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motor bike STICKERS
Do they make you go faster ?
Do they make your bike look better ?
Do they add value to it ?
Most of us try to customise our bikes.
but ....... some stickers just look awful !
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Years ago I owned a Ford Puma. it was bright red, and the previous owner had put thick white rally stripes across the bodywork. And yes, they added 15 horsepower.
Currently I have a set of panniers with travel and other stickers on them, going two bikes back. They don't fit my current bike's rack, but I am keeping them for the future, and for sentimental reasons.
So: Yes they do, yes they do, and yes they do. Let people enjoy things.
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Its well know in Ducati circles an AGIP sticker adds around 4HP whilst a Magneti Marelli adds at least 6HP.
Surely you knew this?
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Can also cover up a multitude of sins........
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I read somewhere that having an ADVRIDER sticker on your bike gets you visa free entry to some countries but cannot confirm this as I have never seen one outside of the US.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark manley
I read somewhere that having an ADVRIDER sticker on your bike gets you visa free entry to some countries but cannot confirm this as I have never seen one outside of the US.
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That sticker gets you entry into .....
England
scotland
wales
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17 Jun 2021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark manley
I read somewhere that having an ADVRIDER sticker on your bike gets you visa free entry to some countries but cannot confirm this as I have never seen one outside of the US.
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I've never seen one even in the US. Must be the company I keep. Ian Coates might have one on his bike somewhere but who would know  -
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Quote:
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I read somewhere that having an ADVRIDER sticker on your bike gets you visa free entry to some countries but cannot confirm this as I have never seen one outside of the US.
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I saw one on a GS at my hotel on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria; actually left the guy (gal?) a note but didn't hear back.
Generally I think that stickers add a little personality to a bike, although generally I only put them on panniers, etc. Depending on the stickers they can also add a little cred and potentially indicate someone I'd like to have a  with.
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I only put them on bikes that are not going anywhere
By that I mean bikes that I'm going to keep for a while. There's very little point in plastering stickers over a here today /gone tomorrow bike. They detract from the value and you don't have the stickers when you sell it. So they go mainly on panniers, top boxes, windscreens etc; stuff that can get moved around and reused. That's one of the unmentioned downsides of soft luggage - stickers don't stick.
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...Let people enjoy things.
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30+ years ago when overlanding we put a load of stickers on our panniers before leaving, really just to decorate/break-up the vast areas of grey aluminium; once out of Europe we realised these were beginning to disappear as wherever we went the kids were 'stealing' them.
Sent a letter back to a friend in the UK who asked around the motorbike clubs/rallies (we all have a drawer somewhere with a few or more in don't we) and Dave collected and sent me a package of 100s of them out to India. Thereafter we gave quite a few away, but for the most part we continued to stick them on the panniers - being careful to always leave one edge unstuck, so they'd lift off without tearing - as the kids seemed to enjoy them more if they could 'steal' them off the bike.
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