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flyingminno

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Hair dryer or a little bit of a heat gun will do it, just make sure to get it heated up and continue applying it as you remove by pulling up from a corner.
 
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euros4life

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Hair dryer and some goo gone, with a lot of elbow grease and it comes right off. Give her a good waxing when your done and it will look like it was never there.
 
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dart1963

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patience, lots and lots of patience:thumbup:
 
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Raelcreve

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That one is a b!tch to get off, but everyone here has done it and pretty much the same way. I was impatient and used the edge of my nail and rubbing alcohol, then cleaned thoroughly after I was finished. Should have heated it first.
 
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MiltonDorkenhoff

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euros4life said:
Hair dryer and some goo gone, with a lot of elbow grease and it comes right off. Give her a good waxing when your done and it will look like it was never there.
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It sounded so easy :) A very thin piece of clear plastic came off right away. The warning sticker came off one little tiny piece at a time.
 
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KADO

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I just peeled it off and used a combination of goo gone and some skin so soft that was laying around the house. Took a little while and some elbow grease but now it looks great.
 
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dart1963

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now wait until you get the Yamaha bubble screen, same stupid little type of sticker that took me about an hour to get off.... in little piece by piece.
 
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MiltonDorkenhoff

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dart1963 said:
now wait until you get the Yamaha bubble screen, same stupid little type of sticker that took me about an hour to get off.... in little piece by piece.
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Funny, I was thinking about getting the tinted bubble screen.. Maybe I can pay the dealer to peel it off for me or something :)
 
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pyrocpu

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The trick on the fuel tank sticker (and also the FMVSS label on the swingarm), is to NOT peel the plastic off first! It's FAR easier to peel the paper & the plastic together. You'll have to move a lot slower. FMVSS label went first; that took me yeah, also nearly an hour. Gas tank sticker, with a hair dryer (heat it up to where the paint feels painful on your fingers! :( ), and peel super slowly. That label took but 2 minutes! Add one more minute for a quick wax (I used Turtle Wax Bug & Tar Remover--it's a bit gentler on paint for one, and it's what I happened to have on hand) with microfiber cloth, bam, done!
 
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Detrich

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is it just me, or does everyone else also hate the "child airbag warning" decals on the sun visors in their cars? it's like u have a nice cabin then these grotesque yellow, red, black, and white things on the roof... lol. maybe im just OCD... :p

thanks for the info on the warning sticker. i'm a going to try to peel it off at some point too. :)
 
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ME_with_a_B

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Did you guys use the hairdryer on the swingarm when peeling off the FMVSS sticker? Or just goo-gone?
 
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pyrocpu

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Hairdryer + Turtle Wax Bug/Tar remover.
 
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ME_with_a_B

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pyrocpu, I cannot thank you enough for recommending the Turtle Wax Bug/Tar remover. After I took the stickers off, I ended up giving my entire bike a once over with that stuff and now she's as clean as the day I bought her!! THANKS!!
 

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