The bikes were looking, well, ….ratty. One email and 20 min later AMR racing was our new graphics sponsor! Damm should have come up with that a year ago.
As with all of our other reviews, I won’t let a little free swag get in the way of a unbiased review, so here it is.
Quality:This stuff is BEEFY. I made a mistake on a front fender piece that I noticed a week later. I just pulled it off, gave it a little heat, and re-applied it. No stretching, no ripping, no warping, it just mounted right back up. 10/10 on quality is all I can say here. They say “world’s toughest graphics” and I belive them. Fortunately/unfortunately my students will be putting that to the test.
Style: Well it was my design, with Aaron from AMR Racing implementing it, So I’m gonna have to say coolest graphics ever! Nothing really to say here, as far as graphics kits go you either like the style or you don’t. I’m really happy with how they came out. When we designed the socal supermoto logo I told my friend Larry I wanted it to look like a late 60’s flat track poster. For the graphics on the bikes I wanted the same thing, yet to match the more modern lines of the bike. “16″ and “27″ are my kids birthdays. They came out exactly how I wanted them. I’m very stoked to have the school bikes looking the same.
Install: Honestly install was kind of a pain simply due to the load of doing multiple bikes, but can’t blame AMR here. I of course didn’t follow the instructions. There is a technique where you use soapy water and squegee out the air bubbles to get the proper allignment. I just wasn’t feeling it, and was having pretty good luck doing what I always do and using a hair dryer and credit card. If I was just doing one bike it would have felt pretty easy. Problem is I don’t have any patience as it is, and I was doing more than one bike. The project soon turned into feeling like a job. But if there’s one thing you don’t want to rush this is it. I solved the problem by just doing one or two pieces at a time over a week or so. There might be a little bubble here or there, and a piece that isn’t aligned perfectly, but overall the install came out nice and clean. It just took some real work, key is to give yourself time.
Fit: Here’s where I was really impressed. These guys have done their homework in the design of the template. The larger pieces are divided into multiple pieces which makes the installation process way easier. Also every single piece lined up pretty much perfect. Had one issue where the vinyl cutter missed a minor cutout. I did it myself with scissors, problem solved. With all the pieces and curves I can only imagine the work it took to get the template right, and they nailed it.
Wether you’ll want a set will of course come down to wether or not you dig what they have. Fortunately they have a lot! It’s pretty easy to get lost in their site, you can check it out here:
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