Friday 9 March 2012

Graphic Detail #4 - Greg Albertyn's 1996 Factory Suzuki


I love this bike, its like the Monster girl, sorry Suzuki, Rockstar girl of the motorcycle world. It looks so good that it should probably have an 18 rating yet its amazingly simple. You just know it would get confused if you asked it what 2+2 is (it's 4 but I'm just showing off). The graphics have so much flow that they need an industrial size tampon. The way the black and white blocks run on to the seat is pure class and then the black does it's best duracel impression and keeps on going in the form of the small sticker that contours to the shape of the rear fender with a cheeky little silkolene logo in the middle of it just for good measure and good sponsorship exposure. Also I love the use of the red to make the Suzuki S thingy stand out like badger at a conference for weasels, as I said in my last Graphic Detail, the best graphics have 3 or 4 colours max. Good choice of numbers aswell, very simplistic but big enough that you could choke on them, if only the fuckin' mechanic could put them on straight. This bike is beautiful, simple, elegant (no homo). So what gear would you wear when riding it? Of course Albee pick the gear that has none of those points, Bieffe. That's like curling one out on Megan Fox's chest! You won 3 world championships and you couldn't get a better sponsor than the Cleveland steamer of motocross gears. (In my best South African accent) Poor show my friend.



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