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| seventiesMXer | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 15:31 Post title : Thunderbird Emblem | | | 
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| | Post edited by seventiesMXer on 11 Jan 2012 - 21:10 |
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| Eskerinola | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 108 | | Location | : | Argentina |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 16:31 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | I like it.  Size wise, It would be a good idea to see a general picture of the bike with it.
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 18:15 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Eskerinola) | | | I can do that. Been having issues trying to post pictures, but I think I've got it worked out.
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| TBRider | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/10/2011 | | Posts | : | 834 | | Location | : | Foothills, The Mountains, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 18:32 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | Abit large for my taste. Maybe about a 3rd to 1/2 smaller?
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 20:14 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: TBRider) | | | dunno
size seems ok
any smaller and it could be lost as the panels arent that large.
but i can see why you might say that due to the top sloping edge maybe.
i like the idea of a symbol rather than text as it redefines some of the mystique of the bike.
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 20:17 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: zolti) | | | thought
you could deform within proportion the left wing to slope with the panel egde
this would render a usain bolt look
could give a feeling of forward motion and a sense of direction.
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 21:15 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | I posted a another picture, but I'm a lousy photogrpher. I think thats my reflection on the emblem, sorry!
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| Eskerinola | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 108 | | Location | : | Argentina |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 22:06 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | There should only be just one logo on the side view of the bike; either the one on the tank or the one on the side. Otherwise the would be competing.
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2012 - 22:41 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Eskerinola) | | | Maybe it will look better when I put my Rocket Touring tank badges on and my catless Zards
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| Noladuck | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 260 | | Location | : | Portland, Oregon, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 04:15 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | I think it resembles the harley eagle logo a bit too much.
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| Ninox_s | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 755 | | Location | : | Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 12:31 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Noladuck) | | | I have to admit complete ignorance of the American Indian origins of the Thunderbird legend.
I wonder is the Thunderbird definately an Eagle? Could it be another raptor or even a large owl?
The clue may be in my avatar but I like to think an owl like Ninox strenua (Powerful Owl) may have been the inspiration for the Thunderbiord legend?
I have been toying with an image something like the above.
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 13:35 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Noladuck) | | | Noladuck, you do have a point there but I wasn't trying to copy Harley. I thought I had something special to share with everybody but it kinda backfired. I appreciate everyones honest opinions, so I will probably remove the emblems. But I do believe thanks to the Harely Davidson factory 5 miles down the road from where I live and all the motorcycle police ride Harleys that we are allowed to run our bikes as loud as we want and never get harassed.
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 13:56 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | | Nah, didn't backfire. You just got honest opinions. But that's the nice thing about modifying your own bike.. it's your own and you can do what you want. Not everyone is going to like what you do, hell nobody may like what you do... so. If you like it, run with it. But if you post it here, folks will give their opinions. (I was actually going to say honest opinions there but half the time the comments are over inflated exaggerations because we like giving each other shit).
For the record, it's not my cuppa but I don't think it looks 'bad', just not what I'd do.
Oh, and I think it looks much more like the German eagle than the Harley one.
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 14:30 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | |
Here is the real American Indian Thunderbird:
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 15:01 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
Nah, didn't backfire. You just got honest opinions. But that's the nice thing about modifying your own bike.. it's your own and you can do what you want. Not everyone is going to like what you do, hell nobody may like what you do... so. If you like it, run with it. But if you post it here, folks will give their opinions. (I was actually going to say honest opinions there but half the time the comments are over inflated exaggerations because we like giving each other shit).
For the record, it's not my cuppa but I don't think it looks 'bad', just not what I'd do.
Oh, and I think it looks much more like the German eagle than the Harley one.
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+ 1 on both counts.
if you came to this forum for consensus on, well... ANYTHING, you came to the wrong place  But, as Thatch rightly says, at least you'll get honest opinions. (along with a GENEROUS portion of sarcasm).
As Triumph likes to say, "Go your own way".
