The Suzuka 4-Hour Endurance race in Japan will again have a ladies team! Thanks to FIM Women in Motorcycling and Moriwaki Engineering Co teaming up with SynergyForce, Melissa Paris, Shelina Moreda, Nita Korhonen, and Midori Moriwaki are together again.
These four ladies made history in Japan, the first all-woman team to finish the Suzuka 4 Hour endurance race.
Shuhei Ueda, located in Japan, is doing some very interesting things in the way of helmet art under the name Ueda Helmets including iconic race replicas. Instead of painting helmets that are already manufactured, he’s sculpting helmets with human features in/on them. Shuhei was born in 1980 in Hiroshima, Japan. He aquired his M.F.A. at Osaka University of Arts in 2005. Below he is modeling his Kenny Roberts themed helmet. Below we have the Suzuka ‘91 display from the Japanese 500cc WGP race including sort-of-replicas of first place rider Kevin Schwantz’s helmet, second… Continue Reading »