jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2015 This is much better than that dumb bike one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 13, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2015 The wheels in our icon look like swastikas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 13, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2015 The wheels in our icon look like swastikas. This makes me sad. If someone wants to lead me toward a more appropriate logo I can incorporate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 13, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2015 This makes me sad.it shouldn't. From the Wik. The swastika (also known as the gammadion cross or cross cramponnée) is a symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross, with its four legs bent at 90 degrees (as a Chinese character: 卐 or 卍).It is considered to be a very sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Just because some asshat stole the symbol back in the 1930s, the meaning didn't suddenly change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 13, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 13, 2015 it shouldn't. From the Wik. The swastika (also known as the gammadion cross or cross cramponnée) is a symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross, with its four legs bent at 90 degrees (as a Chinese character: 卐 or 卍).It is considered to be a very sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Just because some asshat stole the symbol back in the 1930s, the meaning didn't suddenly change. But that asshat really popularized it in a certain way that lots of people don't appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted January 13, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 13, 2015 The wheels in our icon look like swastikas. I know. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 13, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 13, 2015 The wheels in our icon look like swastikas. The simple solution is to either increase the number of spokes or move the current spokes to the corners of the wheels instead of the flats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted January 13, 2015 Share #8 Posted January 13, 2015 I don't think I ever saw a swastika in that image. but now it's all I see. What about the "Hexagonal Wheels Forum"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted January 13, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2015 The simple solution is to either increase the number of spokes Hell no - think of the added rotational weight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 13, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 13, 2015 I don't think I ever saw a swastika in that image.i never looked at it like that, but I do see swastickas when a little kid draws a house with square windows and a couple of crossed lines making windowpanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 13, 2015 Share #11 Posted January 13, 2015 Hell no - think of the added rotational weight! True. It might slow the site down... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted January 13, 2015 Share #12 Posted January 13, 2015 What if the wheels and spokes aren't the same color? Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 13, 2015 Share #13 Posted January 13, 2015 We could make the swastikas more pronounced with shading. It might help keep out the thin skinned folks. <much jest here> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 13, 2015 Share #14 Posted January 13, 2015 We could make the swastikas more pronounced with shading. It might help keep out the thin skinned folks. <much jest here>or it could attract more people to the forum. I'm using the definition of the word "people" very loosely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 13, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 13, 2015 But that asshat really popularized it in a certain way that lots of people don't appreciate.dont let that asshat win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 13, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 13, 2015 The wheels in our icon look like swastikas. I wasn't going to say anything, but what makes it even worse is the dude on the bike has one of those little Hitler-mustaches! Look really close, it's there. I can't believe people never noticed this before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted January 13, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 13, 2015 Meh, just put a more stylish helmet on the riders head to help draw attention away from the wheels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2015 Share #18 Posted January 14, 2015 I'm glad the site isn't called "pedaling squares". People might wonder why we're selling swastikas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted January 14, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 14, 2015 Bosox is right - don't let some bad due win - the swastika is very auspicious and is seen all through India. Take it as what it really is, not as what it was turned into by some maniac. This is Ganesha one of the most worshipped deities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted January 14, 2015 Share #20 Posted January 14, 2015 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2015 Share #21 Posted January 14, 2015 That shape is featured prominently in indigenous artwork throughout the southwest, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted January 14, 2015 Share #22 Posted January 14, 2015 That shape is featured prominently in indigenous artwork throughout the southwest, also. I did not know that - interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2015 Share #23 Posted January 14, 2015 "The Navajo used the symbol to represent whirling logs. From http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/native-american-symbol-whirling-log-swastika/ it is explained that "Whirling Logs are used in Navajo sand paintings during a healing or other type of ceremony. A sand painting is supposed to be a temporary piece of art which is destroyed after the ceremony is over. However sand painting designs are also used in prints and framed paintings, rugs and on jewelry" (Knapp). "That guy" who co-opted the symbol has to stop winning people's minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted January 14, 2015 How about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #25 Posted January 14, 2015 Hell no This isn't a blow-boating forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #26 Posted January 14, 2015 Hell no This isn't a blow-boating forum. There are not a lot of 72 foot powerboats on this planet that could catch that thing. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #27 Posted January 14, 2015 Powerboats don't need to be that big, just to be fast. 72' yachts are built like mansions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #28 Posted January 14, 2015 Powerboats don't need to be that big, just to be fast. 72' yachts are built like mansions. The majority of powerboats could not catch that thing. It will sail in excess of 60 miles per hour. You know that is fast on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #29 Posted January 14, 2015 The majority of powerboats could not catch that thing. It will sail in excess of 60 miles per hour. You know that is fast on the water. Hell, I had an 18' Sea Ray runbabout that would not do 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #30 Posted January 14, 2015 Of course it would do 40 with very little work and no wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #31 Posted January 14, 2015 The majority of powerboats could not catch that thing. It will sail in excess of 60 miles per hour. You know that is fast on the water.60 is fast for a blowboat, but it's NBD for a powerboat. Some of our rentals were that fast, and all of the PWC were. The Boston Whaler I used to get to repairs