Euro 6 credentials & road stripes being added to more buses
Euro 6 credentials & road stripes being added to more buses
(13 May 2021, 5:39 pm)EL1TE Haven't got a photo but 6907 now has the road stripes over the 2016 livery, believe it's the first do be done?
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Go North East 6908 / LX06 EBK by kieron mathews, on Flickr(13 May 2021, 5:39 pm)EL1TE Haven't got a photo but 6907 now has the road stripes over the 2016 livery, believe it's the first do be done?
Go North East 6908 / LX06 EBK by kieron mathews, on Flickr
(14 May 2021, 5:35 pm)TEN 6083Is it just me, or does the road stripe look really awkward being that far back?
6908 has road stripes as well
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(14 May 2021, 5:35 pm)TEN 6083Is it just me, or does the road stripe look really awkward being that far back?
6908 has road stripes as well
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(14 May 2021, 6:01 pm)Andreos1 I just cant get my head around anyone spending the time and money to titivate a 15 year old decker.
(14 May 2021, 6:01 pm)Andreos1 I just cant get my head around anyone spending the time and money to titivate a 15 year old decker.
(14 May 2021, 5:59 pm)streetdeckfan Is it just me, or does the road stripe look really awkward being that far back?
It's strange that some vehicles have received this yellow stripe. Especially the only Optare Solo SR has been done. Yet no other one has
(14 May 2021, 6:19 pm)ne14ne1 I think the road-stripes look better further back. There’s one or two B9s including the corporate spare hybrid where I think the stripes look too far forward of the rear wheel.
(14 May 2021, 6:19 pm)ne14ne1 I think the road-stripes look better further back. There’s one or two B9s including the corporate spare hybrid where I think the stripes look too far forward of the rear wheel.
(14 May 2021, 5:59 pm)streetdeckfan Is it just me, or does the road stripe look really awkward being that far back?The stripe position is the least of my concerns with this, I'm more drawn to the exposed paintwork obscuring part of the legal address and the clearly visible removal of the website URL
(14 May 2021, 5:59 pm)streetdeckfan Is it just me, or does the road stripe look really awkward being that far back?The stripe position is the least of my concerns with this, I'm more drawn to the exposed paintwork obscuring part of the legal address and the clearly visible removal of the website URL
(14 May 2021, 6:58 pm)Jimmi The stripe position is the least of my concerns with this, I'm more drawn to the exposed paintwork obscuring part of the legal address and the clearly visible removal of the website URL
(14 May 2021, 6:58 pm)Jimmi The stripe position is the least of my concerns with this, I'm more drawn to the exposed paintwork obscuring part of the legal address and the clearly visible removal of the website URL
(14 May 2021, 6:01 pm)Andreos1 I just cant get my head around anyone spending the time and money to titivate a 15 year old decker.
(14 May 2021, 6:01 pm)Andreos1 I just cant get my head around anyone spending the time and money to titivate a 15 year old decker.
(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.Cut and shut job, no paint required! Just whack some vinyls on and jobs a good'un!
There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.
(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.Cut and shut job, no paint required! Just whack some vinyls on and jobs a good'un!
There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.
(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.
There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.
(14 May 2021, 7:10 pm)Jimmi Cut and shut job, no paint required! Just whack some vinyls on and jobs a good'un!
(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.
There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.
(14 May 2021, 7:10 pm)Jimmi Cut and shut job, no paint required! Just whack some vinyls on and jobs a good'un!
(14 May 2021, 7:16 pm)Dan The vinyl contractor cannot paint buses. Go North East would have to paint the panels themselves.
(14 May 2021, 7:16 pm)Dan The vinyl contractor cannot paint buses. Go North East would have to paint the panels themselves.
(14 May 2021, 8:21 pm)streetdeckfan Which begs the question, why haven't they?
(14 May 2021, 8:21 pm)streetdeckfan Which begs the question, why haven't they?
(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).
As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.
(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).
As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.
(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).
As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.
(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).
As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.
The bus wash at Stanley had a reputation for being a bit of a brute, hence why a number of Optare MetroRiders, Optare Deltas and Scania Omnicities had their front registration plates re-positioned.
(15 May 2021, 1:08 pm)Rapidsnap The bus wash at Stanley had a reputation for being a bit of a brute, hence why a number of Optare MetroRiders, Optare Deltas and Scania Omnicities had their front registration plates re-positioned.
(15 May 2021, 1:08 pm)Rapidsnap The bus wash at Stanley had a reputation for being a bit of a brute, hence why a number of Optare MetroRiders, Optare Deltas and Scania Omnicities had their front registration plates re-positioned.
Yeah the Percy Main bus wash took a dislike to the Omnicity too, but it seems to have been resolved and I believe all of them now have the registration plates in their original position.
