Stickers!!!
#1
Stickers!!!
Hey Guys,
Being the proud owner of a new Buell, I would really like to remove all the stickers meant to warn the user "of the dangers in operating a motorcycle" that can "cause serious injury or even death." The chassis on the XB is all alluminum and that is where most of the labels are. Can anyone offer a safe (non damaging to bike) and easy way to get them off?
I removed the ding strips from my car earlier this year (Ford glues them on) I used my fingers to remove the glue and then the first stage wax cleaner of Meguairs' three stage wax to get any residue off. Should I use a similar approach on the bike? (What I just described took a very long time but looked really good when I was finished.)
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks guys.
-Matt
Being the proud owner of a new Buell, I would really like to remove all the stickers meant to warn the user "of the dangers in operating a motorcycle" that can "cause serious injury or even death." The chassis on the XB is all alluminum and that is where most of the labels are. Can anyone offer a safe (non damaging to bike) and easy way to get them off?
I removed the ding strips from my car earlier this year (Ford glues them on) I used my fingers to remove the glue and then the first stage wax cleaner of Meguairs' three stage wax to get any residue off. Should I use a similar approach on the bike? (What I just described took a very long time but looked really good when I was finished.)
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks guys.
-Matt
#2
3M makes an adheasive remover that is safe on paint. Comes in a metal can, with red writing. Available at most paint stores. Once you remove them, be sure to wash and wax.
Worked great on my old GSXR. Also works well as a bug and tar remover!!!
Best of luck!
Worked great on my old GSXR. Also works well as a bug and tar remover!!!
Best of luck!
#4
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,268
Scrape them off with a paint scraper. If that doesn't take care of them, get a shotgun and shoot them off.
NOW that I have that out of my system, there's a product called Goo-Gone that you can buy at your local wal-mart or store like it that can do wonders.
The hair dryer sounds like a good deal though. I've used the goo-gone with dental floss to take off emblems from tanks of bikes and to clean 'sticker' residue off the new car....and it works well.
Let us know how it goes. Later.
NOW that I have that out of my system, there's a product called Goo-Gone that you can buy at your local wal-mart or store like it that can do wonders.
The hair dryer sounds like a good deal though. I've used the goo-gone with dental floss to take off emblems from tanks of bikes and to clean 'sticker' residue off the new car....and it works well.
Let us know how it goes. Later.
#5
Got around to getting the stickers off. I found that if you start in the center and work your way out they come off in much better. After that just a little 3M adhesive remover did the trick. Looks much better without the warning labels. Anyway, hope everyone is getting some good riding in.
-Matt
-Matt
#6
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,268
Cool, good you got those stickers off. I know a few people that have been jigged for *still* having those stickers on years after they bought the bike. Anyway, wax that baby up and get out and ride....the weather is great!
#10
For magic markers
I use WD-40, spray it on a soft rag, and gently blot, it will loosen and remove magic marker from taggers, etc. Learned this from having to constantly having to repaint elevators walls and doors at my last job.
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#17
one easy way is to heat them with a hair dryer or heat gun, peel them off, then if you have sticky stuff left over
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