Removing warning stickers - Can I?/How to?

[PixelPilot]

Hello Everyone
I was thinking about removing the warning stickers on my bike.
It's nice to feel cared for by Suzuki but man they aren't a good look against a blue tank/fairing. So 1. Is it legal to take them off? 2. Anyone got a great tip on how to do it. I have picked at them all a little and it looks like a bitch to get them off as they appear brittle.
Thanks for any pearls of wisdom.
Safe riding :scooter:
PixelPilot

[Cajun]

yes you can take them off not illegal that i know off

you need to warm the sticker up, a hair dryer/heat gun is good for this, but make sure you don't get it to hot to damage paint on tank

You will also need somethign to get the gooy mess of bottom of sticker off, yes the sticker does fall apart when taken off.

[Ixion]

Sigh. To think that i should have lived to see the day when a biker would nervously enquire if it were legal for him to remove stickers from his bike. You rebelyou.

[gijoe1313]

The bike will explode or fall apart without them stickers right? :gob:

[MIXONE]

I just knew that I fucked up.
I kept the stickers and threw away the bike!

[PixelPilot]

Yes yes thank you everyone for the 'pearls' and the piss take.
Reason I mentioned the legal issue was that I looked on an American Forum and a good few mentioned that is was illegal to remove any warning stickers in their state and that they would not get their equivalent of a WOF. But I guess that's Americans for you. Ho hum.
Cheers anyway, I will go with the hair dryer rather than heat gun. Knowing my luck I will set the bike on fire and be left with the stickers.
Cheers to all.
PixelPilot :wari:

[NiggleC]

Hair drier will help removal of the stickers but for any gum residue you will need something like "Gumoff". Saw some at my local payless plastics the other day or try Bunnings, Mitre10 etc.

[vifferman]

Hair drier will help removal of the stickers but for any gum residue you will need something like "Gumoff". Saw some at my local payless plastics the other day or try Bunnings, Mitre10 etc.
Meh.
You can use petrol on a rag, WD40, meths, kerosene or anything similar you have at hand. Don't use nail polish remover or paint stripper though.:blink:

[crazyhorse]

Who needs warnings anyway?? If you ride, then you know the risks - or at least you should do :whocares:

[Swoop]

Turps is fine for getting the adhesive gunk off.

[idb]

"Objects In The Mirror May Be Behind You"

[PixelPilot]

Can I ask if all the guidance around using a Hairdryer is the same for stickers on the tank and the fairing?
Cheers

[SVboy]

Yep. Use common sense re hair dryer and gas tanks! Sticker will usually fall apart. Use fingernails or plastic scrapers. I have used a razorblade, but very carefully. Soft plastic, as in chain guards will mark more easily than you would think. Meths will remove residue, but beware softening/flattening your paint.

[PixelPilot]

Great thanks!

[watsn3xt]

wipe with "wax n grease remover" to remove the residue then give a quick polish with rag

[Leseid]

I have, I had one on my windshield saying 'Do not get brake fluid on this windshield'. Which was really useful as I was just about to clean it with some brake fluid. I use a very sharp flexible filler tool (not really sure what it's actually called) rather than trying to pick at it with a fingernail. If you start at a corner and do it really slowly you can get the whole sticker off with out stretching or creasing it (so you can reuse it if you want to sell your bike). This leaves the glue residue, which I use a product called Prepsol which is essentially a wax and grease remover. It's good stuff as it evaporates and doesn't leave any residue.

[bsasuper]

Why remove?, makes it look like its been in a accident/ resprayed.

[jrandom]

1. Is it legal to take them off?

Don't listen to anyone here who says it is; they're just trying to get you into trouble.

Stay safe, stay stickered.

[AllanB]

Why remove?, makes it look like its been in a accident/ resprayed.

Nah - they make the bike look daft, stupid stickers on your nice tank, swingarm etc. All the info is in the handbook.

[Ocean1]

I guess that's Americans for you.

Yes. The Buell owner's manual is comprised of approximately 95% of dire warnings of impending death and or serious injury.

