Would it be sacrilege to use this badge?

I'll be fabbing up some side covers for my KZ250 cafe project. I was surfing around looking for badges or emblems.
I have "Kawasaki" badges for the tank.

I really like these Suzuki GT250 emblems.


They might look really nice with the color scheme I have in mind, too.
Would it be against all things KZ if I used a Suzuki badge on the bike? It's pretty modified anyway and will look nothing like a stock KZ when I'm done.

If you think it's just wrong to use them, take a look at all the 250 badges available here:
www.reproductiondecals.com/default_frame...ml?content.html~main

See anything really cool? (BTW, this post is totally tongue in cheek, but my girlfriend thinnks it's just wrong to use a Suzuki badge on a Kawasaki).

The only one you need to please is yourself (and your gf). Having said that, the only thing I find totally distasteful are people trying to make their vehicle into something it's not, like this:

Ooh, yuck.

No, it will look more like this.


All the KZ250 emblems I can find have "LTD" or "Z250C" or something.
There are several plain "250" emblems from other models. Think anyone but a Suzuki guy would know I used a Suzuki badge?

Catseye is right. If it floats your boat. Others will always have their opinion. Respect theirs and they will mostly respect yours. I do say mostly. There may be grown children who figure you better think like them. They are usually not much fun anyway after the first 5 minutes.

A lot of people will know it's a Suzuki badge, few will care.

Proxy wrote:

...usually not much fun anyway after the first 5 minutes.

Some say that about women. :lol:

Motorcycle customizing is just that. Make YOUR bike the way YOU want it to be

Figures, that ugly ass car is from Jersey.

no worse than all the suzuki swingarms,wheels,brakes,usd forks,rearsets......... on here! :laugh:

really I got a zuk swingarm on my bike, and there are purists out there that would take offense, I think its a cool emblem go with it, nice progress BTW, gonna use drag bars ???

stonemaster wrote:

BTW, gonna use drag bars ???

Nope, I was able to figure out some rear set brackets that will enable me to run the clip ons.

How about this? Looks good and is still Kawasaki -