Bell Sports is an American bicycle, motorcycle and racing helmet manufacturer.

BRG Sports, owner of Riddell football helmets, sold some of its brands (including Bell, Giro, C-Preme, and Blackburn) to Vista in 2016.

[2] Bell introduced its Star model, the first full-face motorcycle helmet on the market, in 1968.

Richter, with the help of veteran naval pilot Frank Heacox, reverse engineered numerous helmets, including some used in military aviation.

That first helmet, named the Bell 500, featured a polyurethane foam liner inside a hand-laminated fiberglass outer shell.

[6] Several members of the famous Bill Stroppe Lincoln Team wore the Bell 500 in the Carrera Panamericana Road Race in 1954.

[7] In 1980, the company merged with football helmet maker Riddell to form "Bell-Riddell".

[11] In 2023, Vista Outdoor laid off numerous employees at Bell Sports facility in Scotts Valley, California.