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2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 15:19 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | | Well said thanks. Anyway I looked up the definition of Bundeswehr, interesting, didn't know that about the German military. My ancestry is German
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 15:30 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | |
seventiesMXer wrote:
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Its a tidy job - but looks too military for me. I am sticking with the original Bird logo.
Does look good though.
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| seventiesMXer | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 18 | | Location | : | Kansas City, MO, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 15:37 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: mat1600) | | | Well Triumphs use to be in the military
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2012 - 15:55 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | |
Long shot.
Only cos they had to.
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| sprint5t | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 355 | | Location | : | Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 15 Jan 2012 - 23:51 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: seventiesMXer) | | |
seventiesMXer wrote:
Noladuck, you do have a point there but I wasn't trying to copy Harley. I thought I had something special to share with everybody but it kinda backfired. I appreciate everyones honest opinions, so I will probably remove the emblems. |
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seventiesMXer don't remove the emblems because of any comments on here, if you like them that's good enough, it's your bike you can do whatever you want with it.
Although I'm still perplexed by this constant requirement for an americanisation of the Thunderbird logo.. this is the Thunderbird logo.
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jan 2012 - 20:58 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: sprint5t) | | | true
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| trdutch | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 30/12/2010 | | Posts | : | 54 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Feb 2012 - 16:36 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Ninox_s) | | | If you really do your homework,the legend of the Thunderbird is what the natives saw in the sky that some will say were ancient alien space craft that visited the planet long ago.
Do I believe ? I dont know,
Do I keep an open mind,maybe,
Either way a big powerful "bird" is what they saw and they were in aw.
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Feb 2012 - 19:36 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: trdutch) | | | Perhaps that's all true, but the only thing in the sky that inspired the Triumph Thunderbird name was the totem pole based sign of the Thunderbird Motel in South Carolina which Edward Turner visited in 1949 on his way to Daytona. So think more ice machines and 25 cent magic fingers massage bed's then space ships and indians when it comes to the tbird's origins. 
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Feb 2012 - 20:38 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | | Thatch wrote:
Perhaps that's all true, but the only thing in the sky that inspired the Triumph Thunderbird name was the totem pole based sign of the Thunderbird Motel in South Carolina which Edward Turner visited in 1949 on his way to Daytona. So think more ice machines and 25 cent magic fingers massage bed's then space ships and indians when it comes to the tbird's origins. |
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 Well I suppose it does have a bit of history attached.
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| Ninox_s | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 755 | | Location | : | Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia |
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| | Posted : 11 Feb 2012 - 23:21 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | | Is the Thunderbird Motel in South Carolina still operating?
Sounds like the ideal place for a North American "Flocking".
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Feb 2012 - 23:40 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Ninox_s) | | |
Ninox_s wrote:
Is the Thunderbird Motel in South Carolina still operating?
Sounds like the ideal place for a North American "Flocking".
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Motel? Flocking? Didn't you mis-spell that? 
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Feb 2012 - 00:24 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Ninox_s) | | |
Ninox_s wrote:
Is the Thunderbird Motel in South Carolina still operating?
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Yup it is. I took my bike down for a photo shoot at the Motel 2 years ago shortly after getting my BB kit installed.
It's located in Florence SC some 30 miles or so (IIRC) south of the NC border on I-95. It's not that special on it's own other than the history (and the nifty sign) but it's just a few miles from Darlington raceway which in of itself is a great destination as well.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Feb 2012 - 00:42 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | | Tis a good pic.
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Feb 2012 - 00:43 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: Thatch) | | | I wish I had known that. I recently took a NASCAR driving course at Darlington. My kids bought it for me for Christmas. I would have stayed there just to say I had. 
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| | Posted : 14 Feb 2012 - 22:49 Post title : Re: Thunderbird Emblem (Re: feduke) | | | when triumph made the first thunderbirds in england we had two state airlines one was british overseas airways and the aircraft were known as speedbirds and all had the white speedbird on the aircraft. also the call signe was speedbird
just wonder if this had any thing to do with triumphs thinking
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