Bob,
Certainly the Italians used the crosshair decal for a while past '72,
but I think in much more rare cases. I've seen the crosshair decal
with a red background and the blue background. These are technically
quite different in that the decal without the background is VERY
delicate and that is the reason those dissappeared after a short
time. I'm sure the ones with background were used a while longer,
since they didn't cause problems. I have also seen crosshair decals
on a number of Italian repaints from Masi. They obviously didn't
throw everything away and found a use for some of them for repaints.
Generally speaking, I still consider the crosshair decal approiate
for a '72 Masi and far less approiate for later bikes. Since they
don't exist anyway (although I have "made" them out of later decals
with some extra work), I don't go out of my way to get people
thinking that's what is proper. Consider the guy who has to apply the
decals, Bob. The exceptions to the rule do not become the rule around
here.
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA
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