I finally broke down and bought the tank emblems, and I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised.

The story begins with the former owner telling me that she had "steam de signs off de tank because I don't like them". I was suspicious, but I can't see any signs of major damage that would of called for tank repair, and if you are getting THAT done why not have the decals put on too. So I felt by leaving on the "Classic" sticker on the front fender it was just a small way to make it look a little more .... shall we say "Harleyish".

But the tanks looked so plain and empty, I went to Baldwins to see how much they would be, and I was shocked to hear $80. I was under the impression that these so called decals would be a sticker. I even went so far as to looking into getting the tank air brushed, and found a very reasonably priced guy in a small town nearby, but that was still going to cost me over a hundred.

When I called Kelly's in Hamilton and I was told that they would be $31 per side I decided to get them, but when I went into pick them up, they were NOT stickers, but 3D chrome plaques with VStar on them. Almost worth the money ;) And they look great mounted, although I had to use alcohol in order to clean off the wax on the tanks before using the two-sided tape to mount them. So this obviously led to a full "scrub & shine" the next day.