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[BUCKNUT GREG]

Here's where I screwed up.  Trying to maintain a strict record of the details of this assembly.  But there's enough going on that something was bound to fall through the cracks.

I love this emblem.  Always have.  It's part of what I love about these bikes.  Was lucky to score one new to mount on the fender.  It needs to be there and needs to be seen as part of the bike.

Except it won't.  At least not very much.

That color is so Right.  The deepness is amazing.  Oh yea the emblem has to be there for sure. Nice job Don 

BUCKNUT 

[Twolanerider]

Oh man~  just don't run a plate.  I know, that won't work for long, but, I'm feeling your pain on covering up the purty emblem.  Gotta be a way.  spyder

I'm thinking about it Spyder.  But I don't want the license plate up high even more than I don't want to hide the emblem. 

If I'd realized this was going to happen I would have done something different.  I've got the slightly more generic CVO rear fender emblem in use up higher on the fender covering the bolt hole for the rear seat mounting point.  It actually looks pretty good there.  But with the bracket attaching point at the bottom of the fender so well hidden by the low license plate I could have left the emblem off entirely down there.  Then could have used that most excellent 02 specific emblem right up smack on top of the rear fender to cover the rear seat mounting hole.

In fact.....  I might do that yet.  Take some line and cut both emblems off and get some 3M emblem two sided sticky chit and put the good emblem up high.  That might just be the solution.

[Twolanerider]

That color is so Right.  The deepness is amazing.  Oh yea the emblem has to be there for sure. Nice job Don 

BUCKNUT 

Thanks Greg.  I'd like to claim credit for hours and hours of painstaking research matching that color up.  But I can't.  Went to a local powder coat shop with a side cover and asked "whatdya think?"  He started pulling chip sheets out of drawers saying "I'm looking I'm looking, I'll find it."  We looked at different options for maybe a half hour before the guy said "voila, that's the one I was looking for." 

And he was right.

It's a two stage powder.  Clear over color.  But it's good.  And it's been reproducible.  They didn't shoot all the parts for me in one pass.  Each time a dead on match to the last.

[Twolanerider]

In fact.....  I might do that yet.  Take some line and cut both emblems off and get some 3M emblem two sided sticky chit and put the good emblem up high.  That might just be the solution.

Thanks to Spyder for leading me toward proper inspiration.  That's ^ what I'll do with.  The good emblem will be even better up high staring everyone right square in the face.  The low mount license plate and its frame will hide the rear fender bracket mount point to anyone unless he or she is standing on his head looking up under the license plate.

[spydglide]

Yeah, that's a cool emblem, not seen often.  It'll look great up high.  Will you not swap and run the other one down low...or just not put one down there?  Like you say, not really needed unless you're laying on the ground looking up to see it.  Something to look forward to do tomorrow morn after your coffee.   har.  spyder

[Twolanerider]

Yeah, that's a cool emblem, not seen often.  It'll look great up high.  Will you not swap and run the other one down low...or just not put one down there? 

Don't know for sure.  Will probably wait until the bike is at normal height and see how far behind it one must be to notice the bare spot; if it's noticed at all.

Remember doing the dame drill when trying to figure out what to do with the SUBTOTBF on the SEEG.  Then later hung this same Kuryakyn rear license plate.  But had forgotten how much that plate obscured what I'd finally used for an emblem on that bike.

[Buy early]

Looking awesome twolane! You gonna have any style of tourpak on the bike? One of the emblems could go on the back. Hate to see a nice ID hidden under the plate as well.

[Black Diamond]

She's taking form and looking good! You'll find the right place for that emblem after you remove it. It IS quite a feature on this beauties!

JW

[1sharprdkg]

The color match looks perfect to me. Emblem is to cool to hide with plate...I know you will figure it out. May have said it before but I love that shade of red.

[Twolanerider]

Looking awesome twolane! You gonna have any style of tourpak on the bike? One of the emblems could go on the back. Hate to see a nice ID hidden under the plate as well.

No tour pak Mark.  Don't want the lines obstructed.  On the rare occasion this bike will be a longer distance runner rather than just a long weekender or local bike I can pull the red Bushtec behind it.  For close in will have both saddlebags and that tour bag.

[ccr]

No tour pak Mark.  Don't want the lines obstructed.  On the rare occasion this bike will be a longer distance runner rather than just a long weekender or local bike I can pull the red Bushtec behind it.  For close in will have both saddlebags and that tour bag.

Lookin good Don. I love the tour bag.

[Twolanerider]

Lookin good Don. I love the tour bag.

Hi Candy!  Hope you guys are doing well.  Miss seeing you.  It's been a long time.

[Twolanerider]

This is definitely better.  Couldn't hide that Road King specific emblem with the color matched red in its center.  Just swapped placed between the two emblems.  Now the more generic CVO rear fender emblem is mostly hidden behind the license plate.

[Twolanerider]

oh gawd......  just realized the bike isn't even built yet and I'm already doing mods......

[Black Diamond]

You better hurry up and order that 120R so you can disassemble it for the matching red powder coating!

JW