Tank Logos

[greenbarn]

With the effort , ( witch shows ) I'm sure it wasn't easy and took some thought process . Still say they'll look awesome with that black and red on my 1500 ... 

Hmmm  It might, Rabbit,    It might...

[Drift1]

I'll need to think about that one....   any idea how much time I had in those??

With the effort , ( witch shows ) I'm sure it wasn't easy and took some thought process . Still say they'll look awesome with that black and red on my 1500 ... 

[greenbarn]

I'll need to think about that one....   any idea how much time I had in those?? 

[Drift1]

GB when your finished making the new emblems , I'll be happy to take these ones of your hands . Think these will look great on the 1500 with that red and black  Whatcha say 

[racinfan101]

Wow! I like both those ideas!

[greenbarn]

That looks good, Dubliner!  That looks a lot like what I ended up with on my tank emblem, for the "insert" I used.  I wanted raised letters, but the machine shop said it would be very difficult / impossible to cut some of the letter outlines as small as the radii were, so I opted for the outline, much like yours.

However, your badge gives me some new ideas for the next one.  One of those "Duh" moments - why don't I just....

[Dubliner]

Well gentlemen and ladies, things finally settled down here and i had some shop time yesterday. Getting raised very small letters is harder than I thought. I need to look into other metals perhaps, or cold casting maybe. Anyway, I'll keep at it and get something I'd be happy with and maybe you will be too.

[racinfan101]

Never thought of that! Good point I will be careful!

[49Reo]

Great look; be careful not to spill gasoline on them; makes the ink run on some decals.

[greenbarn]

Looks great, Racin.

[racinfan101]

It's black - the light is playing a bit of a trick - plus the photos are from my cell phone.

[CDNRatMan]

 bike looks really nice, but is it a deep purple, or black, because in the picture of the tank it has a purple hue to it or I am needing to get back on my meds.....

[racinfan101]

I had my tank painted since it had some small dents around the gas cap.  The badges had already been removed by the original owner and I could not find the the oem stripes.  Didn't look bad just a little too plain for my tastes.  I thought about getting the war bonnet decals with the drifter script in them and then ran across the ones you see in the photo on ebay and thought I would give them a try.  Not sure how well they will hold up but certainly a little different and still an off shoot from some of the vintage Indian logos.

[Mr.Hanbar]

The latest tank logo. No one can dispute the heritage of this one.

I want this one on my bike! we can make the transition ourselves and star branding our bikes with the name "super chief drifter"....and maybe even have tank emblems etc, with the name on our bikes post lots of pictures in nice places....maybe we might call the attention from kawasaki to bring the project back to life, who knows.

[LarryInSeattle]

Not sure.  My PO bought them.  They are nice.  The black part is solid cast aluminum.

Come on now.... we all want a pair of those.  Give it up!

[DC]

The latest tank logo. No one can dispute the heritage of this one.

That is absolutely COOL!   

[jmbo]

Not sure.  My PO bought them.  They are nice.  The black part is solid cast aluminum.

[bikerbob5864]

Where does one find those air cleaner covers anyway? I've seen some, but they say they don't fit FI Models, hence my frustration.

[jmbo]

I'm thinking mine will go on the air cleaner.

[bikerbob5864]

Oh sure!!!..........Make something else so cool I can't resist. Now I have to buy another Drifter to put new decals on. Man!!!!!............I can't win!!!!!!!

[moosewing3]

That is definitely a nice decal. However I'm a big fan of the original, hope I can find one, I've got two Classic badges that I would like to get rid of also.

[Troll]

Ya HOOOOO!

[LarryInSeattle]

If you are selling those.... I would like more information on the size of it. 

[jmbo]

The latest tank logo. No one can dispute the heritage of this one.

[bikerbob5864]

Thanks, Jmbo...................Yea, it would be impossible to go after the individual for sure, but you're right about those selling quantities for profit. That could get to be a real furball. Right now they're being nice with just a Cease&Desist Letter from the Lawyers which will stop 90%, I'm sure. Can't blame them at all. They paid for the rights to the name and the look........it's theirs by law.