Speedo007
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The one who designed the adhesive on the tank warning stickers, deserves to be castrated by a crocodile.
There's a clear plastic on the stickers that peals off easily, and then you're stuck with a sticker (2 stickers on canadian models one english, one french) that can only be removed 1/16" at a time before breaking, and that, even after using a hair dryer to warm up the sticker, if you don't warm it, it's only worse.
Took me about 30-45 minutes to remove them by scratching with my nails. Once all the sticker is gone and you're left with a shitty adhesive, I used plenty of GooGone.
GooGone Goo Gone Sticker Lifter
GooGone does work great to remove the remaining crap without harming the clear coat. And to my surprise after 30-45 minutes of nails scratching the paint, once it was cleaned up, it was as good as new (I suspect the glue was actually protecting the surface in some way when I was scratching). I didnt use the plastic tool that comes with the GooGone, my nails felt softer.
Make sure you wash the bike before doing this, if there's dust on the tank by the time your done scratching, you'll be down to the metal...make sure your nails are smooth and tank is free of dust/dirt, cause once the dirt mixes with the adhesive your toast.
There's a clear plastic on the stickers that peals off easily, and then you're stuck with a sticker (2 stickers on canadian models one english, one french) that can only be removed 1/16" at a time before breaking, and that, even after using a hair dryer to warm up the sticker, if you don't warm it, it's only worse.
Took me about 30-45 minutes to remove them by scratching with my nails. Once all the sticker is gone and you're left with a shitty adhesive, I used plenty of GooGone.
GooGone Goo Gone Sticker Lifter
GooGone does work great to remove the remaining crap without harming the clear coat. And to my surprise after 30-45 minutes of nails scratching the paint, once it was cleaned up, it was as good as new (I suspect the glue was actually protecting the surface in some way when I was scratching). I didnt use the plastic tool that comes with the GooGone, my nails felt softer.
Make sure you wash the bike before doing this, if there's dust on the tank by the time your done scratching, you'll be down to the metal...make sure your nails are smooth and tank is free of dust/dirt, cause once the dirt mixes with the adhesive your toast.
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