Has anyone ever actually tried this?

**Big Dave** · 28th January 2005, 20:54

Originally Posted by gman

ask blakamin he nos what to do.....ever heard of photo shop???.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/ne...te=1&p=161795#
Yes

Good point - I can make photoshop do just about anything too.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/pcw_big.html
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/beast72.html
are the best .psd layouts I have done.

I can change bike's colours and that sort of thing too. But you'd have to ask nice.
I've also photoshopped a lot of bikes:
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/origs/pa...ne_render1.htm
was on the cover of Twin eagle once too.

and there are some daytonas and stuff in that directory too
bd

**riffer** · 28th January 2005, 21:10

Nice photoshop work Dave.

I too have used Photoshop for a while (actually since 1.5) - from back in the days before layers, when alpha channels were saved as separate files and you only had 1 undo … the young fellas just don't know how good they have it now.

I always wanted to do motorcycles, but somehow got stuck retouching Holdens for McCanns for a few years.

Still its more fun riding them than retouching them that's for sure.

Hope to see you on the road one day.

**madboy** · 28th January 2005, 21:15

as soon as you get pulled by the cops and they query the vehicle, they can also access the cc rating if they ask. sometimes if it's part of the name, like Suzuki GSX250, well, duh, they're gonna figure it out pretty quick. then if they look at the stickers that don't match??? well, might as well drop trou and bite your gloves.

i haven't checked your profile so don't know if you're over 25 or not, but if you are you should do the CBTA course. took me from no bike licence to a full one inside 3 months. personally i bought the 400 at day one (literally!) i was allowed exemptions to ride it for the CBTA/licence courses, the other few thousand kays i rode during that time i just took my chances.

$400 and 25 demerit points every time you get pulled for a licence infringement... so theoretically on your learners you're cruising the mway following traffic at 100km/h on your 1000cc with no L plates and it's 10.30pm... $1600 and no licence in one hit. reality is, though, it's not likely they'd ping you for the whole lot. but it's a risk to consider.

i say do the CBTA if you can, otherwise buy a really farking fast bike and say a prayer before each ride.

**avgas** · 28th January 2005, 21:19

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Reality check. Cops don't give a toss about stickers and what they say, unless they happend to be into bikes.

Have to agree there, friend of mine got pulled over on his ZZR, cop asked him "So is this a Suzuki?" - Kawasaki written on bold on the tank, and fairings.
As for passing a 600 off as a 250, no.
And a good 250 will take a 200kg mass person to 100ks no worries.
Hell my 150 took me and a friend (about 160Kgs) to about 170kmh without too much effort

**ZX12R Hoon** · 29th January 2005, 19:41

Not many people know this yet. Peter McIntosh, National President of Ulysses

has been working closely with ACC to have the rules changed, re the 250cc learners limit. He has been pushing the line that it should be based on the Weight to Power ratio of the bike.

Think of it this way why limit a learner to a 250 which can go a hell of a lot faster than an old BSA500? The logic of this is setting in and changes are on the way. A list of bikes which fit under the Weight to power limit is being compiled now. Hopefully soon we will have a more sensible system.

**Jamezo** · 29th January 2005, 22:50

Originally Posted by ZX12R Hoon

Not many people know this yet. Peter McIntosh, National President of Ulysses

has been working closely with ACC to have the rules changed, re the 250cc learners limit. He has been pushing the line that it should be based on the Weight to Power ratio of the bike.

Think of it this way why limit a learner to a 250 which can go a hell of a lot faster than an old BSA500? The logic of this is setting in and changes are on the way. A list of bikes which fit under the Weight to power limit is being compiled now. Hopefully soon we will have a more sensible system.

but, but, but, but that means learners won't be able to have 1337 NSR250's :disapint:

**Dodgyiti** · 30th January 2005, 07:53

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

The problem is the cops aint stupid --they go round and read the rego lable
as soon as they do you're sprung.
The 250 lables might work for a cursury glance I suppose.
Um er well hypotheticly speaking it is possible that a gpz500 might have been licenced as a GPZ2500 by mistake and with 250 stickers could have been mistaken for a 250 even at a reg wof check--but of course i know noone who would do such a thing

Yep, a feasible plan.
Get a knackered 250 still on the books, and buy the larger CC model and whack the plates on it from the 250. The difference between a modern 250 and 600 is pretty small to the uneducated

**XTC** · 30th January 2005, 08:19

I did the opposite. I put 250cc stickers on my C50. That alone was worth another 10km/h...

**Storm** · 30th January 2005, 10:32

Should've painted it red and put a racing stripe on it. Good for another 10km/h each

**s.langham** · 30th January 2005, 18:07

heaps of people mistake my ZZR 250 for a bigger bike (only visible 250 is on the rego)
"so is that a 400 or a 650?"..... "muahahaha u just got done by a 250!!"

dunno wether it would fit (im a newby) but couldn't you get a 250 frame and chuck in the bigger motor without telling any1 (im sure i could squeese sumthing bigger in there...)

**hobdar** · 5th February 2005, 14:57

mis-read the original post...shoot the noobie

**marty** · 5th February 2005, 17:52

aprilia. rs250. says it all really. lumbered my 6'1" 105kg lard arse to 220k with regularity

**marty** · 5th February 2005, 18:04

if it wasn't for the 2 exhausts........

**Blakamin** · 5th February 2005, 18:15

Originally Posted by marty

aprilia. rs250. says it all really. lumbered my 6'1" 105kg lard arse to 220k with regularity

Had one screaming passed me on riverside highway in upper hutt today...went by so quick it coulda been a mille if it wasn't for the 2-smoker noise! (thank farq I was in barbie and not on the Duc or I woulda been shamed big-time)

**avgas** · 5th February 2005, 19:04

why not a 150cc learners license?
give anyone 6 months on one of them and they learn so much without risking as much. Also, we have to be reasonable about restrictictions, i mean i sure dont want the cops pulling me over, to check bike model, size, hp, torque......as a 'random check'.
It should be a sense of community responsibility to patrol bike size for those that cant control themselves.
If all else fail, Darwins theorem.