Originally Posted by jonsan

Kucharik stopped making them several years ago. John Sr. passed away a few years ago and the place is run by his son. When I started going there in the early 80's John Sr would give me training advice. I still stop by the shop a couple of times a year.
Getting back to the helmets, Kucharik was involved in a lawsuit regarding their leather hairnets and it was not a subject John Jr wanted to talk much about. Last year he did finally bring one out to hang on the wall as a display which is how I "use" mine - it is a great wall hanger. Someday I might use it on a vintage ride. They were certainly more robust than a Cinelli hairnet which didn't offer much more protection than putting a few toe straps across your head.