They must be a terminally unhandy lot.

[jetboy]

They must be a terminally unhandy lot.

Americans or Buell riders?

[tri boy]

Sounds weird I know. But bare with me.
I bought two s/hand upper fairing panels for kanny's 600 bandit.
The panels are off a 1200, and I want to remove the 1200 part, but leave "Bandit S".
Cutting a separation point with a razor blade, and using the hair dryer, WD40 be okay ya reckon?
Keeping the heat away from the part of the sticker that I want to remain is my concern.
Cheers.

[skidMark]

Sigh. To think that i should have lived to see the day when a biker would nervously enquire if it were legal for him to remove stickers from his bike. You rebelyou.


About time to fall off the perch eh ixion :shutup:

and reply my PM ya bugger, wasn't asking for your backing, just wanting to be pointed in correct direction of who to talk to etc.

[The Pastor]

sounds weird i know. But bare with me.
I bought two s/hand upper fairing panels for kanny's 600 bandit.
The panels are off a 1200, and i want to remove the 1200 part, but leave "bandit s".
Cutting a separation point with a razor blade, and using the hair dryer, wd40 be okay ya reckon?
Keeping the heat away from the part of the sticker that i want to remain is my concern.
Cheers.
you could mask tape over the bit you dont want the heat to get to, use alot of tape to build up a shield

[tri boy]

you could mask tape over the bit you dont want the heat to get to, use alot of tape to build up a shield

Cheers mate:sunny:
Exactly what I have started to do. But kanny has lost her hair dryer:shit:
Ya gotta love a woman that isn't permanently attached to preening implements:love:

[The Pastor]

cheers mate:sunny:
Exactly what i have started to do. But kanny has lost her hair dryer:shit:
Ya gotta love a woman that isn't permanently attached to preening implements:love:
you should be able to heat the other end of the sticker enough to get a bit that you can pull at - you might not need a lot of heat after that.

I use a product called desolve it - its really good for getting stickers off am pretty sure its ok on paint / plastic too

[cs363]

Reason I mentioned the legal issue was that I looked on an American Forum and a good few mentioned that is was illegal to remove any warning stickers in their state and that they would not get their equivalent of a WOF.

Yes, it's definitely illegal to remove the stickers in any US state, all part of the abundant PC regulations they have over there to protect some of their citizens from themselves.

[klingon]

Sounds weird I know. But bare with me.
I bought two s/hand upper fairing panels for kanny's 600 bandit.
The panels are off a 1200, and I want to remove the 1200 part, but leave "Bandit S".
Cutting a separation point with a razor blade, and using the hair dryer, WD40 be okay ya reckon?
Keeping the heat away from the part of the sticker that I want to remain is my concern.
Cheers.

You don't need to keep the heat away from the part of the sticker you want to keep. The heat just softens the adhesive. If you don't remove the sticker (or part of it) the adhesive just cools and hardens again.

The bit that would make me nervous is trying to slice the sticker with a razor blade without slicing too far! :shit:

[duckonin]

Up the PC bullshit, the way I have it figured is, it was my money that I paid for "my" bike, Suzuki do not own it I do, so I shall do to it whatever I want, it is mine.....

[Tunahunter]

I followed some on-line advice which was along the lines of what you seen above - soak the labels in WD 40 and use a hair dryer and PATIENTLY peel them off - takes a while but it does work on both the paintwork and the plastic faring

[barno]

Hi guys and guy-ettes my tail pipe has got a gaudy pink and blue Bikeworks sticker taking up 1/2 the chrome. A real bitch to get off; I've managed about 1/10th of it - being real careful as I don't want to scratch the pipe.

The hairdrier probably won't work - the sticker will flip me the bird I reckon as it gets hotter temps than that when I ride it.

Any other ideas to get the mutha off? It's one of those annoying ones that peel off in tiny pieces.

cheers
barno

:yes:

[unstuck]

Have you tried thinners. This may lift it off.:blink:

[barno]

worth a crack eh. cheers.