I finally did it.
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From: Central Illinois, Between I-80 and I-74
I finally did it.
I finally did it
After spending thousands on accessories and upgrades over the years I finally bought one that doesn't have the manufacturers logo permanantly imprinted on it.
It always bothers me when I see a nice looking, well designed and finished part where the branding is prominant (especially on items where appearance is a major feature).
It's even an official HD part from a real HD dealer believe it or not. Just nice smooth chrome finish on shift linkage 33814-98A.
First thing I do when buying a car is to remove the dealers sticker from the back.
Anyone else get turned off on companies that make their customers into rolling advertisements?
How many bar and shield logos are on your bike?
(3 bikes in my garage and I'm afraid to try and count them).
After spending thousands on accessories and upgrades over the years I finally bought one that doesn't have the manufacturers logo permanantly imprinted on it.
It always bothers me when I see a nice looking, well designed and finished part where the branding is prominant (especially on items where appearance is a major feature).
It's even an official HD part from a real HD dealer believe it or not. Just nice smooth chrome finish on shift linkage 33814-98A.
First thing I do when buying a car is to remove the dealers sticker from the back.
Anyone else get turned off on companies that make their customers into rolling advertisements?
How many bar and shield logos are on your bike?
(3 bikes in my garage and I'm afraid to try and count them).
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Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Outta ways, IL
Just 3. One on the face of the speedo, one on the face of the tach and one in the middle of the stock headlight. Now the name "Harley Davidson" is a different story. The front and rear fender lights have the old bar and diamond logo.
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 317
Likes: 127
From: Colorado
I finally did it
After spending thousands on accessories and upgrades over the years I finally bought one that doesn't have the manufacturers logo permanantly imprinted on it.
It always bothers me when I see a nice looking, well designed and finished part where the branding is prominant (especially on items where appearance is a major feature).
It's even an official HD part from a real HD dealer believe it or not. Just nice smooth chrome finish on shift linkage 33814-98A.
First thing I do when buying a car is to remove the dealers sticker from the back.
Anyone else get turned off on companies that make their customers into rolling advertisements?
How many bar and shield logos are on your bike?
(3 bikes in my garage and I'm afraid to try and count them).
After spending thousands on accessories and upgrades over the years I finally bought one that doesn't have the manufacturers logo permanantly imprinted on it.
It always bothers me when I see a nice looking, well designed and finished part where the branding is prominant (especially on items where appearance is a major feature).
It's even an official HD part from a real HD dealer believe it or not. Just nice smooth chrome finish on shift linkage 33814-98A.
First thing I do when buying a car is to remove the dealers sticker from the back.
Anyone else get turned off on companies that make their customers into rolling advertisements?
How many bar and shield logos are on your bike?
(3 bikes in my garage and I'm afraid to try and count them).
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 288
Likes: 141
From: Dental city
We have a local Chevy dealer that puts his stickers on the front side quarter panel behind the wheel well and up a foot or so. I won't buy from him for that reason alone. The back end is bad enough but the side too?
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From: in a cave at the foothills
So how does one remove the dealer stickers? Heat gun I am guessing?
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From: SE Michigan
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I grab a heat gun and peel dealer stickers off.... I sometimes leave city/state on if they are separate from dealer name. I have Spartan license plate frame, no dealer.
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From: Upstate New York
Where I grew up, the local Chevy dealer used to drill holes in the trunk lid of every Chevy he sold to attach the big, chrome emblem that read "by AMES." For that reason my dad would go to a Chevy dealer in a nearby town to buy his cars. Since the emblems couldn't be removed without leaving holes, a couple of people removed the letters "A" and "S", so the emblem read "by ME."