Bell’s first helmet, the 500, was built in 1954 in a garage behind Bell Auto Parts — Roy Richter’s speed shop in Bell, California. Racers wore it at Indianapolis, and in 1959 Bell became the first company to certify a helmet to the Snell standard.
Bell went on to build the first full-face motorcycle helmet, the Star, and in 1971 the first full-face off-road helmet. The Moto line still carries that off-road lineage today.











