Engine Badge Removal

[0m3nc0w]

Does anyone know how to remove the R100/7 badge on the engine? I've got the bike stripped and I'm planning on soda blasting the engine casing and making it new with some Alumi-Sol and Scotch-Brite. I want to polish up and restore the badges to fine detail.

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Thanks!

[Ken in Oklahoma]

Does anyone know how to remove the R100/7 badge on the engine? I've got the bike stripped and I'm planning on soda blasting the engine casing and making it new with some Alumi-Sol and Scotch-Brite. I want to polish up and restore the badges to fine detail.

BMW Engine Badge.jpg

Thanks!

Those badges will sometimes fall off on their own. What I have experienced is that the foam rubber adhesive strip under the badge deteriorates with time and I suppose heat and humidity. You might want to carefully try a thin putty knife under a corner and see if the badge 'wants' to come off. The badge itself is fairly stiff, which is a good thing. You don't have to worry so much about bending the badge.

For putting the badge back on I have simply cleaned up the deteriorated rubber under the badge and used emblem adhesive to put the badge back on (holding it in place for a while with some strips of masking tape. I think 3M adhesive is what I used. You can emblem adhesive at your local auto parts store.

Ken

[Kurt in S.A.]

When installing, be mindful of the fore-aft positioning of the badge. If too far aft, it will make difficult getting off the clamshell air filter cover. DAMHIK.

Kurt in S.A.

[SteveD]

Some heat and then drag some fishing line under it might work.

[Zombie Master]

I found painting them in place, then sanding the paint off the surface of the letters, with a sanding block, looks terrific.

[Duane Ausherman]

SteveD has it right. Some heat will do it. They will bend and will never be really flat again. Don't ask how I know that.