability to actually pilot the thing as it was designed.

Originally Posted by MotoVegas

People that do that are either 1) non-Motorcyclists or 2) motorcyclists that are squids.

In fact, when people gave me sideways looks for wearing leathers on the street, I would respond by walking a little taller in their company; their mockery my own badge of honor. And I would even give them a little back to ponder by looking back at them with an obvious pity-type expression on my face for those poor souls trapped in their cage or worse, they being nothing more than a witless prisoner sitting atop their two wheeled machine without any real ability to actually pilot the thing as it was designed.

I just tell them the pavement doesn't care if its a race track or a street. Most people get it then.

Originally Posted by CBR929RE

I just tell them the pavement doesn't care if its a race track or a street. Most people get it then.

Good point. An educator among us but they still look at you funny, am I right? Or maybe its just me, in that absurdly large suit of mine that cost a herd of Japanese cows their lives.

Originally Posted by MotoVegas

Good point. An educator among us but they still look at you funny, am I right? Or maybe its just me, in that absurdly large suit of mine that cost a herd of Japanese cows their lives.

the funny looks come from random people if I just walk into a store. I don't talk to those people cause they aren't worth my time trying to explain it to.

I would respond by walking a little taller in their company; their mockery my own badge of honor

I just tell 'em that it's more comfortable than a skin graft.

"Walking a bit taller" seems to be remarkably ineffective. Maybe that's a Nevada thing..

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

I just tell 'em that it's more comfortable than a skin graft.

"Walking a bit taller" seems to be remarkably ineffective. Maybe that's a Nevada thing..

Not for me, the A*s boots really help, give a good inch, inch and half. LOL.

Originally Posted by MotoVegas

Not for me, the A*s boots really help, give a good inch, inch and half. LOL.

And, over time, that's cheaper than Extenze.

Originally Posted by seamus

And, over time, that's cheaper than Extenze.

I saw the new commercial last night, Womens Extenze.

Originally Posted by CBR929RE

I saw the new commercial last night, Womens Extenze.

Yikes, what exactly is being... um... extenz'ed on a woman? Nevermind, I don't want to know.

How many different directions can a thread be jacked in?

Let's try and get back to the original purpose of the thread...