Mid 70's BP Rally.

[Davey Crocket]

I remember doing a "hare and hounds" in the Rimutakas, rode my new DT400B to the event, got 3/4's of a lap into it and she stopped (water in the ign), got towed back by a XL350 Honda that blew 3rd gear, rained the hole farken time....ofcourse it started when we got back to the start, rode home, got pulled up by a traffic cop on the way home....he didnt like my homemade rubber headlight brackets, but I said, hey, there the latest trick, fad thing to do.....told me to hurry up and get home and clean the mud off the thing (he couldnt read my number plate)....I would have been 16 years old.....it was friggen cold too......argghh, the good old days.

[IT400C]

From the BP website you get this,




So in 1977, you should technically be using this (darker colours and vertical letter font)




This supposedly only came started being used in 1989 (brighter colours and angled text font)




BUT - these are from what Ive seen on some "old shit" of mine laying round (and from my memory), I think there may have been a transitional logo in the 70's.

Older style shield and vertical letters (this is from a 1972 MX poster)




but with newer, brighter colours (from a 1973 sticker)




Have I confused the issue now?  

Oh, and btw, the shield shape is based on a US Highway Numbering sign...

[John Orchard]

Oops just dug out my old cloth-patch, I was there in '78 (I shoulda realized that I couldn't have ridden a TS185B in '74 der!).

[Hardex]

Hi  John Found your results in the 78 BP Desert Rally official Results Programme  .Great Ride.

[John Orchard]

Thanks for posting that, brings back memories :-)

[Davey Crocket]

If I could get the measurements of those decals that would be great fellas.

[Hardo]

Heya Davey, the round one I posted up (76) is 113mm in Diameter.

I will scan it tomorrow night and throw it up. I will try to get the scan set at 100% of original. (not sure if I know how tho)

Hope that helps.
 

[Canam370]

Ditto 

[Davey Crocket]

Thanks boys