Ken
Member
Hello All, this is my first post. I recently purchased a '79 gl1000 and put it straight in the shop for some carb work. Haven't even ridden the thing yet! I can't wait!
So anyway, my question... I did some searches on here but it seems everyone with badge or painting prep questions made it past my first obstacle without needing any assitance. I expect this will be indicative of a level of ignorance that is likely to be my standard mode. I want to paint the bike, so I grabbed the side panels when I took it to the shop so I can work out a step by step on those that I can use on the rest of the bike when I get it back. I was afraid of breaking something (the pin on the badge, or cracking the side panel) if I take the obvious route and just pry the pin clamp washer things (ring clamps?)... after finding nothing on line I figured I was being too cautious (I have a long histroy of inadvertantly breaking things with my hands) and decided to give it a go. Pried 1 off ok, broke the pin off the second one. Ugh. The 1 broken pin should be something I can live with, but I'm not really open to breaking another one.
Can someone give the dumb new guy some pointers on how to get these badges off without tearing anything up?
Great forum, by the way!
Thanks,
Ken
So anyway, my question... I did some searches on here but it seems everyone with badge or painting prep questions made it past my first obstacle without needing any assitance. I expect this will be indicative of a level of ignorance that is likely to be my standard mode. I want to paint the bike, so I grabbed the side panels when I took it to the shop so I can work out a step by step on those that I can use on the rest of the bike when I get it back. I was afraid of breaking something (the pin on the badge, or cracking the side panel) if I take the obvious route and just pry the pin clamp washer things (ring clamps?)... after finding nothing on line I figured I was being too cautious (I have a long histroy of inadvertantly breaking things with my hands) and decided to give it a go. Pried 1 off ok, broke the pin off the second one. Ugh. The 1 broken pin should be something I can live with, but I'm not really open to breaking another one.
Can someone give the dumb new guy some pointers on how to get these badges off without tearing anything up?
Great forum, by the way!
Thanks,
Ken