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    Charles W - BS Photographer at large

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    We use a vector redrawing service in India......fast...accurate....and CHEAP.....we pay 6.00 to have something redrawn from a .jpg or .bmp to vector. Here in the US.... 30.00 to 50.00 for the same thing.....oh...and India does it in 2-3 hours...US...2-3 days.
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      Ahh, the Royal Enfield.

      built like a vintage .22 rifle, with about the same amount of power.

      Great craftsmanship by that striper though.
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          Originally posted by Chassisman View Post
          We use a vector redrawing service in India......fast...accurate....and CHEAP.....we pay 6.00 to have something redrawn from a .jpg or .bmp to vector. Here in the US.... 30.00 to 50.00 for the same thing.....oh...and India does it in 2-3 hours...US...2-3 days.
          hell if i knew that when I was running my sign business, I would of made ALOT more money
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          • #6
            wow i never thought gearheads would take part in the outsourcing

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              Wife says that's probably in her home town (well city, it's got like 7+ million people) and when I was there I remember there were just fab shops down lots of alleys on the main roads that turned out ornate iron work and beautiful metal sculptures like it was mass production. Labor is so cheap that the only machinery you'll see on construction sites generally only either provides lots of weight (rollers and that type of thing) or lifts something too heavy for like 12 dudes to carry up a bamboo scaffold to whatever floor it is. Stuff on the market isn't special if it's hand painted.... just about all of it is!
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                My name is Peggy,how can I help you?
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                  My oldest bro toured that factory. He said it was AMAZING that any of the bikes even started and ran. All the machinery wobbled and the mills hopped in their ways. Evidently the operators have learned to compensate for the slop and they produce bikes that function. I'm not sure how well, but they start and run under their own power.

                  Dan

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by 1931s/x View Post
                    wow i never thought gearheads would take part in the outsourcing
                    huh? those bikes are made, sold, and ridden in India. That's about as "insourcing" as it gets. And to be a good Craftsman also doesn't require being an American either.
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                      I guess you missed Chassisman's post, Scott?
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                        Originally posted by squirrel View Post
                        I guess you missed Chassisman's post, Scott?
                        Nope, I read that one too.

                        If it was related to the guy complaining about gearheads outsourcing - it should have been included in the post. Either way - lame complaint.
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                          Originally posted by HEMI View Post
                          My name is Peggy,how can I help you?
                          BUAH! I think it's "My name Peggy"...

                          We had a Royal Enfield at work, it's a time machine but it was brand new. They claim 85mpg... I'd rather be seen on one of these than a Chinese Moped. I think they got manufacturing rights from the Brits, this thing hasn't changed much since the 50's.

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                          had to bing this up - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Enfield

                          Didn't we have a thread recently on a guy from India doing a restoration in the dirt and it actually came out looking somewhat decent? Those guys are kind of like Cubans. Can't get a part? Make it. I'm not a fan of OFFSHORING, but I find nothing wrong with the human spirit of BANGSHIFTING. This one is actually being exported. We should look into that ourselves.



                          Carry on.
                          Last edited by Beagle; July 27, 2011, 07:27 AM. Reason: removing excess political flame fodder
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                            The pinstriper has some mad skills to be able to pull those lines off at that speed. I wonder how many tanks he does a day? lol

                            Imagine a line of pinstripers striping cars by the hundreds. Before cars, even bicycles were pinstriped by hand. It's really cool to see that the guys at Royal Enfield are still doing it old school because I don't think we're likely to see anything like that on mass produced vehicles again.

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                            A few pics I found on the HAMB: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=415183

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                              Darren, my great uncle was a sign painter for Humble Oil (Amoco) and Union Carbide in the early / mid 20th century. He was unbelievably fast and accurate. My first ex spent some time with him trying to pick up tips and stuff... she was into calligraphy at the time and was pretty damn good at it. I was glad to see somebody try to learn from him, I fear all of this in the US anyway will get lost to vinyl cutters.
                              Last edited by Beagle; July 27, 2011, 09:30 AM.
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