Suzuki safety labels

[mzrsq]

Ok, the busa will be 2 weeks old Thursday and I'm tired of looking at the safety labels on the tank and inner-fairing panels. I haven't touched them yet, but was wondering how many of you have removed them, and what's the best process without damaging any paint or panels. Please tell me they'll just peel right off and the glue residue will wipe right off............PLEASE.....................

 

[jumbo]

mzrsq,
The ones on the inner panels will come right off. The other ones take a little work. I used a hair dryer to soften them up then used my finger nail to get them off, took a little time. Use some goo gone or wd 40 to get the adhesive off wont mess the paint.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Hair dryer is key to soften up the glue that connects them to the bike. Adding the goo gone will help to loosen them and they won't just peel off, but won't be too hard to remove.

 

[yamwon]

Yeah jumbo is right, a hair drier and some wd 40 did the trick for me, it takes time though. make sure you wash off the wd40 and wax it soon after though if left on the paint it can cause miscoloring after a while

 

[tbonebusa]

the inner panels are easy, the tank ones are a little tougher, and the frame/swingarm ones are a raging pain in the *ss.......heat em up or you'll be chippin' at them forever.

 

[Turbo-Torch]

As everybody else mentioned, a hair dryer will work wonders.  One fairing decal came off easy, the other was a nightmare, even worse than the gas tank sticker.
Once peeled off (the gas tank) I used my regular car polish which removed all the residue and then applied the sealer.

The fairing is a little grainy so I put a good coat of Armour All on it for a few hours and then used an old soft tooth brush and all the residue disappeared from within the grain crevices.

If you search this forum elsewhere there is some HORRIBLE advice about using a heat gun and carburetor cleaner.  If it hasn't been deleted yet, it sure needs to be.



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[Revlis]

Just take your time, Go slow and you wont hurt anything. Hair Dryer and goo gone they will come off, no problem. I had my stickers off the second day... Those stickers are an eyesore, that is for sure.

 

[BigDawg_03Busa]

Used windex and a razor blade on my frame.

 

[bigpoppa1969]

I used a sand blaster at work... alittle rough but it worked......












jk .... hair drying and goo gone...works nice

 

[mzrsq]

Thanks, I'm going to be at that first chance I get. The frame sticks are OK, they haven't bother me much yet, but that god-awful orange warning right in the center of the tank.........come on Suzuki, what are you thinking!

 

[fstbusa]

I used a hair dryer and razor blade

I did scuff up my frame a couple of places. Black magic marker covered it up pretty well

The tank sticker took about 30 min alone cuz I was really really careful not to scuff that.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Used windex and a razor blade on my frame.

I sure hope you are kidding, Big Dawg! If not, you sure do like to do things the hard way!

 

[Bence's Busa]

I just peel the heck out the stickers and use honda pro cleaner spray to rubb the rest of the gue off. I never had a sticker or decal that gave the honda cleaner a hard time.

 

[Warrior58d]

mzrsq,
The ones on the inner panels will come right off. The other ones take a little work. I used a hair dryer to soften them up then used my finger nail to get them off, took a little time. Use some goo gone or wd 40 to get the adhesive off wont mess the paint.

What Jumbo said

 

[Warrior58d]

I used a sand blaster at work... alittle rough but it worked......












jk  .... hair drying and goo gone...works nice

in case you didn't know.......jk.....means joke....please don't use a sandblaster..if you do I know a good paint guy.

 

[AZTECWARRIOR]

I just used a heat gun to peel it off little by little & gasoline for the adhesive residue. That dumb hair dryer just didn't make enough heat!

 

[Turbo-Torch]

I just used a heat gun to peel it off little by little & gasoline for the adhesive residue. That dumb hair dryer just didn't make enough heat!

For those thinking of running next door and borrowing their neighbors heat gun:

Keep in mind the sole purpose of a heat gun is to REMOVE PAINT. A typical heat gun will reach temperatures of 1,000ºF.

A few seconds too long on the tank and the paint will blister and lift right off. Heat it up nice and hot but not enough to burn the paint off and it may look ok for now but in the future you may start seeing crazing or checking in the base color coat in just that spot where the heat was applied.

A split second too long on the plastic fairing panel and it'll be melted and warped.

As far as gasoline goes...yeah that's something I want to rub into an unwaxed portion of clear coat.

 

[AZTECWARRIOR]

mY heat gun was rated at 750 degrees & I took it easy. I got tired of using my wife's hair dryer 'cuz it seemed that chipping the heated edge of that damn sticker w/ my finger nail was doing more damage to the surface than just peeling little sections of the sticker gently using the heat gun at the lowest setting.

I took it easy on the gas too (wiped not rubbed). Gas is gonna spill on the tank anyway, besides, Goo Gone seems a little scary too. It took about 15 minutes looks great & not a single scratch. To each thier own.

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[Dr Geekenstein]

Mine were gone as soon as my baby hit my garage for the first time....WD-40 and fingernails is all it took. They are now prominately displayed on my garage wall in case I ever need to read them....ya...right !!

 

[AZTECWARRIOR]

Next time I'm using the Wd-40 if it's that easy. Boy, was I taking chances.:O