http://www.qualitylapelpins.com/

Have done business with these guys several times.

Also most any embroidery shop has books with patch designs in them

 

club patches

Mudbug
Thank you very much this is exactly what I am looking for. If anyone else has suggestions please step in.

 

Frisky,

I've got nothing to add to this thread, but just wanted to pop in and say hi.

Haven't seen you posting here much recently.

Just want to say you are one of the reasons I bit the bullet and bought motoport mesh kevlar riding gear. I've had my gear over two years now and love it.

Get lots of "Power Ranger" comments, but that's ok. Dress for the slide, not the ride!

Thanks again for the input on the gear.

Ride safely.

.

 

Motoport Kevlar Mesh

Hi Robeth!
Thanks for the comment. I am honored that I contributed something to your riding experience. I have always enjoyed reading your knowledgeable posts.

I drifted off for awhile, maybe a bit of overload.... and FWIW I am sorta back. Not a lot changes here. My biggest question would be... why did Fred get a new bike? His old one had Ubber miles but who keeps a bike up better than "himself".

As for the Motoport Kevlar Mesh jacket and pants.......I feel so lucky that I came across them 6 years ago. You know I wrote that piece on webbikeworld which compared Aerostich to Motoport and I think Wayne's business took off. If you google Aerostich that article comes up about #2 or 3. Must still be costing Andy bucks, yet, the deficiencies in the product remain. He won't change anything. The BMW guys keep him going and Motoport is a speck on his radar screen although I get the impression more and more guys are looking into Motoport Kevlar mesh and making the investment. Can't go wrong. I do not put FRISKY in gear without being fully attired in my kevlar mesh jacket and pants, and yes guys, it is 100% kevlar and NO ONE else has this.

Robeth, here is something you might not know about motoport, they have a relatively new upgraded armor package they developed for the Hong Kong PD that is a meaningful improvement over the already extremely good armor on the kevlar mesh gear. The upgrade is not inexpensive, nothing they make is, however, as you know, if you are lucky, you get what you pay for and with Motoport I think it is safe to say their kevlar mesh product over-delivers.

Breaks my evil heart to see all these guys talking about the vastly inferior gear out there and thinking that it will protect them in the worst of all situations. Spend the money now guys or spend it for skin grafts later. I think it's safe to say the former is a better deal than the latter.

For any other Motoport gear owners: check out their upgraded armor package. It can be retrofitted into your existing gear. I really like mine. A noticeable difference and well worth the incremental bucks.
Pete

 

We've been in the embroidery business nearly 13 years and I can tell you that to have a patch like that digitized (pattern made) and sewn will cost you A LOT. You could easily be looking in the $200+ range since creating the design is based on its complexity and # of stitches, and the embroidery is based on the # of stitches.

This is the guy we've used for years to create our designs and he does great work and is reasonably priced. Send him a .jpeg of the picture and size you want and he'll give you a quote (or range) w/o any obligations. Easy guy to do business with.

Let him know Jess with Hoop It Up Embroidery referred you.

http://www.tex-inc.com/index.php

 

Patch sources

GW pin and patch company is a part of GWRRA and fabricates pins and patches - check them out at www.gwrra.org. You might also try www.stadriemblems.com - I saw them at Americade and their patches seemed high quality.

 

Can anyone direct me to a place which can take a photo and fabricate it into a patch large enough to be place on the back of my jacket?
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.......

Yep, the Republic of South Korea.

SWMBO got this beauty done (on the back of her "party suit") for about ten bucks.......over 20 years ago.:22yikes:

Some of the proportions are funny, though. We didn't call South Korea "The Land of the Not Quite Right" for nothing!

I've got a dollar bill in there for scale. You can see this is a pretty good sized piece of work.