I've got a 2003 600rr that I've been trying to send out to paint for a few weeks now, but I can't decide on the color and design of the number plate on front. I've got Armour Bodies bodywork. Show me what you guys have!!
Color? Color should be easy. You're an amateur right? It has to be yellow. Yellow. Not lemon, or neon, or post-it note, just straight up yellow. As for shape, you could look at a photographer's site, like Gron4 (http://www.gron4.com/2007/event091607/) and look at what other people have done. Just don't do any super wonky shapes like stars. They don't like that so much.
Yep, Truckstop's exactly right, gotta be normal yellow W/ black #'s.
Here's the # plates that were on your bike...
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I've got more if you want to see them.
Here's what I ran on my 05 last year.
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Never had one single complaint from Larry :biggrin: on my plates or numbers!
Thanks guys. Yes I know it has to be yellow...I was referring to the design aspect of the plate. What shapes, sizes, angles, etc. you guys had.
This is an '05, but I believe that the front cowl of the '05-'06 is the same or close enough to that of the '03-'04. Hope it helps:
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be very plain or Larry will have a fit, hell he'll have a fit anyway since you will have yellow plates. Make sure you use ones with serifs on them like this ->1 and not like this->l He'll go nuts :biggrin:
Thanks.
And I just realized why there was confusion with color. I meant I couldn't decided on the color of the bike (what color I was going to have it painted), and the design of the plate. (not color of the plate).
Thanks again for the replies.
Be sure the plate is school bus yellow with no hint of green or neon. After a crash I received my bodywork back from the painters with a hint of neon. Went to Barber and the yelling started from 50 yards away. After several hollers and finally the guy yelling for me to stop turning around I realized it was me he was yelling at. Had to do a duct tape special to pass tech.
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Quote from: wolf44 on February 01, 2008, 07:04:58 AMMake sure you use ones with serifs on them like this ->1 and not like this->l He'll go nuts :biggrin:
I thought the number one should *not* have serifs? It should be a straight up and down stick - l - like in the pics above. If the top serif "wing" is too big, it can be mistaken for a 7. FYI I haven't found any normal sans-serif fonts that have a number one without at least some kind of notch or serif at the top. (I use a lower case "l" or capital "I" - which look correct depending on the font as long as they don't have serifs on it.)
it was supposed to be a joke, thats why there was a smiley afterwards
at Road A he didn't check a damn thing but gave me shit for my serif on my 1. Hell he saw it at HPT and didn't say a word about it
Quote from: wolf44 on February 01, 2008, 12:40:14 PM
it was supposed to be a joke, thats why there was a smiley afterwards
at Road A he didn't check a damn thing but gave me shit for my serif on my 1. Hell he saw it at HPT and didn't say a word about it
Dan,
I can't tell you how many emergency serifectomy's I've had to perform.
Luckily, most of the patients survive! :thumb: :biggrin:
or maybe it was a serfumcision :biggrin:
Quote from: wolf44 on February 01, 2008, 12:40:14 PM
it was supposed to be a joke, thats why there was a smiley afterwards
at Road A he didn't check a damn thing but gave me shit for my serif on my 1. Hell he saw it at HPT and didn't say a word about it
Doh! I thought maybe it was a typo. Sorry! :)
Quote from: sobottka on February 01, 2008, 01:36:12 PM
or maybe it was a serfumcision :biggrin:
Hey! I'm no Serf Mohel!
Quote from: truckstop on February 01, 2008, 12:27:33 PM
I thought the number one should *not* have serifs? It should be a straight up and down stick - l - like in the pics above. If the top serif "wing" is too big, it can be mistaken for a 7. FYI I haven't found any normal sans-serif fonts that have a number one without at least some kind of notch or serif at the top. (I use a lower case "l" or capital "I" - which look correct depending on the font as long as they don't have serifs on it.)
The font used in the CCS Rules is Arial Narrow Bold - but if you look at the 1 that they use in their sample, it's actually a lowercase L because the 1 in that font has a serif. Using a lowercase L is easier than a "serif-cision" (love it!), although its dimensions make it slightly taller than an actual 1 would be.
Alternatively, the font Gill Sans MT looks similar to the specified numbers in the Rules, and does NOT have a serif on the 1. I asked CCS and its use for race numbers is permissible. You can see a sample here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans or MS-Word has it (at least my copy does). Personally, I think that they're easier to read than Arial since they're a little straighter, and go on to contoured surfaces easier.
That's why you don't want to win the championship and get the #1 plate. Too many headaches with all the serifs on pre-bought #1's! :biggrin:
Number 1 plate holder can use ANY style number!!!! :thumb: