Motorola Jersey/Jacket

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not really......


Many years ago, when Allens Cycles, of Barnsley, were still in business (they still maybe??), they also ran the 'Cycle Promotions' sales

Some of you may remember the ones?
They took over a Sports Centre/Village Hall/School Gymnasium on a Sunday morning to sell all kinds of stock (old/new/surplus)

Once I bought a Motorola jacket from them, one of those odd items that were seemingly made out of a type of 'sponge'
It was the classic Red/Blue colours............but............... with no logos/writing on it

I had it for a few years, I think it got lost during a house-move/pre move sort-out)
I saw someone wearing a Motorola jersey a couple of weeks ago, on one of the warmer pre 'Beast' weekends, & got to thinking, that I'd like another one


So, has anyone seen any of this type of jacket/long-sleeve jersey on sale anywhere??


These colours.......... for the youngsters.........



Thankyou in advance

 

[Globalti]

All very well but have you got the figure for it?

 

[wuverley]

No. But I've got a jersey like that. Only smaller, Sean is a bit bigger than me.

 

[postman]

Now then.Way back in 1990 i started a works cycle team.We held a competition to design a jersey,Well my design was based on this Motorola top.Endura up in Scotland made up our order,which included jersey,thermal jacket,bib shorts and bib longs.Now i don't have any photos of the full kit,due to a virus attacking our previous computer and i lost all my photos,but here is my top.

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• postman
• 12 Mar 2012

Pin up boy.

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• postman
• 12 Mar 2012

Pin up boy.

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• postman
• 1 Dec 2011

Over the HUMBER BRIDGE without a helmet.Silly me.

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• postman
• 1 Dec 2011

Over the HUMBER BRIDGE without a helmet.Silly me.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

All very well but have you got the figure for it?

Sort of. but not the veined legs

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sorry to drag this one 'kicking & screaming' into the present. but I saw someone in a Motorola jersey on Sunday afternoon

I'd still like one of the plain (unlettered) jackets
I know that (it is) Prendas produce a repro logoed Motorola jersey, but not a plain one

 

[DRM]

I would hazard a guess that obtaining such a jersey will be impossible, it sounds like an item with a manufacturing fault, that was sold off to reduce the cost of wastage, I know that a local to us company used to do this regularly & was a great source of sports kit for peanuts for the kids, selling off samples & manufacturing faulty items.
I think prendas is the best bet, but it will have logos

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I would hazard a guess that obtaining such a jersey will be impossible, it sounds like an item with a manufacturing fault, that was sold off to reduce the cost of wastage, I know that a local to us company used to do this regularly & was a great source of sports kit for peanuts for the kids, selling off samples & manufacturing faulty items.
I think prendas is the best bet, but it will have logos

Yes I agree, team colours without sponsors logos says either "manufacturing defect" or it could have been an initial trial print to check colour tone, and probably unique or close to it. I had a Systeme U jacket in that "foam" material which was missing sponsor details and I got that for something like £10 in a bargain bin as opposed to about 70 for a correct one.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I would hazard a guess that obtaining such a jersey will be impossible, it sounds like an item with a manufacturing fault, that was sold off to reduce the cost of wastage, I know that a local to us company used to do this regularly & was a great source of sports kit for peanuts for the kids, selling off samples & manufacturing faulty items.
I think prendas is the best bet, but it will have logos

Yes I agree, team colours without sponsors logos says either "manufacturing defect" or it could have been an initial trial print to check colour tone, and probably unique or close to it. I had a Systeme U jacket in that "foam" material which was missing sponsor details and I got that for something like £10 in a bargain bin as opposed to about 70 for a correct one.

Probably so, as I too remember the 'foam' jackets, having had a couple in the early 90's
(& regretting it, in heavy rain, when they lived up to that description)

Yes, they were probably trial-runs that Cycling Promotions bought from whatever company at the time