I originally bought my Rally with the "free" yellow panels (see avatar). I thought the black with yellow looked good -- still do. But then I read somewhere that the White Heritage panels were in honor of the original Can Am's. I owned one of the originals, a '74 125 TNT, first one sold in Tulsa, OK. That was one of the top 2 or 3 best bikes of the 32 I've owned! Fantastic bike. So I looked at the White Heritage panels a little closer and noticed they ARE the same color scheme as on my '74 just without the lettering. So … I purchased a set and my daughter-in-law made some stencils and now I think it really honors the original.
Spyder F3-S Special Series my traveling ride
Ryker Rally modified for dual sport duty
Honda Grom heavily modified for dual sport duty
Ducati Scrambler Icon Dark my other traveling ride
That’s cool! I have a shirt with that color scheme but didn’t know the significance
2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
Poli, when I first saw the Heritage panels I thought like Aufgeblassen47 that they were too busy. However, now that I am educated to what the "heritage" was, and with the stencils your DIL made, I have changed my mind; that looks pretty cool. I guess I will be baking a crow pie for dinner tonight!
Well done...looks just like the originals and we had many in south america on the motocross circut. We had a lot of other makes and models you don't see anymore... congrats your daughter did a great job....
Gene and Ilana De Laney Mt. Helix, California
2012 RS sm5
2012 RS sm5 , 998cc V-Twin 106hp DIY brake and park brake Classic Black
I originally bought my Rally with the "free" yellow panels (see avatar). I thought the black with yellow looked good -- still do. But then I read somewhere that the White Heritage panels were in honor of the original Can Am's. I owned one of the originals, a '74 125 TNT, first one sold in Tulsa, OK. That was one of the top 2 or 3 best bikes of the 32 I've owned! Fantastic bike. So I looked at the White Heritage panels a little closer and noticed they ARE the same color scheme as on my '74 just without the lettering. So … I purchased a set and my daughter-in-law made some stencils and now I think it really honors the original.
I think it looks great! In my humble opinion the Ryker is overly monochromatic and your mod adds an excellent splash of color, not to mention an homage to retro styling. Well done, says he.!
Honoring the Orginals
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