There are few more historic and distinctive helmet manufacturers than Bell and with new European distribution operation in place it seems that riders (and fans of the brand) will be seeing more of the Americans’ attractive designs and technology over the coming year.

We’ve chosen to highlight the flagship off-road lid – the Moto-9 Carbon – and a curious retro road job called the Bullit.

The Moto-9 Carbon is self-explanatory. A carbon composite shell means this good-looking and compact helmet is light to touch. It also comes with the now-standard efficient air flow system and is optimised for safe ejection of cheek padding via Bell’s Magnefusion Emergency Removal System (MERS). The peak has a quick fit adjustment and the whole unit has a five year warranty. It comes in nine different schemes/colours and here you can see the Tagger Clash Blue and Scrub.

The Bullit is inspired by Bell’s first Star helmet and is a fully functional modern lid but with that retro vintage look, especially on the unmistakeable ‘TT’ alongside the Blue Flake. There are also nine different colour of ‘shields’ (visors) to choose from. Have a look at the website as Bell also boast some fetching casualwear in their 2014 line-up.