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Any interest in a KLR650 Adventure Type Decal

22K views 41 replies 21 participants last post by  tjtj  
#1 · (Edited)
I'm a 2009 KLR rider. Some of my red plastics have faded so I went ahead and black plasti-dipped the offending parts. I got to admit I really like the look and was planning on doing the side fairings also, but at the moment I need to sell my beloved KLR (its in the Market Place if you're interested).

Anyway, back to the point, I'm also a graphic designer and before I decided to sell my bike I made a GS Adventure type of vinyl decal for KLR650's that I think would look great on a 2008+ KLR. Since I'm in the process of selling I'm not going to make any changes to the bike, but I didnt want to see the design go to waste so I wanted to see if there was interest out there for such a sticker. I have Photoshop mock ups showing the size and placement, but just need three more posts before I can upload them here.

So, is there any interest out there?

I'll just leave the printer file in eps format here so anyone can download it and either take it to your local print shop of choice or find a place online.
 
#2 ·
Not trying to make money off this, just thought since the GS's and Strom's have their cool stencil/adventure decals we should, too.

If there's a lot of interested people I can order up a bunch and we can collectively save money, or I'm more than willing to give out the design file for anyone to take to their local print shop.

The design is set up for a vinyl cut out, which means if you have a vinyl plotter or know someone that does you can "print" this on any color vinyl you want. I was going to get mine made in 3M reflective material.
 
#22 ·
I think it would look better if the decal were red.
 
#8 ·
So my local printer never got back to me and I haven't seen much interest in doing a bulk print, so I'll just leave the printer file in eps format here so anyone can download it and either take it to your local print shop of choice or find a place online.

This place seems to have decent prices for low quantities (I'm not affiliated with them at all), but there are tons of them out there.

Not selling decals, its yours to keep and do what you want with it. I take no responsibility for placement or quality because your results may vary.

Ride on my friends!
 
#10 ·
Sure, why not. Here is the print shop friendly eps file you can download from my DropBox at 3.25" x 1". Hopefully this size will work for most helmet shapes. I didnt want to make it too big because the curve of the helmet could cause bubbles in the decal.

Most people will not be able to open this type of file because you wont have the design software, but you can save it to your computer and insert it in Microsoft Word document to see what it looks like (exactly the same as the samples above just smaller).

Again, this is free for anyone here to use for your own purposes, but please do not steal my design and distribute it in any way to make money for yourself (unless you plan on sharing :c0125:)
 
#11 ·
I got the black '09 and removed every decal n' blacked out the rest

In a mixture of flat, satin, gloss, and left all the silver fasteners for some
contrast the batcycle was born. Hadda dude ask me yesterday if it was a Beemer. LOL

That got me thinking of the BMW styled KLR sticker tho.

Great looking dip and decals!!!!!!

Lata,
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap
 
#14 ·
I have taken off the factory decals a while back, and have been entertaining several ideas but hadn't moved on any. Your design is exactly what I have been looking for! thanks again.
Nice! Post up some pics of your bike if you use it.



what are the dimensions of the full size decal?
About 13.5"x4".
 
#25 ·
Looking at this thread for the first time. Friends have KLR's and I have only road one once, put the miles 6 -10 on it. Getting away from W8.1 and Linux Mint Mate opened the eps file ... YAY Will have to see if I can open one of Tom S.'s files ... if i can find it. Mike

Still paying for my Versys and accessories.
 
#29 · (Edited)
Many thanks to the OP for the design and providing us with the file.

I had mine printed and installed at a local detail shop today.

Before:

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After:

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Close up:

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To use a cliche, pictures don't really do it justice.

Anyway, my price...installed...was only $40 for both. They removed the Kawasaki green stripe from the rear side panels for no additional charge. Eliminating the green and applying these decals makes my bike look 100% better, IMO.

I asked, and the shop was willing to entertain individual orders. Please contact me via PM if you're interested.
 
#32 ·
Try sending a message to both the original poster and the other person who used the file. They both haven’t been on here for a few years but a message might activate an email alert.

in the meantime I’ll check and see if I saved that on my other computer.