mugello non-spoiler comment

[johnc]

rossi's new helmet design had me laughing so hard i was pissing my pants

if agv ever offers that design, i am selling a kidney (not mine) to purchase one. 

i found a photo of this helmet on the intraweb myfaces kinda place ...  NOTE: spoiler alert ... don't click on this link unless you already saw the race ... suger tits pointed out the spoiler in the first line of the linked story ... my bad
http://www.carzi.com/2008/06/01/valentino-rossis-motogp-my-face-helmet/

[Michael Moore]

That was hysterical. Pure genius!

[Desmostro]

How could you not root for that?! Every time he came around a corner we were off our chairs in hysterics.
He looked like a dog hanging its tongue out the window...  At 200MPH



Now you know why they don't have re-view mirrors 

[johnc]

exactly ... this is why rossi has so many fans.

can you imagine schumacher wearing a helmet like that?  even better, can you imagine ANY other global sports figure wearing "VVLF" on their leathers/clothes, like rossi has for years? 

and that fact that rossi always looks like the little monkey with the cymbols when he is interviewed post race, just cracks me up. (ok, so zina thinks he also looks like steve mcqueen ... perhaps)

How could you not root for that?! Every time he came around a corner we were off our chairs in hysterics.
He looked like a dog hanging its tongue out the window...  At 200MPH



Now you know why they don't have re-view mirrors 

[COWBOY]

It's a sweet helmet but give Drudi some props.  That's a world class portrait painted on that helmet.

[Kaveh]

Not that it bothered me, but it might irk some other users, there is a spoiler in the first line of that link.


That helemt is freaking funny

[Michael Moore]

I think the helmet works so well because Rossi always seems to be looking at his front tire. Seriously, when I have photographed him and other riders at Laguna, the other riders are all doing the normal stuff, looking through the turn, while Rossi just appears to be staring at his wheel. I have no idea how he does that.

[Desmostro]

I think the helmet works so well because Rossi always seems to be looking at his front tire. Seriously, when I have photographed him and other riders at Laguna, the other riders are all doing the normal stuff, looking through the turn, while Rossi just appears to be staring at his wheel. I have no idea how he does that.

I think it just looks like that because of the tilt of his helmet. Under his wind screen his eyes are actually popped out of his head and periscoping around. That's just what I hear. 

It's a sweet helmet but give Drudi some props.  That's a world class portrait painted on that helmet.

I also heard it was the painter's idea. He took a photo of Rossi pulling that face then : presto on helmet-o. What a job

[eltristo]

On a VERY MINOR tangent, this actually answers a question I was going to post.  My coverage? broadcast? reception? of the GP races is always crap.  So blotchy and scattered that it's impossible to watch.  I'm guessing that, since you could see his helmet while watching, you CA folk do not share this problem.

BTW, the WSB coverage is always crystal clear.  Weird.

[johnc]

ah crap!!!  my bad.  i will edit the message with the link right now, suger tits.

Not that it bothered me, but it might irk some other users, there is a spoiler in the first line of that link.


That helemt is freaking funny

[johnc]

wurd up ... tru dat.  props to the peeps at drudi design.

It's a sweet helmet but give Drudi some props.  That's a world class portrait painted on that helmet.

[johnc]

he's looking for reasons to blame the tire manufacturer, in case he does not win.  "eh ... my tire, it goes round and around ... but then it stops ... berry berry bad for me, for sure."

I think the helmet works so well because Rossi always seems to be looking at his front tire. Seriously, when I have photographed him and other riders at Laguna, the other riders are all doing the normal stuff, looking through the turn, while Rossi just appears to be staring at his wheel. I have no idea how he does that.

[johnc]

man, you gotta stop stealing cable signals 

On a VERY MINOR tangent, this actually answers a question I was going to post.  My coverage? broadcast? reception? of the GP races is always crap.  So blotchy and scattered that it's impossible to watch.  I'm guessing that, since you could see his helmet while watching, you CA folk do not share this problem.

BTW, the WSB coverage is always crystal clear.  Weird.

[Kaveh]

ah crap!!!  my bad.  i will edit the message with the link right now, suger tits.

[Fresh Pants]

I love that helmet. Rossi makes me go "ha ha".