Tank Logo Removal

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  1. beerkat

    beerkat Senior Member

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    #1 beerkat, Nov 25, 2021
    Has anyone tried to remove the original Triumph logo from their Street Twin? My ST is gloss black and the logo is lacquered over, so I can't just heat and peel the bugger off. I think I know the answer is 'it can't be done' but I thought I'd ask the question just in case.
    If it can't be done, has anyone come up with a way of successfully replacing it or covering it with an alternative? The badges from the T100 & T120 won't quite fit because the tanks are different shapes.
    What I really want is a larger font, in gold. Am I right in assuming that the only way to do it is with a complete tank respray?
     
  2. Cyborgbot

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    #2 Cyborgbot, Nov 25, 2021
    Good question. I haven’t liked the logos on subsequent Tigers since my 2016 model. It’s bizarre not to buy a new bike as a result. But that’s what’s happened.

    Getting rid of the offending art work might be a solution.
     
  3. DCS900

    DCS900 Careful, man! There’s a beverage here!

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    #3 DCS900, Nov 25, 2021
    Isn’t Vinyl wrapping the thing to do these days?
     
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    DCS900 Careful, man! There’s a beverage here!

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    #4 DCS900, Nov 25, 2021
    Bit long, but you get the idea

     
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    beerkat Senior Member

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    #6 beerkat, Nov 26, 2021
    Well that looks pretty straightforward. I'll nip down to my local newsagent and pick up some sticky-backed plastic, borrow my wife's hairdryer and give it a go this afternoon. I'm sure I remember Valerie Singleton doing something very similar on Blue Peter, I always said she was ahead of her time.
     
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  7. sprintdave

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    #7 sprintdave, Nov 26, 2021
    Ooooooo. Val, my first fantasy. Lol
     
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  8. DCS900

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    #8 DCS900, Nov 26, 2021
    @beerkat - :joy:

    nice one, I wasn’t suggesting you go ahead and do it… but as an alternative (and I believe reversible) to re spray… to be done by a pro?
     
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  9. Tigcraft

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    #9 Tigcraft, Nov 26, 2021
    When a logo is lacquered over it’s a one way start to a ‘strip off’ of paint and there’s no going back. Best left alone as it’ll incur a full paint job
     
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