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33 minutes ago, FJD said:

Never understood why people BUY stickers (or even paint a bike with commercial advertising) and put them on their own stuff, to advertise for someone elses business.

Maybe to inform the unknown onlooker what he is looking at ?

Sometimes the commercial ads paint job is good looking, especially if they have the resources to spend megabucks on advertising, us ordinary Joe soaps ain't always good at designing fancy stuff. 

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Sometimes they help with period detail, e.g. Harris and Spondon frame stickers, unobtainable wheel decals e.g. Campagnolo, Tecnomagnesio. If you can get a good picture and the dimensions from an old one, having really good quality replica period stickers made is not expensive. There is no need to buy two for 25 quid off some spiv on eb@y.

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Paintwork started to bubble up all the way round the filler cap on the petrol tank. I used a Cork gasket and blue hylormar to seal it. At first I thought petrol had got under the paint but on further investigation it hadn't. Perhaps it was the solvent in the hylormar but I don't think so. IMG_20210924_164413.thumb.jpg.fb6740f8472e46cac9d7a566bdcc412f.jpg IMG_20210924_164406.thumb.jpg.e75c77eafeb163280412d8a21cad52b4.jpg Was a bit gutted at the time. 

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After a bit of thought I got some 1.2mm brass sheet and whitteld it into a big washer shap to fit over the filler cap. I cut the bubbled up paint of from around the filler cap. Refitted the cap masked it of round the cap then stuck the brass washer to the tank with part sealant adhesive. Am quite pleased with the end result. IMG_20210925_140748.thumb.jpg.eb1e345fbb11933aefa3c0a14d27a985.jpg IMG_20210925_144425.thumb.jpg.f478df50d33b3d83fc9e717624f6b041.jpg IMG_20210925_145542.thumb.jpg.09fdcfaffe36c021461c3b58585a5262.jpg IMG_20210925_145815.thumb.jpg.5ed97d3d0ac64695c95020041007d17c.jpg IMG_20210926_141753.thumb.jpg.f5f5486fce260957eaf0cdb467306428.jpg IMG_20210926_142055.thumb.jpg.73117ba6c50de2ac38313399b1862a9f.jpg IMG_20210926_141736.thumb.jpg.139b50c72e1716a686f55ce8b5bc9c6b.jpg (y)

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