1969 MK3 Matador. What are the correct tank badges for this model and year? I have seen thin transfer type and thick 'squashy'  ones. John  

Hello, the originals would have been a design of solid Perspex type of plastic, these days I would think the alternative would be the soft ones about 50 mm ?? In diameter.

The modern ones are much more crash resistant, but use a decent adhesive. Some modern ones come with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that does not work well when confronted with petrol, heat and vibration

I know nothing about Matador's so obviously well qualified to answer this question.

Are we sure that a 1969 bike would have the plastic/perspex badges? My 1971 Sherpa has the sticker thin transfer type badges and I would have thought that an earlier production bike/model would use this type of badge.

My model 10 (1965) has thin metal badges just to confuse the issue even further.

Stuart

I am not a Matador expert either, but I am pretty sure the thicker poly type round tank stickers came out on around 1974 or thereabouts, prior to that all the Bulllys I remember seeing had the flat standard sticker type.

My memory is that the thin flat stickers were all you could buy at Frasers as replacements in the early and mid 1970s

Edited August 9, 20179 yr by feetupfun
fixing mistake

This shows the thin flat sticker I bought in 1975 when I repainted this M99 Alpina

Thanks for the response guys. I see Inmotion do the thin one so thats the way I will go. Just trying to tidy up a scruffy original bike so the question is slightly academic but thought might as well use the right ones if available. Next job is to sort the wiring out for the direct lighting. I see there is no side/parking light facility just dip and full beam. Will it pass a UK MOT like that?