Motor Unit Patch — Order This Winged Wheel Design
Design S0435A at a glance
The winged wheel — motor officers' emblem since the first traffic squads — centered on a tan shield with crossed pistols below and unit lettering above. The tan field is the nod to highway work; the pistols mark it enforcement rather than escort. Wheel style, wing span and the crossed pieces all restitch, and the tan swaps to your uniform shade on request.
Shield shapeMerrowed borderWinged wheelCrossed pistolsTan fieldUnit lettering
About this winged wheel motor design
Motor units inherit the oldest specialty iconography in policing, and the winged wheel is its center. This rendering keeps the wheel spoked and the wings feathered — details that matter to riders who polish chrome before every shift — while the crossed pistols beneath state the enforcement mission plainly. Tan, navy and white hold up in highway sun better than saturated fields.
Sections personalize the wheel (spoke count to match your bikes, or a modern disc for electric fleets), reletter the arcs, and often order a second large version for the back of the motor jacket. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order; stitch-ready proof in 6–12 hours, with production held for your approval.
Motor unit patch quick facts
- Embroidered motor unit patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- Jacket-back versions of shoulder designs run 8"–11" and price by size, not new art.
- The winged wheel dates to the earliest motorcycle squads and remains the unit's universal mark.
- Hi-vis vest orders take sew-on backing to survive industrial laundering.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this motor patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for jackets and hi-vis, velcro for soft shells, iron-on for event polos
- Sizes: 2.5"–12" — 4" shoulders, 8"–11" jacket backs
- Colorways: tan-navy-white as shown, your uniform shade, or subdued builds
- Border: merrowed (shown) or hot-cut
- Thread: metallic silver spokes available — the chrome look on fabric
- Artwork: wheel style matches your fleet, pistols swap for batons or lightning bolts — redrawn at no charge
Who orders this design
Police motor sections, sheriff traffic divisions, and highway enforcement details order this winged wheel for jackets and campaign shirts. Escort units swap the pistols for flags. The classic order is paired: 4-inch shoulders plus 10-inch jacket backs in one run, which prices both at the combined quantity.
Custom motor unit patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
Motor unit patch questions
Can we get shoulder and jacket-back sizes in one order?
Yes — same art at 4" and 10" runs as one quote, and the combined count sets your price tier. It's the standard motor-unit order.
Can the wheel match our actual bikes?
Yes — spoke pattern, disc style, even a bagger silhouette behind the wheel. Send a photo of the fleet and we redraw it at no art charge.
Are the crossed pistols required?
No — escort and ceremonial sections regularly swap them for crossed flags or batons. The swap is free and appears on your 4-hour mockup.
What backing for a leather motor jacket?
Sew-on, always — adhesives don't bond leather reliably. Any upholstery or alterations shop stitches patches in minutes.
Is there a chrome-look thread for the spokes?
Metallic silver thread renders the chrome effect well — ask for it in the quote notes and the proof will show the spokes in metallic.
Riding toward a different division?
Motor insignia is traffic's corner of the force — for everything else on the org chart, the division-by-division police patch showcase with all the classic shapes is the tour. And when the open question is materials or money, the patch pricing and construction overview for every build type gets procurement to yes faster.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.