Manufacturers Warning Stickers

Hairdryer to soften the glue then peel off.
The stickers in the pic look quite old, so there may a slight difference in the paint underneath due to exposure.

 

I peeled mine off as soon as I got it home from dealers. I seem to remember just getting fingernails under corner an peeling them off slowly. Certainly didn't use hair dryer or the like. May have used some WD40 or paraffin to remove any glue residue, but with these sort of things, if you're slow and pull at the right angle the gum usually stays on sticker.

 

OK, black one looked old, looked like cracks in it.
In which case, they'll peel off easy with the hairdryer and using your thumbnail
(And maybe just need a little bit of adhesive removal.)

 

I suspect that warning's referring to the graphic stickers which do tend to be laquered over.

 

All mine are stuck on the side of my tool cabinet

 

All mine are in the bin where they belong

 

Excellent result

 

It's flippin' obvious which stickers are under the lacquer so that bit in the manual is clearly for the sort of people that would sue Costabucks if the words "contents may be hot" are not printed on their cups...

 

Why don't they just use easy peel stickers. Nobody wants ugly stickers permanently attached to their pristine paintwork

 

Eucalyptus oil

 

They are easy peel. Not so easy in a cold garage though, so worth warming the sticker up to summer temps and if they are taken off when the bike is new, there's barely any residue. Definitely a finger nail job, tools do the scratching.

I find brake cleaner or nail varnish remover which is watered down acetone and a soft cloth gets sticker residue off painted surfaces ok. And petrol's quite good, probabaly a bit old school now though. You might not want oil (WD40/Eucalyptus/etc) on the tank if you are putting a tank pad on, obviously.

I have noticed a few dealers putting those stickers back on second hand bikes, it does make them look a bit new I suppose. They come on a decal sheet.

 

You'd think so, but you occasionally see bikes with them still on. When I see that, I momentarily have the urge to peel them off. (Same with the protective film you get on various device display screens when you get them new. Bugs the hell out of me when I see other peoples stuff with tatty protective layer they've left of for ages).