Side Panel decals

[markysimon]

Hi again,

Can anyone tell me if the silver-on-black decals are available for the Ascot side-panels and if so, from where?

Cheers – Markysimon

[J6G1Z]

Check on eBay.

J.

[markysimon]

Thanks and yeah, I checked (UK) eBay and there's someone selling the white decals at a very high price in the US, plus very high postage to the UK, so on both counts no good for my red bike. 

I was hoping there might be some NoS ones available somewhere, or someone making decent quality aftermarket copies at a sensible price. (You can buy good quality 'Honda Wing' decals, in various colours, here in the UK for approx $2).

So I live in hope! 

Cheers – Markysimon

[RobertP]

Hi Marky
It's me, Bob, again. The Bike I am getting has been re-sprayed a completely different colour with a black and white check pattern on the side covers, so as part of my project I will be getting the side covers back to a more normal look. I face the same problem as you, that getting side covers (usually only available in the US of A) are expensive to buy and ship over to OZ. So I will be painting the side panels myself to match the existing bike colour (light blue) and getting stickers printed from companies on the internet (VT500 and Ascot). I found heaps of these available on line where you can choose your font, Bold, Itallic, border, colour etc for only a couple of dollars each. They do not come out exactly the same as oem, but still look good (considering the bike will no longer be stock). I found the "Ascot" printed in "freestyle script" looks really close. Like yourself the Honda and wings are available locally cheap enough.

Cheers Bob

[markysimon]

Hi again Bob,

That's an interesting option, which I hadn't considered mainly because although I know that there are companies who can laser cut and print decals, I assumed they would be expensive: The bloke who is advertising Ascot ones on fleaBay certainly suggests as much!
I'll do a bit of research online here in Britain though, so thanks for the idea! 

Cheers – Mark

[murdo]

I have gotten mine from reprodecals.com

[markysimon]

reprodecals website doesn't seem to be there anymore!  But there are other outfits doing similar work which I'm now investigating.

Cheers – Mark W

[murdo]

Try searching for reproductiondecals.com

These guys do nice work, and in UK too.
http://www.bike-stickers.com/classics.htm

http://www.classicreproductiondecalsandparts.com/

https://www.afegraphics.com/reproset.htm?reprodec.htm&2

http://www.reproductiondecals.com/default_frameset.html?content.html~main

One of them should be able to help you.

[markysimon]

Thanks again for the heads up, and I'm actually awaiting a quote from Image Works, a/k/a Bike Stickers. Will let you know how I get on. 

Cheers – Mark W

[markysimon]

For anyone who contributed to this thread and is interested, Image Works (T/A Bike Stickers) have got back to me with a very reasonable quote for the Ascot sidepanel decals. Their website again is: http://www.bike-stickers.com

Cheers – Mark