FAST GATER Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) I still have one and in reality they offered very little protection but they did give much better perifheral vision which many riders prefered against full face helmets of the day .Mauger used to modify his mask as did Joe Owen in that he put in the biggest piece of lense material( came on a roll like clingfiim only thicker and you used the old lense as a pattern cut out with sissors ) that would fit ,you can see this on many of his action shots . Edited August 21, 2019 by FAST GATER 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Martin Ashby always wore a fairly unusual one. I remember Trevor Hedge used to wear the same one, but not sure if anyone else did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Seem to recall that Eastbourne's Bobby McNeil wearing a spotted scarf to protect his face? Edited August 22, 2019 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, Grachan said: Martin Ashby always wore a fairly unusual one. I remember Trevor Hedge used to wear the same one, but not sure if anyone else did. I think that the most unusual thing about Martin's mask was the colour - it was white (or at least a light cream colour). This style - more form-fitting than the monkey mask - was used by several riders, including - as you say - Hedgehopper. Nigel Boocock was another one... Edited August 23, 2019 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Seem to recall that Eastbourne's Bobby McNeil wearing a spotted scarf to protect his face? Bobby was another one who had a weird mask (when he was at Swindon); I don;t recall anyone else having something similar. I think it had rigid cheek protection with a large nose vent/flap, but as you say, it did have large spots on it. He may have had a spotted scarf as well, but I certainly remember the mask. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler42 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 3:27 PM, falcace said: Does anyone know who was the last to wear one regularly in British speedway? Finn Thomson and Kelvin Mullarkey come to mind as riders that persevered with them into the 1980s - anyone know of anyone else? Jeremy Luckhurst was wearing a monkey mask as late as 1987 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, tyler42 said: Jeremy Luckhurst was wearing a monkey mask as late as 1987 I think that he was still wearing one when he turned out for 'The Cheetahs' in 1997? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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