"Veeeery carefully."
I've still got the stock pumpkins. For some reason changing them for something cooler/sleeker isn't a high priority for me.
Actually I marred my stock long stalks getting them unscrewed. They were a real biatch. I think I wrapped them several times in tape and latched onto them with vice grips. That didn't work out so well. But if you have no intention of going back, it's not a big deal.
In about 30 years, when these bikes are worth some real money as classics and I want to restore it to original condition (yes I've saved everything I've taken off the bike), I'll just have them smoothed out and rechromed.
