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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 01:08 PM
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Welcome and I don't get it, it looks goofy to me.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 01:52 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
Just a thought here:
Add a small 1% patch as only about 1% of the people you run into will understand the concept. Also add a small MC patch in the mix for "More Comics".
That should cover it.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 02:23 PM
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Patch, huh? You're not a hardcore biker out joining the club. Try not to be the insta-biker either flashing a bunch of just purchased patches. Accumulate them as you go thru life.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 02:33 PM
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Welcome to the forum. Happy you are here. And as best you can, ignore those whose main purpose here is to incite discord. There are a lot of nice guys here but there are a few who constantly look for how they can put someone down. They tend to post mainly in this, the Off Topic and the Political Open Discussion sections.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 03:05 PM
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welcome to the forum.

i'm an anime fan. I didn't get the reference. so I'm thinking that very, very few in bike land will get it either. many will take it as an insult. I wouldn't chance it.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 03:34 PM
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If you really like it put it on your jacket. You can 'splain what it is if anyone gives a crap.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 04:15 PM
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30 years ago a patch meant something and there was some rules involved wearing one. Today every swinging dick and his grandmother has a patch of some kind so it pretty much means squat, go for it you are over thinking this way too much nobody cares.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 10:35 PM
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Thanks for the welcome and thanks for all the feedback everyone. I truly appreciate it.
I think I'm going to trust my instincts here and just not get the patch. If anything I'll just do something totally custom with no type.
I did this design recently and thought it might make a badass patch:

 

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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by undertow_drown
I think I'm going to trust my instincts here and just not get the patch.
I agree with Twisted - however in this case there is history

Keep you mouth shut about what you're wearing / planing to wear


Not trying to scare Ya..., not trying to come off like an internet tough guy

Like I said..., there is history


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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 11:21 PM
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It's fine. Just do it. Never been in a MC, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
 
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