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Armored Graphix killed it with Reed's MEC graphics.. that matte finish with the subtle camo and bold Zook logo on the shrouds is a super bitchin look
View this post on InstagramMEC graphics for Reed ? @jgrmx @armoredgraphixinc
A post shared by Jeremy Albrecht (@jbonejgr) on Oct 3, 2018 at 5:36pm PDT
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The whole bike looks SICK! Love it!
When a rider has success on a bike, moves on from said bike, and struggles from that point forward....why don’t they figure out how to get back to their winning formula.
Examples being:
Chad on Suzuki
Gautier Paulin on Kawasaki
Kyle regal on his privateer Honda (some might remember he podiumed on his private Honda effort only to get picked up by a factory team and never got back to his form)
I know there are a million reasons why riders do what they do; but you would really figure that at some point they have to look back at their success and realize the bike may have been the “X” factor.
Anyways, if Chad became a contender for the title this season, I would, in no way, be shocked....I think him on yellow is a match made in heaven, and after this season we may all think “what could have been” had he stayed on Suzuki just a bit longer 10 years ago.../
The placement of some of the colors in particularly the blues (not in this particular set) really take it to the next level.
Pit Row
Thatll be awesome to have full team uniformity, whereas Honda, Kawi, KTM, Yamaha have separate 250 teams with different graphics obviously. I think Husky is the only other brand along with Suzuki with the same team for 250/450’s.
Now that I think of it its kind of weird that KTM uses Tld over here for their 250 effort where over seas their 450 team looks just like their 250 factory team with red bull KTM... just like our 450 team. I never thought about or noticed this before. If anyone, youd think KTM would have everybody under the same tent.
Anyways check out this beauty
All the other bikes have one defining sponsor logo thats a big statement - Kawasaki Monster Claw, KTM Red Bull, Geico Honda etc etc etc. The logo is the centre of a cohesive design.
JGR always feels like there's 50 sponsors vying to be the main one all slapped on over a Black, White, yellow and another colour background.
Geico is Red, Black and White as a base. Then the Geico is a statement Yellow. Theres some other sponsor colours in there but they dont hald anywhere near the weight of the base + one statement.
That Blue and yellow version is Black, White, Blue and Yellow as a base. Then Black or white or red or orange logos or sponsors in almost equal weight aro on the shrouds. Its just cluttered.
Now the team that does multiple colours as a base great is TLD. They are incredible. They do multiple colours in big bold blocks not throughout. They will also use different colour plastics so its not a colour stuck on another colour, but instead its a seamless block of colour. And often logo and/or colour will be incorporated into the block design. its cohesive.
The black camo reed bike for example is black/camo stickers on yellow plastics. Its not looking at the bike as a cohesive whole. If it wants to be black, go black plastics and pepper Suzuki Yellow into the graphics. Here the yellow is peppered around the edge of each plastic, meaning that every plastic piece feels seperate rather than part of the design.
Anyway the TLD bikes are fucking incredible looking. JGR bikes seem to be inspired by the front of Nascar race suits.
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