There's 'templates' available for almost every bike, you just need to google it. And they print it on vynil, with a transparent 'sticker' on top of it, for protection.
For printing, they use a 'big vynil printer' (sorry dont really know the name lol)
Like this:
Kawasakis wrote:I wonder what printer do they use to print these? And material? Plus how do they make them to fit perfectly on the plastic. Never knew..
First you have to design your graphics then you have to create vector cut lines in magenta so that when printed they can be read and cut by a cutter (I forget what it's called)
The printers are called Solvent Printers and then you have to get the graphics laminated for protection and then you have to get them cut and then you apply them to the bike carefully
Has anyone else ever had a template that was off? I ordered my graphics from the UK and paid a premium in shipping for wanting a unique look. The old 96-01 YZ rad shrouds have 4 bolt holes you have to line up. No matter where I placed the graphics I could not get the holes to all line up. I just ended up trimming the bottom part of the graphics. The bottom hole was at least off by an inch no way using heat could have fixed that.