Not a big fan of chrome brand badges, not even Harley badges.
I always remove them to really show off the paint.
So much easier to wax and keep nice as well. Everybody knows it's a Harley already.
I'm going to have my chromed tank badges painted Vivid black.
Then I might put them back on.
I would never remove the Harley Davidson logo because it legendary and it accents the bike in every way. Not everybody knows what a Harley looks like . Don't be surprised if somebody comes up and says nice Honda to you. Thats like the ultimate insult to me lol. I'm proud to own and ride a bike that says Harley Davidson on the tank. My Jeep says Jeep on it and i'm a Jeep enthusiast. I liken removing the HD logo to grinding off the Snap On or Craftsman on my tools but hey its a free world.
Once again I will paint them vivid black and most likely put them back on. As far as your Honda remark, "Really Dude" you think so. Options are good and yes my bike looks different yet very clean.
I'm thinking about taking mine off and replacing them with some bar and shields I've got from a Sportster 48. I think they'll look god against the charcoal pearl.
Thank you we like them. The tanks for new paint had mismatch badges and that's my easy fix..
The badge on the ultra is coming off and I will see how it cleans up.
Looks good swomack. Personally I don't like decals either. Rebuilding mine this winter and decided to go with a vivid black tank and take the badges off. Always hated the silver brush stroke badging on my '13. Harley never put anything worse on their tanks then on the '13 in my opinion.
Hmmmmm, the bike looks good, you know the bike looks good. So here's the only BAD thing I can say about it.
Looking at the photos without badging....somehow looked familiar to me. That look. Where have I seen THAT look before.
So after bopping around the website, perusing other threads for a couple minutes...it dawned on me. I think I got it.
I like the look without badges. But without them it looks...........older.
Does that make sense? Of course its just a weird feeling I had and it's not a great representation (the pic) of what it would look like in person. But the feeling I got was kinda that I was looking at a 10 or a 20 year old bike....I guess you could call it a "classic" look. If I had to pick between one or the other....I guess I'd go with the badge on.
Now that said.....I REALLY like the idea of blacked out badging. Now THATS the kind of subtle detail I like and I think your bike is known for. I'll look forward to seeing that.
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