Tank badge removal ?

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sweetasbro

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A bubble on the tank means I am about to get the tank stripped and repaired and off to the painter. Every photo I have seen of other 750 SF1 tanks show the badges are fixed by 2 screws. I am not sure how mine are fixed and some gentle prying and rotating does not seem to move them. Any ideas from the forum would be appreciated?
Rob
 

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You can get them with double sided tape, I add some Neutral cure Silicone as a belt and brace. Tape can loosen with fuel spills or even a hot day. Find some thin strong fishing line and tie it to 2 pieces of wood and sliding it behind and try sawing the badge off. I am talking Nilon none scratch line. You might find the original tapped badge holes under it all. A hot air gun might help, take care, heat and fuel vapours are not good.
 
I think that you might be in for some surprises.
A leaky tank maybe.
Polyester filling coming off with the badge where it was used to fill a large dent which is why the badge isn't screwed on.

Paul
 
Vince said:
You can get them with double sided tape, I add some Neutral cure Silicone as a belt and brace. Tape can loosen with fuel spills or even a hot day. Find some thin strong fishing line and tie it to 2 pieces of wood and sliding it behind and try sawing the badge off. I am talking Nilon none scratch line. You might find the original tapped badge holes under it all. A hot air gun might help, take care, heat and fuel vapours are not good.
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Thanks Vince I will give that a go and let you know how It goes.
 
Paul Marx said:
I think that you might be in for some surprises.
A leaky tank maybe.
Polyester filling coming off with the badge where it was used to fill a large dent which is why the badge isn't screwed on.

Paul
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Hi Paul
Looking into the tank there's no evidence of previous dents, just a bit of rust spots in the area where the paint has blown . I guess all will be revealed when the tank gets stripped
Cheers
 
The screw-on type badges weren't available for several years, aftermarket stick-on badges were the accepted replacement. Chances are the tank will be fine under the badges.

piet
 
self adhesive round Laverda badges were a factory item at one time, I have pictures of me robbing the badges from brown paper wrapped tanks at the machine agricole factory in year 2000, they were in metal stillages about 30 to each one, stacked three high and all "dumped" outside in the fresh air,waiting to be scrapped no doubt. I saw lots of other items there at the same time, including camshafft induction hardener, still with (rusty) cams in it, tooling for presses, machines and factory ring bound publications/drawings etc rotting in boxes in the rain.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
I saw lots of other items there at the same time, including camshafft induction hardener, still with (rusty) cams in it.
CLEM
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I remember seeing the guy working with that, when we visited the Factory on the '80 'Bike Magazine' trip.
He picked the cams out of one box, in his gloved hand, poked them in the coil, stamped on the pedal, they glowed red hot, foot off the pedal and place them in a different box.
 
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CLEMTOG said:
self adhesive round Laverda badges were a factory item at one time, I have pictures of me robbing the badges from brown paper wrapped tanks at the machine agricole factory in year 2000, they were in metal stillages about 30 to each one, stacked three high and all "dumped" outside in the fresh air,waiting to be scrapped no doubt. I saw lots of other items there at the same time, including camshafft induction hardener, still with (rusty) cams in it, tooling for presses, machines and factory ring bound publications/drawings etc rotting in boxes in the rain.
CLEM
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That was fun.
I still have 4 125 Lesmo tanks from that visit.
No interesting parts though. The local dealers had all helped themselves years before.

Paul
 
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