Tank Emblem Installation
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Florida
And you can be proud you did them yourself. and dont worry if they arent straight then peel them off and do it again thats why you get like 5 feet of tape in the roll. 3M double sided foam tape its what they all use even the bugshield and window visors use that stuff.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Los Angeles
This blow by blow on how I did mine might help. There are other methods on some things here and there, but this worked for me:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...is-slim-2.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...is-slim-2.html
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: St.Louis Mo.
you'll get a better eye on them if you get the bike standing straight up in a wheel chock, that way you can stand back and get a good look at them before final stick down. good luck, you won't have any problems.
Intermediate
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 40
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From: Perth, Western Australia
I had my stock street bob ones replaced by a professional spray-painter. Was going to put the pan head badges on much later but had a side stand mishap in the first day of owning my bike. Pretty annoying.
Anyway....it had to have the left side stripped and painted so decided to do the badges at the same time. it took the guy literally 15 mins, but he has a trained eye and has done hundreds of bikes. he masked and marked reference points.
A note of interest: when discussing with the painter the placement, he said that almost all harley badges tilt down, from front of the bike to the back. I looked at the existing street bob badges and swore they were level/parallel with the ground with the bike upright. put a spirit level on he factory installed badge, and bugger me, he was right. Quite a slope that is not apparent when all the other lines on the bike get in the mix.
So take your time, and try and get that angle right. I would have attempted it myself, but it was thrown in with the paint job for free.
Here 'tis:
Anyway....it had to have the left side stripped and painted so decided to do the badges at the same time. it took the guy literally 15 mins, but he has a trained eye and has done hundreds of bikes. he masked and marked reference points.
A note of interest: when discussing with the painter the placement, he said that almost all harley badges tilt down, from front of the bike to the back. I looked at the existing street bob badges and swore they were level/parallel with the ground with the bike upright. put a spirit level on he factory installed badge, and bugger me, he was right. Quite a slope that is not apparent when all the other lines on the bike get in the mix.
So take your time, and try and get that angle right. I would have attempted it myself, but it was thrown in with the paint job for free.
Here 'tis:
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: St.Louis Mo.
I had my stock street bob ones replaced by a professional spray-painter. Was going to put the pan head badges on much later but had a side stand mishap in the first day of owning my bike. Pretty annoying.
Anyway....it had to have the left side stripped and painted so decided to do the badges at the same time. it took the guy literally 15 mins, but he has a trained eye and has done hundreds of bikes. he masked and marked reference points.
A note of interest: when discussing with the painter the placement, he said that almost all harley badges tilt down, from front of the bike to the back. I looked at the existing street bob badges and swore they were level/parallel with the ground with the bike upright. put a spirit level on he factory installed badge, and bugger me, he was right. Quite a slope that is not apparent when all the other lines on the bike get in the mix.
So take your time, and try and get that angle right. I would have attempted it myself, but it was thrown in with the paint job for free.
Here 'tis:
Anyway....it had to have the left side stripped and painted so decided to do the badges at the same time. it took the guy literally 15 mins, but he has a trained eye and has done hundreds of bikes. he masked and marked reference points.
A note of interest: when discussing with the painter the placement, he said that almost all harley badges tilt down, from front of the bike to the back. I looked at the existing street bob badges and swore they were level/parallel with the ground with the bike upright. put a spirit level on he factory installed badge, and bugger me, he was right. Quite a slope that is not apparent when all the other lines on the bike get in the mix.
So take your time, and try and get that angle right. I would have attempted it myself, but it was thrown in with the paint job for free.
Here 'tis:
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Assuming the current emblems are stick on (and not decals that have been clear coated over), and the new emblems are stick on, why not do it yourself? Use a hair dryer to warm up the old emblems, then use fishing line (not spyderwire or other rough line) and work it behind the emblems all the way thru and they'll fall off. Clean up the glue with "Oops", "Goo Gone", or other cleaner. Then measure and apply the new emblems.
Most dealers charge around $90 an hour labor. You really want to pay that? Because they'll eat up that whole hour for a 20 minute job.
Most dealers charge around $90 an hour labor. You really want to pay that? Because they'll eat up that whole hour for a 20 minute job.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Fort Worth, TX
Did mine myself as well....as others have mentioned, take your time.... line up and measure a few times, I put mine on temporarily with tape to see the placement. Also had the bike on the floor jack so it was sitting straight up in the riding position. Did I mention to take you time?
Intermediate
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 40
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From: Perth, Western Australia
Ok. Can do that tonight sometime if I get the chance. That was just one of the few photos I had in my photobucket at short notice.
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Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: St.Louis Mo.
i installed mine yesterday. i just found the sweet spot for the right side and then adjusted the level of the badge and stuck it on. laid out the other side by measuring and taped for reference and stuck it on. came out perfect.