Most modern motorcycle helmet graphics are grim—which is why I almost always gravitate towards solid helmet colors. But when I heard that my favorite helmet designer, Hello Cousteau, had created a graphic for the new Bell Race Star DLX Flex, I couldn’t resist.
If you love motorcycles and spend enough time on social media, you’ve probably seen Hello Cousteau’s work. He’s a self-proclaimed “bored interior designer” with a love for classic automobile and motorcycle racing, that started designing helmet graphics and uploading them to Instagram. His account went gangbusters overnight and soon drew the attention of mainline helmet manufacturers—like Bell.
The American helmet brand recently commissioned Hello Cousteau to create graphics for two of their helmets—one of which was the Bell Race Star DLX Flex.…