Originally Posted by
dw01
Thanks for the inputs. I haven't looked for bike decals in quite some time and all of my go-to sources(especially the one mentioned above) are no more.
I'll probably take a shot at using the printable decal paper and making them myself. The text looks like it won't be much of a problem as I've seen that font in other places - Lethal Weapon movie title maybe) but the old "N with ribbons" logo is likely to be a problem.
Any suggestions? Anyone make their own replacement decals this way?
Never underestimate tiny differences in fonts. A good close one is "just off somehow" when you look at the bike... you don't know whats wrong, its just wrong. Corporate/brand designs are there for a reason - minus 90' big firms all getting away with Helvetica.
Decals can be reproduced, the problem is color accuracy. I sometimes help out people for fun to reproduce simpler things, but getting it printed is a pain, since white color can't be printed, and without white, colors are off on transparent medium.
Cyclomondo in Australia is one of the most famous bike decal producers, well known for top quality, check them out:
https://www.cyclomondo.net/
They don't list Nishiki, but sending them a mail can't hurt.