on the lake was a 70mph boat. I've done over 100mph on a bass boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #32 Posted January 14, 2015 60 is fast for a blowboat, but it's NBD for a powerboat. Some of our rentals were that fast, and all of the PWC were. The Boston Whaler I used to get to repairs on the lake was a 70mph boat. I've done over 100mph on a bass boat. I too have seen triple digits and I know that bass boats, PWC, etc will do 60, but the majority of boats sold will not. I am including ALL boats, not a select few. Pontoons, the average run about, the average fishing boat and almost every boat over about 30 feet, will not. I will stand my statement that the majority (anything over 50%) of powerboats will not do 60 mph. Remember that like you, I was raised on the water, managed a boat rental for years and spent years working at one of the larger boat dealers in Dallas, so I know of what I speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #33 Posted January 14, 2015 60 is fast for a blowboat, but it's NBD for a powerboat. Some of our rentals were that fast, and all of the PWC were. The Boston Whaler I used to get to repairs on the lake was a 70mph boat. I've done over 100mph on a bass boat. My brother in law's dad had an Allison that would do 92 right off the trailer without mods to the hull or motor. It was a 22 foot bass boat IIRC. It may not have been that long (TWSS). But over the years he modded the hell out of the trim tabs, motor, prop, etc to get more MPH. Why? I have no idea. I have no interest in going that fast on a skinny little plank of fiberglass and gelcoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #34 Posted January 14, 2015 I too have seen triple digits and I know that bass boats, PWC, etc will do 60, but the majority of boats sold will not. I am including ALL boats, not a select few. Pontoons, the average run about, the average fishing boat and almost every boat over about 30 feet, will not. I will stand my statement that the majority (anything over 50%) of powerboats will not do 60 mph. Remember that like you, I was raised on the water, managed a boat rental for years and spent years working at one of the larger boat dealers in Dallas, so I know of what I speak. I would tend to agree. Like I said, my little Sea Ray would barely do 40. And I think it was a pretty standard boat. 18', 140 I/O Merc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #35 Posted January 14, 2015 I would tend to agree. Like I said, my little Sea Ray would barely do 40. And I think it was a pretty standard boat. 18', 140 I/O Merc. Sox knows I am right, he just likes to argue with me, so he can tell me to pull my head out of my ass and that I am insane and stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 14, 2015 Share #36 Posted January 14, 2015 Sox knows I am right, he just likes to argue with me, so he can tell me to pull my head out of my ass and that I am insane and stuff. If you have your head up your ass, you might consider that he is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #37 Posted January 14, 2015 If you have your head up your ass, you might consider that he is right. mind blown ( or maybe I just farted) ((or jsharrted)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 14, 2015 Share #38 Posted January 14, 2015 mind blown ( or maybe I just farted) ((or jsharrted)) How did it get up their anyhow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #39 Posted January 14, 2015 I think 50 is the cuttoff for what you would consider a fast boat or not (powerboat). If it does not go at least fiddy you can stop using that boat and fast in the same sentance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 14, 2015 Share #40 Posted January 14, 2015 That shape is featured prominently in indigenous artwork throughout the southwest, also. Ok, you three, the swastika is gonna get primarily and forever associated with Hitler/nazis. Yeah, it was used by others, but most people are going to always associate it with nazis killing jews, gays, cripples, and silly-walkers, you just aren't going to change that. We need more spokes, I suppose, or no spokes in a stylized way. Or maybe just a graphic without a bike at all. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #41 Posted January 14, 2015 My brother in law's dad had an Allison that would do 92 right off the trailer without mods to the hull or motor. It was a 22 foot bass boat IIRC. It may not have been that long (TWSS). But over the years he modded the hell out of the trim tabs, motor, prop, etc to get more MPH. Why? I have no idea. I have no interest in going that fast on a skinny little plank of fiberglass and gelcoat. If you are touranament fishing, the more time you spend running, the less time you spend fishing. Most tournaments have a shotgun start and you have to be back at a certain time to weigh in. If you can run 100 versus 70 or 80 or 90, then you can fish longer and still be back in time. Also, like anything else, it is a pissing contest for men. We built some insane boats for guys just for bragging rights. We had a guy bring us a SeaRay Pachanga. We replaced the engine with a blown Mercruiser 502 and a worked over Bravo 1 drive. He wanted it to look stock, so we had to have a custom rear cover made of alumimnum to replace the rear deck and give him clearance for the engine. Had to install a set of 36" long Kiekhafer trim tabs to try and keep it from blowing over at speed. We also stuck a 300 HP outboard on a jack plate on the back of a Champion bass boat back in the day. That boat was insanely scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #42 Posted January 14, 2015 Remember that like you, I was raised on the water, managed a boat rental for years and spent years working at one of the larger boat dealers in Dallas, so I know of what I speak.boats have changed a lot since the 1970s. 60mph is no big deal anymore. Either way, this isn't a blow-boating forum, so you logo/icon idea is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #43 Posted January 14, 2015 We had a guy bring us a SeaRay Pachanga. We replaced the engine with a blown Mercruiser 502 and a worked over Bravo 1 drive. He wanted it to look stock, so we had to have a custom rear cover made of alumimnum to replace the rear deck and give him clearance for the engine. Had to install a set of 36" long Kiekhafer trim tabs to try and keep it from blowing over at speed.boats like that are just stupid IMO. If he did things the right way, it would be just as fast, more stable, and less likely to grenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #44 Posted January 14, 2015 boats have changed a lot since the 1970s. 60mph is no big deal anymore. Either way, this isn't a blow-boating forum, so you logo/icon idea is out. Did not say it was or was not a big deal. I said the majority of boats sold today cannot do 60. Not talking about PWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #45 Posted January 14, 2015 boats have changed a lot since the 1970s. 60mph is no big deal anymore. Either way, this isn't a blow-boating forum, so you logo/icon idea is out. Also, this was in the 90s and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2015 Share #46 Posted January 14, 2015 Double hijack! Awesome... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 14, 2015 Share #47 Posted January 14, 2015 Double hijack! Awesome... Usually Nazi references is an end thread type post. Not this time. HAHA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #48 Posted January 14, 2015 Double hijack! Awesome... DB Cooper is my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share #49 Posted January 15, 2015 I found this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 15, 2015 Share #50 Posted January 15, 2015 We could have a logo drawn using the original photo, but this time make sure the artist isn't a Nazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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