The AGV GP Tech Valentino Rossi Mugello 2009 ‘Hands on Head’ Helmet is now in stock and available from Grand Prix Legends via Amazon.co.uk.

This is a replica of the design that Rossi wore for the Mugello GP in 2009. The ‘hands on head’ design was supposed to signify the excitement and thrill he got from racing round the circuit, and was also a nod to the pressure that Rossi was under to maintain his winning streak at Mugello under the scrutiny of the passionate Italian fans.

This is a limited edition AGV Rossi Helmet design, so if you want to add one to your collection then you’d better move quick – more detail below

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Where to buy the AGV Valentio Rossi Mugello 2009 Helmet:

It is currently available at Amazon.co.uk for £499.99 (worldwide shipping also available).

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Another great video from Performance Race Art showing them re-creating Valentino Rossi’s 2008 Misano helmet.

Wow – this is pretty awesome. This is a video showing the creation of a Valentino Rossi inspired custom helmet paint-job. What makes it special is not just the impressive artwork, but the fact that the creator has chosen to finish off the design with Swarovski-crystals. Rossi was presented with the helmet when it was complete.

Performance Race Art recreate the Rossi Donket Helmet (Video).

Watch this stage by stage recreation showing the guys at PRA customising an AGV helmet and turning it into a replica of Rossi’s 2009 Donkey helmet that he wore at Nugello.

Video showing PERFORMANCE RACE ART creating a replica of the Valentino Rossi ‘Chicken’ helmet that was created to celebrate Rossi’s 9th World Title.

Rossi’s ‘Donkey’ helmet at Misano, following his crash at Indianapolis, is now known as one of his more famous helmet designs – but this video shows exactly how it was made. Apparantly Aldo Drudi received a text message from Rossi following the Indianapolis MotoGP asking him to come up with a new helmet design based on the donkey from Shrek – in order for Rossi to poke fun at himself for his error at the Indy GP.

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AGV has officially announced that they are to make a limited number of the Donkey helmet that Rossi wore during the Misano GP. Valentino called himself The Donkey after crashing out during the Indianapolis MotoGP and so inspired him to create this new custom lid.

The helmet has a huge donkey face on top and “THE DONKEY” written on the back in “Doctor” script, also the word “EL SUMÈR” that means donkey in Tavullian dialect (Rossi’s hometown) and as always was designed by Aldo Drudi.

Available from January for £499.99 it will come with a limited edition box.

We’ll add links on where to buy it when we get them.

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.

So far, stock is being made available from ‘Performance Motorsports’ via Amazon.com in the US. It’s currently available in all sizes: See more on the AGV K3 VALENTINO ROSSI CELEBR8 YELLOW HELMET at Amazon.com:

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!”

Find out more about Rossi’s Chicken Helmet

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.

Find out more about Rossi’s Donkey Helmet HERE