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General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: montmil on November 24, 2013, 12:04:30 PM

Title: Motorcycle Typography
Post by: montmil on November 24, 2013, 12:04:30 PM

Kinda bored today...

Here's both a vision and a historical knowledge test. Can you name the motorcycles brands in this alphabet? I'll post the answers in a few days. Maybe one week. Whatever. :-/

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Title: Re: Motorcycle Typography
Post by: Barry on November 24, 2013, 01:45:54 PM

I'm stuck on q and e

Ossa was tough until you look at it's position in the list.

...and maybe one or two of the others are not correct but here's my list

AJS
BSA
CAGIVA
DUCATI

FRANCIS BARNETT
GILERA
HENDERSON
INDIAN
GREEVES
JAWA
KAWASAKI
LAVERDA
MATCHLESS
NORTON
OSSA
PANTHER

ROYAL ENFIELD
SUZUKI
TRIUMPH
VELOCETTE
WOOLER
YAMAHA
ZUNDAPP

Title: Re: Motorcycle Typography
Post by: balibeemer on November 24, 2013, 09:12:32 PM

E: Enfield (India)
Q: Qiangjing ( China)

Title: Re: Motorcycle Typography
Post by: nhmaf on November 25, 2013, 09:52:54 AM

And "u" is for Ural!    I also couldn't get 'q', and I was thinking 'M' was for Montessa.

Title: Re: Motorcycle Typography
Post by: montmil on November 30, 2013, 08:55:09 AM

Answers...

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