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Rick McNelly
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Post by Rick McNelly » Sat May 26, 2001 9:53 pm

Here is an example of what the reflective tape looks like on our helmets. The pics are taken in the living room with the camera at the same position as the light source. I may add some night shots from headlight illumination if the weather gets better. These things shine really bright under those conditions. Denise did a great job applying the tape, and getting me motivated to do my helmet. We co-designed the graphics on my Shoei, and she applied the tape. We are thinking about using urethane clear coat to prevent the tape from peeling off. http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292608749&idx=0 72/73, --Rick, KE4IZH KLR650-A14 '01 Blast Chesapeake, Va

Rich Kickbush
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Post by Rich Kickbush » Sat May 26, 2001 11:53 pm

Rick, Swweeeeeeeeet job on the helmets - that's given me a bunch of ideas. I'm guessing you used the 3M scotchlite? I had a strip of it on the back of my white dirt helmet, you could hardly see it during the day, but at night it sticks out like dog's balls, reflecting any bit of stray light. I had a small piece on the rear of my panniers, and that was as bright or brighter than my tail light when hit with a headlight. Lets cages know how wide you actually are. The stuff is super cheap too, I grabbed mine from a sign design place. Nice job! Rich
> Here is an example of what the reflective tape looks like on our helmets. > The pics are taken in the living room with the camera at the same position > as the light source. > > I may add some night shots from headlight illumination if the weather gets > better. These things shine really bright under those conditions. > > Denise did a great job applying the tape, and getting me motivated to do
my
> helmet. We co-designed the graphics on my Shoei, and she applied the
tape.
> We are thinking about using urethane clear coat to prevent the tape from > peeling off. > > http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292608749&idx=0 > > > 72/73, > > --Rick, KE4IZH > KLR650-A14 > '01 Blast > Chesapeake, Va > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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Post by Dan Oaks » Sun May 27, 2001 7:26 am

Your helmets look great, but I don't think spraying anything over tape is a good idea. It's doubful that it will do anything but make a mess if and wehn the tape peels off. -- bierdo Rick McNelly wrote:
> Here is an example of what the reflective tape looks like on our helmets. > The pics are taken in the living room with the camera at the same position > as the light source. > > I may add some night shots from headlight illumination if the weather gets > better. These things shine really bright under those conditions. > > Denise did a great job applying the tape, and getting me motivated to do my > helmet. We co-designed the graphics on my Shoei, and she applied the tape. > We are thinking about using urethane clear coat to prevent the tape from > peeling off. > > http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292608749&idx=0 > > 72/73, > > --Rick, KE4IZH > KLR650-A14 > '01 Blast > Chesapeake, Va >
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Rick McNelly
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Post by Rick McNelly » Sun May 27, 2001 9:49 am

Thanks Rich! We ordered the tape from: http://www.identi-tape.com/safety.htm They have all kinds of tape, including some glow in the dark tape that I'm planning to use around the ignition switch. We have also used some SOLAS tape for our jackets and soft luggage that is incredible stuff: http://www.landfallnavigation.com/ssrt1.html It works on anything. I have tried a small patch on a junk helmet and it works well but is thick and conspicuous. 72/73, --Rick, KE4IZH KLR650-A14 '01 Blast Chesapeake, Va
> Swweeeeeeeeet job on the helmets - that's given me a bunch of > ideas. I'm guessing you used the 3M scotchlite? I had a strip of it on the > back of my white dirt helmet, you could hardly see it during the day, but at > night it sticks out like dog's balls, reflecting any bit of stray light. I > had a small piece on the rear of my panniers, and that was as bright or > brighter than my tail light when hit with a headlight. Lets cages know how > wide you actually are. The stuff is super cheap too, I grabbed mine from a > sign design place. > Nice job! > > Rich

Rick McNelly
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Post by Rick McNelly » Sun May 27, 2001 9:53 am

You have a point about not covering the tape. Denise believes it will hold up ok, and if some does get damaged, it will be easy to just put some new tape on. 72/73, --Rick, KE4IZH KLR650-A14 '01 Blast Chesapeake, Va
> Your helmets look great, but I don't think spraying anything over tape is a > good idea. It's doubful that it will do anything but make a mess if and wehn > the tape peels off. > > -- > bierdo

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Post by ktmh53@aol.com » Sun May 27, 2001 5:05 pm

In a message dated 5/27/01 8:28:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bierdo@... writes:
> We are thinking about using urethane clear coat to prevent the tape from > > peeling off. >
I use 3M reflective tape on my US NAVY flight helmet and I strongly urge you not to put anything over reflective tape as this may/will degrade the reflective properties. My . 03 cents worth Kurt Thomas NAS Patuxent River, MD N38.26.762, W76.44.614 http://members.tripod.com/kurt_thomas/">The Thomas' Family, US NAVY, KLR650 and VW Website [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Post by john e gonzales » Mon May 28, 2001 1:57 pm

1998 Kawasaki Klr 650 A-12 for sale heated grip wraps soft luggage centerstand side gaurds $3200.00 located near tulsa oklahoma see my website http://www.geocities.com/johnsklr/forsale.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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