Novel use of my GSR Patches

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  • ddaniels
    Forum Guru
    • Aug 2009
    • 5590
    • Dayton, OH

    #1

    Novel use of my GSR Patches

    I was staring at my Rooster fairing and at the little speaker grills that I had covering the vacant holes when it dawned on me. I wonder if I can somehow fit my patches into those speaker covers?....hmmmmmmm...
    Well, as it turns out, I could, and I think they came out pretty darn good. Here ya go...






    I think it's funny how the blue on the right and red on the left looks like cold and hot on the sink faucet.
    So, wha'dya think?
    Current Bikes:
    2001 Yamaha FZ1 (bought same one back)
  • mustangflyr
    Forum Mentor
    • Oct 2004
    • 308
    • Green Cove Springs , FL

    #2
    Bravo, nicely done. Makes me wish I had a fairing.
    1980 GS1000E

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    • bccap
      Forum LongTimer
      Past Site Supporter
      • May 2011
      • 27265
      • Vancouver B.C.

      #3
      Very creative, but starboard is green.

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      • ddaniels
        Forum Guru
        • Aug 2009
        • 5590
        • Dayton, OH

        #4
        Originally posted by bccap
        Very creative, but starboard is green.
        No, it isn't. It's blue. Never trust a picture.
        Current Bikes:
        2001 Yamaha FZ1 (bought same one back)

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        • Bribird

          #5
          Very nice!! I too one day will have patches like those.

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          • Flaming Chainsaws

            #6
            Now that's pretty cool.

            Did you make the clear window for it too or was it already like that?

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            • wacky941
              Forum Sage
              • Oct 2008
              • 2293
              • USA

              #7
              Originally posted by ddaniels
              No, it isn't. It's blue. Never trust a picture.
              He's (bccap) referring to nautical and aviation terms for NAV lights.
              Last edited by wacky941; 09-11-2011, 10:39 AM.
              http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/imag...TXUTWAWIsm.jpg

              "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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              • cowboyup3371
                Forum LongTimer
                Past Site Supporter
                • Apr 2010
                • 13996
                • In Ohio Now

                #8
                That's downright fantastic. I can't wait to get home and get mine sewn on my tank bag.
                Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace

                1981 GS550T - My First
                1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
                2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike

                Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
                Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
                and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"

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                • ddaniels
                  Forum Guru
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 5590
                  • Dayton, OH

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Flaming Chainsaws
                  Now that's pretty cool.

                  Did you make the clear window for it too or was it already like that?
                  I just happened to have some remnants of 1/8" thick plexiglass in the garage I had left over from when I made lowers for the windshield of the Honda Shadow I used to have. I made the windows out of that. I just cut the grills out of the speaker covers and on the back side was an indentation just exactly the same diameter as the patches. I cut the plexiglass to that diameter and fit them down inside the groove, siliconing them in. I put the patches on the the window, and then cut out covers from some thin flexible black plastic I had to hold it all together. It's like these speaker covers were meant for this. When I first took the speaker cover off the fairing to look at the back of it, the patch fit right down into that groove and I thought, "Hey, this could work!"
                  Current Bikes:
                  2001 Yamaha FZ1 (bought same one back)

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                  • nutsandbolts

                    #10
                    Nice touch.

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