![]() ![]() What I can say is that the helmet you’re looking at - well, not this exact helmet obviously, but the graphics - are about as iconic as you can get. Why the American flag? Well, the answer to that one would probably take a PhD dissertation in the politics, culture and sociology of the ’60’s, and this is about fun, remember? So we’re not going there. Somewhere along the line, the American flag became a subject of artistic choice. You’d buy a white helmet at Kresge’s, bring it home and, since you were both a rebel and a non-conformist, break out a coupla’ cans of Testors spray paint and go to town. Any color you want, as long as it’s black, white, or Fulmer’s outrageously beefy deep-fleck metalflake. You’re looking at what passed for motorcycle head protection in the 1960’s. Some - many - of you probably don’t even remember a time before disk brakes or tubeless tires or leaded gas (ahhh, the aroma!).īelieve it or not, when helmets looked like…the Fulmer V2. 40 years was - an eternity that never entered my consciousness, not in the very least.īut that was then and this is now, as they say. You’re kidding me, right? Believe me, in 1969 I couldn’t even imagine the planet would still be there 40 years later. Of course, being an impressionable youth from New York, it left me with two thoughts: first, how quickly could I buy a bike and hit the open road and second, I’ll be taking the northern route, thank you.Īnd here we are, in the blink of an eye, and it’s…2009? I saw it live, for real, in “the movies”, as we used to call it, when it first came out. Or to Woodstock.Īll cemented in our consciousness, by the way, with the 1969 classic “Easy Rider”. Throw the bedroll over the sissy bar, slip on the 1940’s leather bomber jacket fresh out of the thrift store and take off across the country. Spaghetti-thin tires, cardboard brakes and handling to frighten the Devil himself made it all so much…was the word “fun”?īut it’s that innocence that makes it seem all so romantic. Motorcycling back in the ’60’s (that’s as far back as I dare admit) was fun and innocent, but don’t let anyone tell you it wasn’t dangerous. I guess I’m showing my age, but those rose-colored glasses courtesy of Father Time have given me a probably unreasonably mellow remembrance of things past. You may find this hard to believe, but writing about the latest in collar snap technology, new fabrics for waist adjusters and debating the merits of Hydratex vs. ![]() The QR code attached to the 45mm audio set is good for one unit only.Does it get any more retro than this? Pictures speak louder than words!.Congratulations, you now have the best in class audio experience - enjoy and feel free to share it on social media.You can then enter the code printed below the QR code. If you can’t scan the QR code, press “enter the key manually”.Once you press “Scan QRcode,” you will be able to scan the QR code, printed inside your audio kit package.You are just one step away from upgrading your sound… Press the “audio profiles” where you will find the “Scan QR code” button.In the “settings” screen you will see the “Audio profile” with a lock on its right side, click on the lock.Open the “Cardo Connect” app and go to the “settings” screen by pressing the icon on the upper left side of the home screen. App downloaded, now it’s time to pair your mobile phone to the Cardo device so they can communicate with each other.Get ready to elevate your sound experience! Don’t have our “Cardo Connect” app yet? Now would be a good time to download it for FREE from the”Google Play” or “App Store”. ![]()
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