BRIDGESTONE NEON

[ztnoo]

"P.S. btw Mr. Reed, what does the symbolism of the team crest mean and represent???"

Regards,
Steve

[reed]

Steve,
The most famous football club in the world Manchester United FC.
THE RED DEVILS.
Thanks.
Steve Reed.

[ztnoo]

I did a bit of research....lots of history on this club......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C.

Manchester United badge in the 1960s:


"Crest and colours
The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the current crest is the ship in full sail.[55]  The devil stems from the club's nickname "The Red Devils"; it was included on club programmes and scarves in the 1960s, and incorporated into the club crest in 1970, although the crest was not included on the chest of the shirt until 1971 (unless the team was playing in a Cup Final).[55]

A photograph of the Newton Heath team, taken in 1892, is believed to show the players wearing red-and-white quartered jerseys and blue shorts.[56] Between 1894–96, the players wore distinctive green and gold jerseys[56] which were replaced in 1896 by white shirts, which were worn with blue shorts.[56] After its name change in 1902, the club colours were changed to red shirts, white shorts, and black socks, which has become the standard Manchester United home kit.[56] Very few changes were made to the kit until 1922 when the club adopted white shirts bearing a deep red "V" around the neck, similar to the shirt worn in the 1909 FA Cup Final. They remained part of their home kits until 1927.[56] In 1934, players sported cherry and white hooped shirts, but the following season the red shirt was recalled after the club's lowest ever league placing of 20th in the Second Division.[56] The black socks were changed to white from 1959 to 1965, where they were replaced with red socks up until 1971, when the club reverted to black. The current home kit is a red gingham-pattern shirt with dark red checks and a black v-neck collar, worn with white shorts and black socks.[57]

The Manchester United away strip has often been a white shirt, black shorts and white socks, but there have been several exceptions. These include the navy blue shirt with silver horizontal pinstripes worn during the 1999–2000 season,[58] and the 2011–12 away kit, which had a royal blue body and sleeves with hoops made of small midnight navy blue and black stripes, with black shorts and blue socks.[59] An all-grey away kit worn during the 1995–96 season was dropped after just five games because players claimed to have trouble finding their team-mates against the crowd.[60] In 2001, to celebrate 100 years as "Manchester United", a reversible white/gold away kit was released, although the actual match day shirts were not reversible.[61]

The club's third kit is often all-blue. This was most recently the case during the 2008–09 season, to celebrate 40 years since it was worn for the club's first European Cup win in 1968.[62] Exceptions include a green-and-gold halved shirt worn between 1992 and 1994, a blue-and-white striped shirt worn during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons, an all-black kit worn during the Treble-winning 1998–99 season, and white shirts with black-and-red horizontal pinstripes worn between 2003 and 2005.[63] In recent seasons, the third kit has usually been the previous season's away kit."

[reed]

Steve,
Sir Alex Ferguson will be very proud of you, we will make you a United supporter!!
Thanks.
Steve Reed. 

[ztnoo]

[moonpup]

Now when someone asks, How's it Hang'n, I'll say........... Just Fine Thank-You! 

[Jeff Bar]

Sign looks great i want one  jeff BAr

[moonpup]

FYI Jeff, I'm more than happy with the product I recieved. I'm even ok with the size. While it wouldn't bother me if it were larger, it doesn't seem all that small now that I have it.

There have been 2 others listed on eBay since the first one went up. The second went for $9.99 and the third is currently @ $25 w/4 bids. Since you can buy them direct from his website for a total of $59 (shipping included), I don't for the life of me understand why anyone would bid over $23 on eBay. I guess these are people that aren't aware of his other site. 

[Bikenstein]

Do your research

[moonpup]

Well, it's been a while now and I've seen quite a few signs sold on eBay but can't tell if it's the members here providing all the action.

Anybody here getting these? How 'bout some pics of them being displayed in your favorite spot.

Signed,
Just Curious  

EDIT: Opps, I see Ziggy recently posted a pic of his in the gallery. (looking good Zig!)

[ziggy stardust]

Hey Just Curious,

Got mine the other day, my intention is to have the neon on display with my GTR at bike shows this year. Every BS owner should have one.



Z

[moonpup]

Make sure you take lots of pics at the bike shows and please share them with us if you would.

[Bikenstein]

The red sign looks good next to a GTR

[Mike Anderson]

Ziggy,
Are your mufflers really as nice as they look in the pictures? Were they new ones just rechromed or did someone actually straighten and plate them that nice?
Thanks for any info.
Later Mike

[ziggy stardust]

Mike, the exhausts are original to the bike. I was lucky enough to find a GTR that had no dents, dings or scrapes to the exhausts only faded chrome and light scratches so they were just re plated.



Z

[Mike Anderson]

Ziggy,
Any advice on cleaning carbon and oil out of exhaust parts before plating. The platers seem to have a great deal of problems keeping the pipes sealed up well enough to avoid contaminating their tanks.
Thanks Mike

[Bikenstein]

I wonder if they could do a yellow sign and light with a black lion. What do you think?

[moonpup]

That would be great for us GTO owners and would be more like the original colors of the logo. I'll have to check out some of his other signs and see how bright the yellow shows up. (that is if he has any yellow ones)

If they look good, I can always ask and see if he'll consider that color..... it worked the last time! 

[Bikenstein]

Thanks moonpup, I think I'd like a yellow one better.

[ziggy stardust]

Mike, I made no effort to clean the carbon and oil out of the exhaust, I just removed the baffles. I was surprised when I got them back as I expected them to be clean internally but the carbon was still inside so somehow they got round the sealing problem?

Apologies for diverting from the original thread.

Z