Sunday, May 2, 2010

Howto Remove Stickers from a Motorcycle

When we bought the GS500, it came with some extra stickers. We wanted to remove them.
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Step1: get some heat on the stickers to be removed. A hair dryer works best. A heat gun must be used with caution as it could melt the plastics and damage the paint.

Step2: start picking at a corner
a little heat and start picking

Step3: Keep pulling gently while applying more heat.
more heat and more gentle pulling getting easy now done

Step4: Enjoy your new sticker free bike!

3 comments:

  1. If you use an actual heat gun, use extreme caution! You can damage your paint or even melt plastic. Hair dryers are MUCH more forgiving!

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  2. The GS500 is a neat bike! I knew someone with one who loves it. It was on my short list when I was hunting for my re-entry bike. The SV was screaming my name though and I couldn't resist it. No regrets.

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  3. @reyzie: Thanks for the reminder on heatguns. I modified the post to reflect your words of warning.

    Sharon: Yes, the GS500 is a neat bike, and I have enjoyed riding it the couple times she let me! The smoothness reminds me of the F800GS/F650GS, but it's lacking the viceral quality the SV has. Both are fun, but I prefer the SV. Besides, the SV has way more goodies available for it. ;)

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