removing side cover logos

[mhardig]

I'm polishing my clutch cover/alternator cover soon, and i want to take off the thin stamped logos so as not to damage them. Any ideas how to do this? would a heat gun do any good? Is there any place to get new replacements?

[Desolation Angel]

Those things are generally still available new. Double check at these sources:

http://www.alpha-sports.com/suzuki_parts.htm

http://www.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/

You said "side covers", but you do mean the magneto/crankcase cover emblems, right?

[AOD]

You can't get the original ones anymore for pre-82 GS bikes! They are now a gold, black, and silver color scheme.

For 83+ bikes I was able to find black and silver engine case emblems though...

~Adam

[mhardig]

Thanks!

Partsbandit has them. No way to get them off without trashing them though, huh? That would have been nicest. Ah, well, at least they're only ten bucks!

[ddaum]

You can't get the original ones anymore for pre-82 GS bikes! They are now a gold, black, and silver color scheme.

For 83+ bikes I was able to find black and silver engine case emblems though...

~Adam

Here's one!
SUZUKI GS550 -1100 ENGINE BADGE (NEW)</IMG>

[Ishamael]

Those things are generally still available new. Double check at these sources:

http://www.alpha-sports.com/suzuki_parts.htm

http://www.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/

You said "side covers", but you do mean the magneto/crankcase cover emblems, right?

If he's looking for the "GS 750E" logo, or whatever size bike he has, they have those logos too, under the heading "Frame Cover".

[CamaRod]

mine came off with a steel bristle brush attachmnet on my drill

[Harvey Norman]

I trashed a points cover once and the foil logo piece came away. It looked like it was held on by a layer of double sided tape. I imagine that a heat gun would soften the tape so you could remove the foil easily.

[crc1214]

When I did it, I took the bike out for a ride first to get the engine hot. Then I took the worlds smallest screwdriver (one used to tighten the little screws on a pair of eyeglasses) and ever so gently used it to pry it away from the cover. Once you get a big enough gap between it and the cover, then slide something like a kitchen knife down in the gap and pry the rest away.

They came off great!!

I cleaned the old adhesive off with GOO (stuff to clean bubble gum off carpet, glue off of things, etc.) Then I used GOOP to put them back on. The bike went through 10's of dozens of rides after that while I still had it, and the emblems never budged off the cover.

Too bad I can't do that to my 83 - the "emblems" are actually just molded in the cover itself.