Wheel Rim Tape

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  1. steveo

    steveo Active Member

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    Rim Tape.jpg

    This info may be of use to someone, got this rim tape for my recently painted TT Legends replica, it is made by 'The Image Works' for dream machine.

    Cost £20 delivered, contact info;

    Block 4, Merlin Way
    Quarry Hill Ind Est
    Ilkeston
    Derby
    DE7 4RA
    0115 9443111
    Our motorcycle graphics service

    They make stickers / decals for just about any race rep or classic bikes. ill post some pics when i get it on the wheel.:)
     
    #1 steveo, Dec 22, 2012
  2. phantom

    phantom Active Member

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    I had the reflective rim tape on my last blade but now this one has
    gold wheels im not sure if I should put some on.
    have you got them fitted yet?
     
    #2 phantom, Dec 22, 2012
  3. steveo

    steveo Active Member

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    No, they just arrived today, took me ages to track down the company that made em, Gold wheels, tricky, i had gold wheels on my HRC RR7, i put black rim tape but thought it just didn't look right, in the end i just left em without?

    Ill put pics on here once they're on
     
    #3 steveo, Dec 22, 2012
  4. phantom

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    I think rim stripes are the marmite of bikes....I love em some hate them
     
    #4 phantom, Dec 23, 2012
  5. martinowen

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    I love rim tape! I think it transforms the look for such little money.
    I think it only really works on black or white wheels though, if you have coloured wheels it just looks odd with another colour
     
    #5 martinowen, Dec 23, 2012
  6. tonyblade

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    White wheels with red rim tape oh yeaaaa.
     
    #6 tonyblade, Dec 23, 2012
  7. blade1980

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    I powder coated my wheels white just to have red rim tape :)))
     
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  8. Remal

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    I had florescent orange rim tape on my black speed triple wheels and looked great

    I want to ad some to my orange repsol wheels but unsure of the right colour
     
    #8 Remal, Dec 23, 2012
  9. Hudson

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    I agree with the above, its right on some bikes but wrong on some others, black or white wheels can look amazing with the right colour on, my gold wheels i would not even go near with tape.
     
    #9 Hudson, Dec 25, 2012
  10. Shutty

    Shutty Well-Known Member

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    What about these ??
    I like these


    8 X 1000RR Fireblade Wheel Rim Stickers Decals cbr1000rr 1000 rr b
    http://bit.ly/ZyosuO #ebayipad
     
    #10 Shutty, Dec 25, 2012
  11. barry107

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    Red suits black wheels well, even when I fitted cheap chinese body work to my ex road bike, I kept the rim tape red.
    Orange would have been a bit much :rolleyes:

    Picture227.jpg
     
    #11 barry107, Dec 25, 2012
  12. martinowen

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    You mean you wouldn't be able to hadle the extra power of the orange?
     
    #12 martinowen, Dec 25, 2012
  13. barry107

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    With the red tape fitted, it had enough power to highside my ass as it was :rolleyes: With orange fitted, god knows what would have happened!!!
     
    #13 barry107, Dec 26, 2012
  14. tonyblade

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    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1356528744.375895.jpg that's what I'm talking about oh yeaaaa. I had gold for 10 yrs on my rrw but wouldn't change from white at all. Love them.:)
     
    #14 tonyblade, Dec 26, 2012
  15. martinowen

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    Miles better
     
    #15 martinowen, Dec 26, 2012

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