Just a note, while stickers don't generally damage the finish of the paint underneath they do prevent the colour from fading so you may see a ghost of the design if/when you remove them.
we have had the foc-u t shirts for a while on the site - fatmaggot.com we do not use the tuning fork - as Yam are prone to not liking it being used commercialy (which you are also doing with the stickers) so be careful.
i also have the cut vinyl foc-u if anyone needs those
Fat Maggot Clothing Company - remember FOCU15 to claim your foccers discount
Which ever way you look at it its an infringement of copyright and copyright theft,copyright theft in the usa alone will cost you $10,000 fine in the first instance,and please dont imagine for 1 second that they wont prosecute because they can and do...
I am just trying to show you what you are getting into here,its their marketing logo do you really think anybody can just go around re-producing it ?
Be courteus at the least and ask them you may be pleasantly surprised or maybe not?
I have stood and watched as they closed a business down at the nec bike show 3 years ago because someone was selling jackets there with this logo on,they took every single item and were prosecuted.
what are we actually putting on the bike that isnt there already?
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!"
Seriously folks, I have no issues with FOC-U stickers (I have the URL and my username on my number plate), however, as I mentioned in the post about changing our name, we have NO affiliation with Yamaha.
I'd much rather not get arsey, but I won't have the future of our forum jeapordised by people that will not listen when a point is explained.
Replacement name badges and decals are readily available, fine, however I in no way advocate the naming of our site as THE Fazers owner club, THE Yamaha owners club or the like, which as far as I can see all four stickers do.
You claim that it's to show affiliation to the club, if so there is no need to add further corporate logos to the bike, merely our URL.
If your sensibilities preclude you from displaying the very address of the site you wish to advertise then may I suggest that you don't?
I'd ask that if you do wish to have these made, then you do so out with our forums, as such may I ask that you remove the images from the thread?
If my memory serves me well which on occasion it can,was there not some legalities when the blue suited fazerman first made this site about the name Yamaha being used in the title of the site,or is that an imagined rumblings of a member when the site was first born??
I know i dont visit this site as much as i used to and am not going to explain why but i wouldnt like to see it vanish because of a logo.?
I totally understand the problems that arise from using a companies logo, so why do we not put together a request to yamaha to get authorisation to use their logo on a limited run of stickers??
I understand this might be a no go, but if you don't ask you don't get!
I do not mind putting together a email to yamaha regarding this.
Of course this might have already been done by F.O.C.U back when it was all started, if so i'll shut up and go back to my corner!