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Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:37 am**

... how do I get them off the tank. They're big and ugly. Y'know the warning and petrol type ones, not the Aprilia ones.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:49 am**

Hairdryer to soften the adhesive and carefully peel them off. Obviously don't scrape them with anything sharper than a thumbnail.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:15 am**

Now I just need to grow back my hair to warrant the purchased of said hairdryer

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:57 am**

WD40 should remove any remaining sticky.

.. can't guarantee it will make your hair grow tho.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:59 pm**

Got mine off and I don't have a hairdryer

Try leaving it in the sun for a while. And as Samray suggests, use lots of WD40 to remove residue. That's about all it's good for anyway.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:56 pm**

Are not some of the stickers on the tank lacqured in. I have removed stickers from my fairing with the hairdrier method but those on the tank are lacqured so I dare not try and remove them.

Check first before you damage your paintwork!

Blue.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:53 pm**

Are you just removing them or preparing for a paint job. If it is for a paint job i would give the wd40 a wide berth

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:01 pm**

paddyz1 wrote:Are you just removing them or preparing for a paint job. If it is for a paint job i would give the wd40 a wide berth

I assumed the clue was in the question.

Y'know the warning and petrol type ones, not the Aprilia ones.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:42 pm**

Samray wrote:
paddyz1 wrote:Are you just removing them or preparing for a paint job. If it is for a paint job i would give the wd40 a wide berth
I assumed the clue was in the question.
Y'know the warning and petrol type ones, not the Aprilia ones.

That would be me not reading properly

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:06 pm**

Meths is always good for removing sticky stuff - and if it doesn't work you can always drown your sorrows with it ............

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:33 am**

Or lighter fluid...

I: Not even the wankers on the site would drink that. That's worse than meths.
Withnail: Nonsense. This is a far superior drink to meths. The wankers don't drink it because they can't afford it.

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:08 am**

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:29 pm**

great quote - some one else get the sunday times by chance?

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:12 pm**

Nooj wrote:Or lighter fluid...

I: Not even the wankers on the site would drink that. That's worse than meths.
Withnail: Nonsense. This is a far superior drink to meths. The wankers don't drink it because they can't afford it.

What site?

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