Scooter Helmet
Object detail
Accession number
2006.329.1
Description
Owned and worn by Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand for riding her Honda scooter.
Helmet: maroon red paint finish on exterior of helmet, silver metal clips on back and both sides for placement of goggles (clip at back has strap attached). Also at back is a sticker with 'S' emblem and the words 'GENUINE SPEEDWAY'. Leather straps for securing helmet, round metal buttons on strap. Maroon corduroy fabric inside- cotton/ canvas/ vinyl.
Driving gloves: Size large. Black synthetic outer, padded inner, quilted effect due to padding. Strap across wrist only reaching half circumference of top half. Yellow synthetic inserts on front facing side of both gloves in pointed arrow design and vertical strips up wrist part of gloves. Clip above wrist level on left hand glove which attaches to metal ring on right hand glove in same position. Synthetic lining - replica sheep skin.
Goggles: have grey plastic flexible structure, foam padding at back to protect the face, clear plastic lense, white elastic strap reaching from one side of goggles to other, silver metal buckles at both sides and two silver metal rivets at centre front for attaching lense.
Helmet: maroon red paint finish on exterior of helmet, silver metal clips on back and both sides for placement of goggles (clip at back has strap attached). Also at back is a sticker with 'S' emblem and the words 'GENUINE SPEEDWAY'. Leather straps for securing helmet, round metal buttons on strap. Maroon corduroy fabric inside- cotton/ canvas/ vinyl.
Driving gloves: Size large. Black synthetic outer, padded inner, quilted effect due to padding. Strap across wrist only reaching half circumference of top half. Yellow synthetic inserts on front facing side of both gloves in pointed arrow design and vertical strips up wrist part of gloves. Clip above wrist level on left hand glove which attaches to metal ring on right hand glove in same position. Synthetic lining - replica sheep skin.
Goggles: have grey plastic flexible structure, foam padding at back to protect the face, clear plastic lense, white elastic strap reaching from one side of goggles to other, silver metal buckles at both sides and two silver metal rivets at centre front for attaching lense.
Brief History
Scooter helmet used by Helen Clark.
Description of use of scooter provided by Helen Clark:
'... this motorcycle was brought new by me in early 1971 for around $349 as I recall. It was purchased from my savings and with the aid of $100 from my parents for my 21st birthday. It was my first vehicle, and was used to ride from my Grey Lynn flat into the university every day. I was knocked off it twice by cars - once in Dominion Rd., and another time in Williamson Avenue.
I had stopped using it by the time I went into Parliament in 1981, but Peter continued to use it right up until the late 1990s to ride to the university.'
Description of use of scooter provided by Helen Clark:
'... this motorcycle was brought new by me in early 1971 for around $349 as I recall. It was purchased from my savings and with the aid of $100 from my parents for my 21st birthday. It was my first vehicle, and was used to ride from my Grey Lynn flat into the university every day. I was knocked off it twice by cars - once in Dominion Rd., and another time in Williamson Avenue.
I had stopped using it by the time I went into Parliament in 1981, but Peter continued to use it right up until the late 1990s to ride to the university.'
Marks
S / GENUINE SPEEDWAY Sticker
Media/Materials
Processed Material/Leather
Processed Material/Textile/Corduroy
Processed Material/Textile/Cotton
Processed Material/Textile/Canvas
Processed Material/Synthetic/Vinyl
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Organic/Vegetal/Plant Extract/Latex/Rubber
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Synthetic
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Textile/Corduroy
Processed Material/Textile/Cotton
Processed Material/Textile/Canvas
Processed Material/Synthetic/Vinyl
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Organic/Vegetal/Plant Extract/Latex/Rubber
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Synthetic
Processed Material/Metal
Collection
Credit Line
Scooter Helmet, 2006.329.1. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
![Motorcycle [Honda 50 Scooter]; Honda Motor Company Ltd; 1971](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/19816/c60b0bc58171da4bb82a29b47d9de06ca2c61621.jpg)
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