Use a hair dryer just to heat it up a little. Be careful not to burn the plastics.
I heard that eucalyptus oil is good as well
I heard that eucalyptus oil is good as well
Thanks Andrew, I actually have already used this method to take off all the warning stickers, but I am worried that with the actual decals they have some sort of clear coat over the top of them and if I remove the decals you may see where they were.andrew270681 said:Use a hair dryer just to heat it up a little. Be careful not to burn the plastics.
I heard that eucalyptus oil is good as well
+1 just becareful with the heat gun. My boy tried to do it on the intake tubes of his K6 1k to remove the warning stickers and the retard melted the shit out of the plastic. Once you got the decals removed, if you have residue, i found goof off removed it if applied liberally. Actually any non abraisive citrus cleaner should work. then youll need to do the whole repolishing step just to bring that old gsxr glow back.aaronass said:the tank decal is the only one with clear coat over it, use a hair dryer ( heat gun can get to hot ). the go get some turtle wax bug & tar remover. be patient with the bug & tar remover may take a couple of times to get the glue completely off...i did this to mine. i'll post up a pic before i drop the bike off today
see if you use the bug & tar remover no re-polishing needed...shit works GREATFukucacheme said:+1 just becareful with the heat gun. My boy tried to do it on the intake tubes of his K6 1k to remove the warning stickers and the retard melted the shit out of the plastic. Once you got the decals removed, if you have residue, i found goof off removed it if applied liberally. Actually any non abraisive citrus cleaner should work. then youll need to do the whole repolishing step just to bring that old gsxr glow back.
best of luck
It's an '05 1K. Has a decal on either side of the tail that looks like the one on the tank. The vinyl decal is hard as a rock and simply doesn't want to soften up under heat, goof-off, naptha or anything else I've tried. It'll "chip" off, but that would take a month. Maybe I'll try the bug & tar remover.....aaronass said:don't know what you mean by the "spike" decals
try bug & tar remover.... shit works great i'm telling you
its changed. goo gone and other chems like bug and tar remover work wonders.THE SRADIATOR said:Removing the decals is not 1/2 as tough as removing the glue residue that is left behind! I'd stay away from a heat gun as it generates too much heat. Spend a moment too long in one place with a heat gun and you'll be pulling paint with your decals! That being said, the glue left behind must have been developed by the N.A.S.A. space program because it is the most tenacious stuff on earth!
Unless the k-bikes decals have changed from my srads, that glue is unbelievably strong. I have used gasoline, kerosene, goo-gone, lacquer thinner, decal remover, motor oil, exorcisms, praying and eventually cursing (in several languages that i don't even speak) to remove the decal residue left behind.
If you find a way to easily remove that glue PLEASE share it with me/us!!!