E badges on an L Bike?

[J_C]

The mounting pins are closer together on the e. You will have to drill new holes or use 3m double sided tape, make sure you get any wax off first in the area you put the emblems(alcohol swab). As for the old holes you can dab a touch of body putty (comes in a tube not bondo) in the holes let it dry good it will probably shrink a bit do it again then get a tube of touch up paint.

Thank you, also very good suggestions

[Hoomgar]

You guys are acting like I'm pulling a fast one. LOOK:



I don't see anything that says E. I see a badge that says GS1100, DOHC 16 Valves. I have a GS1100, with Dual overhead cams and 16 valves.

Yeah everyone is just messing with you buddy. There is no reason your idea wont work. It's certainly valid as you say. Although the guru's will always be pointing out to you that your badges are wrong for the model

[J_C]

Well I'm not decided yet. I might instead get the GS1100L emblem from 82 or 83. It is all chrome instead of red and chrome and looks cleaner IMO

[jeffers]

Original GS1100L emblems

Hello J_C,

I too have a 1980 L (16 valves and all ) and I kind of like the original emblems. I would be interested if you would like to get rid of yours. Just to clarify, are yours red and chrome or red and gold?

[J_C]

They're red and chrome.... Are the replacements gold???

I'm not quite to cosmetic issues yet, but I will definetely let you know.

[jeffers]

Well...the base color depended upon the color scheme of the bike. For example, my L is Red and they used gold for the emblems - I don't know what color your bike is, but I think the black bike may have used chrome emblems. The original emblems with the red GS letters (68131-49110) are not available anymore - I think it was used for only 1 or 2 years. The current replacement is either all gold (68131-49130) or all chrome. Also, the new version does not use the multi-line font on the "1100" portion of the emblem as did the original. The newer one still has the script L, albeit slightly smaller in proportion to the rest of the characters.

[J_C]

Great info, thanks! I'll let you know what I do

[jimcor]

I might be wrong but I think they originally were all gold. The gold just fades to silver with time. I bought a set of replacement tank badges, they started gold and now are silver.

[80gs1000e]

I might be wrong but I think they originally were all gold. The gold just fades to silver with time. I bought a set of replacement tank badges, they started gold and now are silver.

....never thought of that,.