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I'd imagine dirty black finger prints all over the faring after doing the slightest bit of work to them.
Still the 848 looks nice
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20B/Ducati%20848.jpg
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I like white bikes, but then I'm the kind who'd be happy with an ex-police or ex-MOD white Deauville or Pan European  hehe xx |
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Not too fussed on plain Jap white. This is more my cup of tea as it's a pearlescent effect, looks gorgeous in the sun!
https://www.mvagusta.co.uk/_motorcycles/f41000/images/IMG_2.jpg
Oh and it's the fastest production motorcycle in the world. 
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Tis a lovely bike - I've had my eye on that white GSXR since it's come out. It's defo my next bike.... 
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Like the look of am the that spewzuki looks great in that scheme but don't think I would own one.
After having a black car I've learnt my lesson there too.
No white or black vehicles for me again 
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My mate has a heavily tarted Firestorm in pearlescent white, which looks fucking awesome.
I will try to get pics one day if she ever gets chance to bring it out.
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A white Pan is just the thing for getting through town quickly
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mmmm, I want... would do anything for that bike *drools*  xx |
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Ex police 1100s are much cheaper.
You need to also make sure that the blue lights are replaced with normal whites.
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| truslack wrote: | | Mister James wrote: | I'm pretty sure there are regulations in place to stop you using the 'Battenburg' reflectors - especially the blue and yellow ones.... |
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Not so.
Taken from the ST1100 forum, where they know a thing or 2 about this sort of thing. Written in 2005 | Smarthound wrote: | The requirements concerning the lighting devices and retro-reflective material of all vehicles used on the public
road are contained in The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (RVLR)...
However, this is being revised and a new European regulation (EC104) is making the following changes to the
use of retro-reflective material on some vehicles.
Retro-reflective material is material that reflects light back to its source. It does not include material that
reflects an image of a lamp (for example a piece of chrome or a mirror), or material that is not reflective but has
other properties, for example fluorescent material which glows under sunlight but does not reflect light at night.
Placement of retro-reflective material on vehicles is regulated under the RVLR. The colour of the material is
regulated whereas the shape, size and grade is generally not specified.
Still awake?
Colour: Where retro-reflective material is fitted to the vehicle for conspicuity purposes, it is treated as an
"optional retro-reflector" under RVLR. The permitted colour depends on whether the material is mounted on
the front, side or rear of a vehicle:
Rear: only red is allowed. (limited exceptions to this e.g. yellow number plates)
Side: only amber (which is generally taken as including yellow)
Front: any colour is permitted except red but white is recommended.
For the side of the vehicle only, there is a caveat to the above rule. If the side of the vehicle is fitted with
retro-reflective material which is not for conspicuity purposes but is for advertising purposes, for example
a company logo, there is a variation from the above rules in that any colour is permitted. However if the retro-
reflective material is very high specification, even if it is in the shape of a logo it may still be deemed to be
mounted on the vehicle for conspicuity purposes and then it will have to be amber.
Shape and size: "Battenburg" (large blocks of colour) livery is reserved for emergency vehicles and some
other special vehicles, as explained below. It should not be mounted on any other vehicles. Other than this,
there are no restrictions on shape or size.
Emergency Vehicles: Emergency vehicles (police, county & armed services fire and NHS ambulance services)
and certain other Government vehicles have special exemptions from the colours specified above and so can
use other colours such as blue to the side. When taking advantage of this exemption the Battenburg pattern
on the side of the vehicles should be used.
The special exemptions from the RVLR are called Special Orders and they are issued by VTS6, and signed on
behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. Other users, including privately-run fire services or ambulances,
are not permitted these colours or the battenburg pattern and must conform to RVLR as described previously.
Enquiries should be directed to VTS6 to discover if a particular organisation or body is in possession of a Special
Order. Requests from organisations who feel they have a justifiable need for special colours or livery should also
be addressed to VTS6.
So in conclusion... strictly speaking, Battenburg appears to be illegal unless you're subject to a Special Order
from the DoT!
It all looks pretty gloomy. But...
A phone call to the DoT yielded the information that EC104 only applies to the size and grade of tape used,
i.e for lorries etc, and that Battenburg on a bike is in fact ok as long as the following is done: No reflective blue
to the side! That's it. So you could have Battenburg in non-reflective blue and reflective yellow, and it would
be perfectly legal.
If you're stopped by the police they are unlikely to know exactly what the law is on retro-reflectives, but they
will start from a standpoint of "if it looks like a police vehicle it's illegal". So choose your livery wisely! |
A firm that can provide graphic kits is Bluelite Graphics. I believe the kit for the ST1100 is BAT172.
So some legal ones would be...
https://www.my-mc.com/messages/31335/50884.jpg
https://www.my-mc.com/messages/31335/68795.jpg
https://www.my-mc.com/messages/31335/46183.jpg
HTH
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