Warning Stickers

Has anyone got any tips for removing the 2 big warning stickers on the SV?

The one on the petrol tank and the other on the right side upper. I don't want to peel it off to find it rips and leaves a right mess.

Hair dryer

I removed the fairing one (right side IIRC). I slowly peeled it off, and used it's own backing to remove the sticky residue.

Didn't do a perfect job, but did a good enough job for me.

I haven't removed the tank one yet, because when I did the fairing one, I took off a whole load of skin as well.

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Hair dryer

Please enlighten me?

Originally Posted by danf1234

Please enlighten me?

Warm the sticker with a hair dryer. Make the glue less gluey and you should be able to peel it off easier. Or try chiselling it off with a hair dryer

You get your hair drier and point it directly at the edge of the sticker you want to remove; after the sticker gets fairly warm, peel it back w/your fingernail. The sticker should peel very easily, and the adhesive should want to stay w/the sticker and come off easily too (bc it's good and hot).

It works best w/plastic/vinyl stickers; dunno how it'd work w/paper ones.

the tank one was the easiest to take off. The one on the plastics were a bitch though! hairdryer just involves heating the sticker up so it gets softer, it makes it so much easier. Just don't hold the hairdryer too close- it'll heat up and cut out, then need 10 mins till it cools down before it switches on -pain!

Hair dryer to heat it and peal off Then use WD40 to removed the sticky glue afterwards

[Kylie]

What I did on the fairing sticker was:
1. Peeled it off by hand making a god awful mess
2. Tried to get the remaining glue/sticker fragments off with my finger nail and failed
3. Tried 2 above with a plastic pot scourer and failed
4. Tried 2 above with a metal pot scourer and got all the glue off
5. Then realised I'd taken lots of paint too and the plastic now looks terrible
6. Drowned my sorrows
7. Decided that the other stickers looked just fine as they are and they're still there today.

Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by Kylie

What I did on the fairing sticker was:
1. Peeled it off by hand making a god awful mess
2. Tried to get the remaining glue/sticker fragments off with my finger nail and failed
3. Tried 2 above with a plastic pot scourer and failed
4. Tried 2 above with a metal pot scourer and got all the glue off
5. Then realised I'd taken lots of paint too and the plastic now looks terrible
6. Drowned my sorrows
7. Decided that the other stickers looked just fine as they are and they're still there today.

Hope that helps!