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    Getting off the ugly stickers!!!

    Just spent an hour trying to get the ugly information stickers off my k5. Have know idea why they cover the new bikes in this rubbish. Any one got any good ways of removing them?

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    Slide it down the road?
    Worked on my CBR!
    Warm soapy water and patience is the least damaging way.
    You could try a heat gun on low power too.
    We all have our little obsessions...

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    Thanks for that. Warm soapy water will not touch them. Gave turps ago and started scratching away and guess what i scratched it. Heat maybe the way to go.

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    Blow dryer works everytime....
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    You could try a lable remover which uses plant turpenes to soften the label and glue to aid removal.

    Go to :

    www.rsnewzealand.com and run a search for product code 496-215. NZ$17.30 for a 200mL aerosol can.

    I've used this stuff at work with great sucess with no damage to underlying surface but as always check compatability on a hidden area first.

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    Give it to WT, he got the whole lot off the right hand side of his K3 in no time ...But then im not bad at that either:slap:

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    Us profesional sticker removers got to stick together mate.

    And I think there's two shows of Torque lending me the K5 for sticker removal or otherwise.
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    Blow dryer, followed by Prepsol to remove any glue left behind-thats what the professionals use!
    Diarrhoea is hereditary - it runs in your jeans

    If my nose was running money, I'd blow it all on you...

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    I have found hot air gun, and then de-solv-it works a treat. Someone once told me that a credit type card and petrol works well but you have to work quick and then use hot soapy water to wash the petrol off.

    Ogh, they are there so retards cannot sue them if they can off. Once the RS triumph had a sticker that said "attempting to pull away without holding the handlebars will adversly affect steering"

    How the hell do you pull away with your hands in the air?
    The real mystery is how come that fat bastard Hurley has never lost any weight.

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    hahahaha, yea, crazy stickers @_@, i use a hairdryer and wd40, np's, ez. only i need to get rid of some sticker grim and i have no wd40 at the moment. :|, will in 20 mins thou

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    I know the idiot stickers you mean. My Honda's got reminders to wear a helmet, and approperiate riding gear etc. I once had a Suzuki which had an arrow sticker that said fuel, pointing to the petrol cap. I think they are there for American consumption, where in many states you dont need a helmet and where you can buy Gixxer thous etc with a learners licence .

    I got mine off with Turtle Wax Tar & Bug remover, this did the trick sweet.
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    i hate those stupid stickers!
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    good product

    use hair dryer on hottest setting carefully, any glue residue there is a product called De- Solv-it, sticky spot and stain remover, buy it at stationary shops.

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    Interesting and totally useless bit of info - the De-Solve-It product that has been mentioned burns very well when finely sprayed, but not when liquid. I.e. if you try lighting a bucket of it on fire nothing will happen, but spray it in the air......video attached

    People never believe me when i tell them I can make an orange shoot flames out.....you know the little squirt of finely atomized OJ that comes out of an orange sometimes? (Usually right in yer eye...) it burns the same as the De-Solve-It........
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Caramel wheel

    you could also use a caramel wheel , it fits in a drill and is a brown rubber wheel that smells like caramel. you can buy them at panelbeating supply places, or just find a friendly panelbeater
    Matty C

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