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View Poll Results: Stickers or no stickers? | |||
Strip! | 17 | 32.08% | |
Leave it alone. | 36 | 67.92% | |
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March 15th, 2013, 10:55 AM | #1 |
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Opinion poll: Stickers or no stickers?
Scheduled to pick up my new GSXR tomorrow. wOOt!
On this particular bike, I kind of like the way it looks completely plain. The shape of the white fairing just seems to work well all by itself. I'd keep the SUZUKI across the bottom and the S on the tank. Understated and classy. What do you think? Stickers or no stickers? One of our resident Photoshop aces did up some simulations for me. |
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March 15th, 2013, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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A gsx-r without the stock stickers = it's been crashed and the owner didn't have insurance, so they didn't go with OEM fairing replacements. IMO - if you were going for a complete repaint for some custom design, go to town. But just slightly tweaking the look on the stock color scheme would be a step backwards.
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March 15th, 2013, 11:10 AM | #4 |
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If I were to do it I'd buy a set of OEM stickers to return it to stock appearance for later sale. No question. This would just be because I happen to like the look.
If I'd gotten one of the alternate colors (all black would be the first choice) I'd have left the graphics. On that color scheme they work well. |
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March 15th, 2013, 11:11 AM | #5 |
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I came into this thread thinking you were going to plaster it with stickers from different parts manufacturers, but I actually like the stock decals. I think that the GSX-R decal is iconic, sort of like how our Ninja decals are.
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March 15th, 2013, 01:09 PM | #6 |
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The big R is cheesy, but alex has a valid point.
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March 15th, 2013, 01:12 PM | #7 |
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I think it looks better without the stickers and like your idea of having OEM stickers to put back on when you sell the bike down the road.
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March 15th, 2013, 01:12 PM | #8 |
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Put a ninja 250 sticker on it for kicks, and so you can still represent and then play dumb when people ask about it.
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March 15th, 2013, 01:44 PM | #10 |
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The sticker is gaudy but it would look weird without it.
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March 15th, 2013, 01:47 PM | #11 |
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Stick (see what I did there? ) with the stickers. I think bikes look dumb when they're de-badge'd.
Sponsor-type stickers look dumb as well. But I like OE stickers. |
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March 15th, 2013, 03:58 PM | #12 |
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Looks plain without it. I'D keep it or replace it with something else.
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March 15th, 2013, 04:07 PM | #13 |
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Whatever you like, you should go with...everytime I see a bike without the stickers, I just imagine it being treated the bike like crap and/or it having been wrecked, like Alex said.
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March 17th, 2013, 05:04 PM | #14 |
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It looks a bit plain without them, and gixxers are known for having thin paintwork, you don't want to damage it. Are the stickers above or below the clearcoat?
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March 17th, 2013, 05:43 PM | #15 |
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March 17th, 2013, 05:52 PM | #16 |
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Keep the stickers... The more you do. The less it's worth when you want to sell it.
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March 17th, 2013, 06:00 PM | #17 | |
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I'll probably leave 'em. That seems to be the consensus. The bike looks better in person than in photos. |
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March 18th, 2013, 03:45 AM | #18 |
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Bone-stock graphically always resells best. Keep it clean.
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March 18th, 2013, 07:57 AM | #20 |
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March 18th, 2013, 09:36 AM | #21 |
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Leave the stickers and add two things; Yosh carbo-fiber full exhaust and Yosh sticker under the GSXR sticker. That's the perfect look.
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March 18th, 2013, 01:56 PM | #22 |
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I think you should stretch the swing arm and add a bunch of cool aftermarket brand stickers to make it look really fast. And skip the yoshi, too quiet, get a custom straight pipe done.
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March 18th, 2013, 02:19 PM | #23 |
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First things first... a helmet mohawk, spike windshield bolts, a wife beater and some flip flops
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March 18th, 2013, 02:41 PM | #24 |
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Proper Florida attire!
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March 18th, 2013, 07:40 PM | #25 |
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Amateur! You have to get a Corona brand cut-off tshirt, not a wife beater.
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March 19th, 2013, 07:18 AM | #26 |
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There's a wiki article proving that the Corona Wife beater is more abrasion resistant that leather.
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March 19th, 2013, 08:29 AM | #27 |
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for me, the GSXR sticker looks like the stickers that kids put on their civics and corollas to make them look fast. It is one of the most cheesy looking oem stickers out there. the suzuki sticker at the bottom proves that you didn't crash.
take that crap off. i have the same opinion of the text that kawi chose for "ninja"... waaaay too cheesy. |
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March 19th, 2013, 10:02 AM | #28 |
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No stickers. Not only do I like the plain look, I also like the fact that waxing is easier since you don't have the stickers edge to deal with. Taking the stickers off also keeps people guessing what kind of bike you have.
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March 21st, 2013, 04:44 AM | #29 |
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Peel it off, looks better.
Took them off the same spot on the R1 |
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March 21st, 2013, 07:28 PM | #30 |
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Heh. I posted the same poll over on gixxer and there it's 92% "keep it."
A different crowd indeed. |
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