Aligning new badges - ideas?
Tourer
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From: Santa Rosa, Ca
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
ORIGINAL: storm8732
Mark the locationof your current badge both vertically and horizontally wiith tape at the front end of the tank. The badge you have isoriented more to the upper front part of the tank. Good tip using tape to hold it in place until the final location is determined.
Mark the locationof your current badge both vertically and horizontally wiith tape at the front end of the tank. The badge you have isoriented more to the upper front part of the tank. Good tip using tape to hold it in place until the final location is determined.
Road Warrior
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From: Massachusetts
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I've had no problem changing a lot of other things but, for some reason, I feel like if I change these, I'm sort of robbing my bike's identity.
Gee???...sounds REALLY familiar???
I wonder where you got the idea for those new badges??? I thought you said that taking those original badges off would be so easy for you to do??? That you were gonna send me pics of them off???
Quote: FXDC Rider
I bought these off Ebay awhile back, but never got "the nerve" enough to put them on? I feel like I'm messin' with the bike's originality too much & what actually makes it an FXDC.
I bought these off Ebay awhile back, but never got "the nerve" enough to put them on? I feel like I'm messin' with the bike's originality too much & what actually makes it an FXDC.
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ORIGINAL: FXDC Rider
Now how the heck am I supposed to rip-off those badges with all that history & replace them with just plain/simple ones?
Quote:2007fxdc
I'll show you how soon - want pix? LOL
I understand and appreciate the history. Just don't personally like the badges. I wouldn't dare sell them or throw them away however. But, as you can tell from how my bike looks now, I'm not exactly preserving that classic SGC look...
ORIGINAL: FXDC Rider
Now how the heck am I supposed to rip-off those badges with all that history & replace them with just plain/simple ones?
Quote:2007fxdc
I'll show you how soon - want pix? LOL
I understand and appreciate the history. Just don't personally like the badges. I wouldn't dare sell them or throw them away however. But, as you can tell from how my bike looks now, I'm not exactly preserving that classic SGC look...
Road Warrior
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From: San Antonio, TX
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
ORIGINAL: 2007fxdc
I bought these new tank badges weeks ago. I haven't been able to talk myself into changing them yet. I've had no problem changing a lot of other things but, for some reason, I feel like if I change these, I'm sort of robbing my bike's identity.
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I bought these new tank badges weeks ago. I haven't been able to talk myself into changing them yet. I've had no problem changing a lot of other things but, for some reason, I feel like if I change these, I'm sort of robbing my bike's identity.
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In my opinion I think the FXDC badge is one of the nicer badges. Makes your tank POP.
Looks great on your bike because it's chrome against the black.
but... half the fun is customizing isnt it.
Cheers,
Tom
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I kinda had the same dilema as you, but didn't have the old badge to use as a reference.
I may have been in a hurry, got the bike done enough to ride as the temp outside was close to 50 degrees for the first time in the new year, some things seemed more important. Being in the hurry, I probably wasn't thinking clearly, so tape and the other suggestions didn't come to mind.
My badges have a curved back, so they really didn't fit just anywhere, but could go in certain places and get away with them not being totally flat everywhere. I also have a 2 1/2" tank lift, so I kept in mind if I wanted to lower it in the future, I wanted to follow the original looking lines.
Chipstah is right when he says you can't see both sides at once, and having the badges level was not really a concern, as the factory ones are never level either.
In the end, I used one of the best tools that still work OK for me, my eye-o-meter, and the result is fine enough for me!
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Road Warrior
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Road Warrior
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From: Massachusetts
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I've had those newer badges pictured above since last summer & to this day they're still in the original maler envelope they arrived in from Ebay. As I had said back in October of '07, I also just can't seem to bring myself to change these badges...especially seeing how similar they were to the original '71 Badge on the 1st Super Glide & how nostalgic that bike was to the Harley world as being considered the first custom-stock bike. See the link below...
http://motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=52
http://motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=52
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RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
ORIGINAL: FXDC Rider
Hey 2007fxdc,
Gee???...sounds REALLY familiar??? I wonder where you got the idea for those new badges??? I thought you said that taking those original badges off would be so easy for you to do??? That you were gonna send me pics of them off???
Hey 2007fxdc,
Gee???...sounds REALLY familiar???
I wonder where you got the idea for those new badges??? I thought you said that taking those original badges off would be so easy for you to do??? That you were gonna send me pics of them off???I may even regret it but I can always put them back on. I think the FXDC badge looks much better on Tom's silver bike than my black one.
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I put mine on that Loner made me this weekend.... Lined up the bottom of the tank with the bottom of my badge then marked it off with masking tape.
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RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I don't have any recent pics that show the ['59/'60] badges mounted, but I used blue painters tape for mine as well. Horizontally, I lined up the tank bolts; I've got a 2" lift. Vertically, I lined up the center of the cap/gauge to the head of the bottom bolt for the highway/forward mounts; at the frame. Then I lined up edge points on the badge to the same place on the tape and layed down a couple of marker pieces; so I had reference points for when I pulled the alignment pieces off. Easier than I thought it would be.
-Rob
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From: Massachusetts
RE: Aligning new badges - ideas?
I may even regret it but I can always put them back on. I think the FXDC badge looks much better on Tom's silver bike than my black one.
It's not that I don't think they'll look kick-azz because I know they will...and if I was changing any other part of the bike I'd probabaly be fine with it...it's just changing the original emblems are like changing it's name!