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Author Topic: Motorcycle Typography  (Read 810 times)

Offline montmil

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Motorcycle Typography
« 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. :-/



Monte Miller
Denton, TEXAS
1978 BMW R100S
1981 BMW R65
1983 BMW R65
1995 Triumph Trophy
1986 VW Cabriolet

Offline Barry

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Re: Motorcycle Typography
« Reply #1 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
« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 01:57:07 PM by bhodgson »
Barry Cheshire, England 79 R45

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Re: Motorcycle Typography
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2013, 09:12:32 PM »
E: Enfield (India)
Q: Qiangjing ( China)

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Re: Motorcycle Typography
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Motorcycle Typography
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2013, 08:55:09 AM »
Answers...

Monte Miller
Denton, TEXAS
1978 BMW R100S
1981 BMW R65
1983 BMW R65
1995 Triumph Trophy
1986 VW Cabriolet