So, what's new at RetroJohn's!
So, other than riding around and generally being slack... i thought i'd better get a new design up here! I've always been a Castrol 20/50 fan when i comes to motor oil... more than anything else, i just like the design of the Castrol can! Then i thought, RetroJohn needs a good grade oil... you know how it is, old cranks and gear heads need a good lude... yeah right, i could have made that sound a lot worse! ;-)
Inspiration No. 5: RetroGrade Motor Oil advertising...
Righty O', RetroJohn now has a blog, so just blogged it! Check out the blog for generally what's going on... This "What's New" page will stay for ideas and new stuff in the shop.
Inspiration No. 4: Everyone's gotta' have a motto right!? So, RetroJohn's is "Look Back With Triumph - ad gloriam momentum"... The sprocket idea was er borrowed from Motomania - i don't think they'll mind... :-)
Inspiration No. 3: So, there i am out for a ride (to consol myself being as Hinckley wouldn't let me use the old Triumph logo) day dreaming about T-Shirt design ideas... and there was one, on the petrol tank...
Mine says "Tiger 650" but i think they also had them on the Trophy's?
Inspiration No. 2: Of course, who can think of classic motorcycles and not think of those weathered old advertising signs. I've got a couple of old tin signs... i was looking at one on the wall in the garage one evening and thought, ah, now there's an idea for a shirt! I wasn't sure about the old Triumph logo so i asked the new 'Hinckley' Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. about using it first, they said "no"... Oh well... back to the drawing board, or out for a ride!
Inspiration No. 1: This was an idea i've had floating about for a while now... There i was looking at the oil slick under my bike and i thought... now there's an iconic image of British motorcycles... but not a very inspiring picture to put on a T-Shirt... then i looked up and saw, right in front of me... "MINIMUM OIL LEVEL", right there on the oil tank. Now that would make a great design!