Restoring Badging
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Restoring Badging
The badges (Emblems) on our wings are beautiful - for a time at least. then the gold inlay turns to the base metal silver as the gold color cracks off and becomes road or garage dust. Has anyone devised a method of putting the gold back into the GOLDWING emblem?
- Corkster52
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1988 GL1500 (sold 4/17)
Re: Restoring Badging
Have bought new, or at least better looking, emblems from Ebay.
- newday777
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- Location: Milford NH summer/fall & Oceanside, CA winters(N San Diego) with lots of miles riden between
- Motorcycle: 2008 Cabernet Red. Level 4
1983 GL1100A Wineberry 36,000 miles
1975 CB750 K5 Planet Blue 7,800 miles
1976 CB750 K6 Anterris Red 25,000 miles
Past rides
1999A Restored from PO neglect & sold at 19,000 miles
1999SE Totaled by cager at 105,000 miles
Re: Restoring Badging
Which wing are you asking about?
- newday777
- Posts: 2328
- Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:21 pm
- Location: Milford NH summer/fall & Oceanside, CA winters(N San Diego) with lots of miles riden between
- Motorcycle: 2008 Cabernet Red. Level 4
1983 GL1100A Wineberry 36,000 miles
1975 CB750 K5 Planet Blue 7,800 miles
1976 CB750 K6 Anterris Red 25,000 miles
Past rides
1999A Restored from PO neglect & sold at 19,000 miles
1999SE Totaled by cager at 105,000 miles
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- Posts: 204
- Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:46 am
- Location: Creston BC Canada
- Motorcycle: 1985 GL1200 Limited
Re: Restoring Badging
Thanks - that helps a bit
- Corkster52
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- Joined: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:28 am
- Location: Naperville, IL
- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 Aspencade
1988 GL1500 (sold 4/17)
Re: Restoring Badging
This one does not look the same....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Hon ... 0Q&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Hon ... 0Q&vxp=mtr