AGV have released the Valentino Rossi Celebr-8 helmet in Yellow (in strictly limited numbers). Rossi wore the yellow version of the ‘Celebr-8′ helemt during testing sessions at the start of the 2008/2009 season.
This Rossi helmet replica will be in the AGV K3 shell range (making it more affordable) and will be a direct replica of the celebr-8 helmet design – but without Rossi’s visor stickers.
Valentino Rossi claimed his 9th World Championship and celebrated with a Chicken Helmet design:
Rossi said:
“It’s great to be World Champion again, I am very proud to have done this nine times in my career. I want to thank everyone in my team, Furusawa-san, Davide Brivio, Lin Jarvis, Jeremy…everybody! This season has been very hard and Lorenzo especially has pushed me to new limits, but I think it’s been a great duel for everyone to watch. Today was unbelievable, when the rain came it was scary for everyone because all the work we’d done was then useless and we were riding ‘blind’ with the setting. I made a mistake at the first corner and then I was a long way back, so I think I did a great race to finish third! I was going to try to pass Dovizioso when he fell and then for a few laps I thought I would try to get Pedrosa but with wet tyres on a drying track it was a bit risky by then and so I decided to be safe. It’s a fantastic feeling to take this title with Yamaha again and I also must thank Bridgestone, who have done a great job with the tyres all year. My celebration was because in Italy we say an old chicken makes good soup but can no longer lay eggs! I am like the old chicken – 30 years now – but I have made another egg! That’s nine!”
Valentino Rossi had a donkey design on his helmet for his home GP in Misano. The Donkey was intended to poke fun at Rossi for the previous week’s crash at Indianapolis that saw his 50 point lead over Jorge Lorenzo get cut in half. The slideshow above shows images form the Misano MotoGP, including Rossi’s Donkey Helmet.
AGV have just announced the release of the AGV GP Tech Valentino Rossi Mugello 2009 ‘Hands on Head’ Helmet. This is a replica of the helmet that Valentino Rossi wore at the 2009 Mugello MotoGP. This AGV Rossi Replica is a Strictly Limited Edition Only 300 destined for the UK!!! You can secure yours now via a pre-order.
Where to buy the AGV GP Tech Valentino Rossi Mugello 2009 ‘Hands on Head’ Helmet
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Gino Amisano, the founder of AGC helmets died at the age of 89. Amisano set up the AGV company and knew Valentino Rossi since he was a child. Press release below:
Press Release:
Nervi, Italy – Gino Amisano has died at the age of 89 from bronchopneumonia. He founded the world famous helmet company “AGV”. The name Gino Amisano brings back memories of a wonderful moment of Italian motorsports history. Gino lived most of his life in Valenza, the city of gold were he founded in 1946, a manufacturer of saddles for bicycles, and then from 1947 motorcycle helmets first made from leather. He was among the first to believe in sports sponsorship. His AGV helmets were worn by some of the legends of the sport. – Giacomo Agostini, Angel Nieto, Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts, Randy Mamola, Johnny Cecotto, as well as Formula 1 racing drivers such as Niki Lauda and Emerson Fittipaldi. Gino had know Valentino Rossi as a little boy and had been believed in him, providing AGV helmets for his first races and to this day Valentino still wears the famous Italian “tricolors” of AGV.
Called the “King of the helmets,” Gino Amisano was known to the world of motorsports as one of the pioneers in the sponsorship of professional racers by manufacturers and a true and passionate enthusiast himself. It was important reference point for many pilots. Everyone called him “Ginetto” and was a man loved by the racers. Gino changed the modern helmet industry in ways few today can imagine.
After years of success in Amisano sold AGV (agv stands for Amisano Gino Valenza) to the Belgian Imag group to devote himself totally to his new and completely different activity: producer of wine Cortese di Gavi Hills of the estate Novese The Raja. In 2007 the historic AGV brand was then returned to Italian hands, with great satisfaction of its founder, when it was acquired by Dainese.
The publishers of Motocourse have produced a stunning book on Valentino Rossi. It’s a full colour hardback documenting his career and his achievements on track.
“Produced by the publishers of MOTOCOURSE, this lavishly illustrated book celebrates the extraordinary career of Valentino Rossi with an array of fantastic photographs, illustrating, not only his many on-track battles, but also his crowd-pleasing victory celebrations. It is simply a must for his legion of fans worldwide.”
It has been announced that Valentino Rossi’s 2009 Mugello (‘Hands’) helmet will go into production in strictly limited numbers. The helmet will be made available as a GP-Tech, but there is no info as yet on the release date or expected quantities.
Previous limited editions have launched at anywhere between the £499.00 to £599.00 price point.
It was recently announced that the AGV GP-Tech Celebr-8 Rossi Replica helmet would be made available for sale in strictly limited quantities.
It is not clear exactly how many are being made available, but limited edition Rossi replica’s in the past have been very strict – often only being produced in their hundreds.
Each helmet instantly becomes a collectors item and fetch high prices on ebay when stocks are sold out. It can often be hard tracking down shop that manage to secure stock and supply the Rossi limited replicas – but we’ve managed to track one down for you.
This is a really nice Rossi replica that celebrates Rossi winning his 8th World Title in 2008.
Stocks go rapidly, and as we mentioned it is strictly limited edition – so get one quick if you want one.
Product Details
The AGV GP-Tech Celebr-8 helmet is a fantastic limited edition Valentino Rossi replica race helmet. With the full GP-Tech specification this helmet replicates that worn by Rossi on his victory lap celebrating his 8th title win and will also be worn during winter testing 2008/09. This Celebr-8 helmet will come in a limited edition box.
The GP-Tech is AGV’s range topping race helmet and as such we believe you’d struggle to find anything better than this.
Shell: SSL – Super-super-light Carbon-Kevlar construction
Number of Shells: Three shell sizes
Ventilation: IVS (Intergrated Ventilation System) with channels hollowed directly into the shell
Padding: Coolmax, Hygienic Treatment, Removable and washable (inc neckroll)
Visor: Clear, flat anti-scratch and no-fog race shield with tearoff system, XQRS Extra-quick release system
Retention: Double D buckle
NOTE: Supplied with CLEAR visor
AGV GP-Tech Celebr-8 Images:
WHERE TO BUY the AGV GP-Tech Celebr-8 Rossi Replica:
The AGV GP-Tech Celebr-8 Rossi Replica is now on sale at:
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