Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team

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The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team (RSMDT), also known as the White Helmets, is a group of serving soldiers from the Royal Signals Corps of the British Army, who give public displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding.

The team's origins lie in precision motorcycling and horseriding demonstrations given by instructors and students from the British Army Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire, beginning in 1927.^[1] Today's team consists of 30 soldiers, all volunteers from within the Royal Signals Corps. New members begin with two weeks' induction in November and the whole team spends the winter learning routines and stunts, culminating in an Opening Display in April where white motorcycle helmets are ceremonially presented to successful new recruits.^[2] The remainder of the summer is spent touring, giving public performances at events throughout the UK and abroad.

Team members wear a tailored blue uniform and open-face white motorcycle helmets, and ride 750cc Millennium Triumph motorcycles.

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