Back in 1967 the Bell Star debuted as the world's first full-face motorsports helmet and set the world on fire. First at the Indianapolis 500 but soon thereafter at motorcycle races, and finally on streets and roads all over the country. And while at first blush, the only similarity between the Bell Star of 1967 and the Bell Star of 2008 would seem to be the name, there's really a lot more to it. The original Star could never be repeated—it was a quantum leap from what was accepted to what could be. But the thousands of details, the choices in materials, the sharpening of the sharpest—the thousands of quantum “hops” if you will—that's the new Bell Star. And while there's a lot more helmets out there than there was in 1967, the 2008 Bell Star, like its predecessor, still shines brightest. Proven. It's an equation of sorts, really.