| Author | Message | ||
     Windaddiction |
Hey any one have any technique for taking off the reflectors on the forks and the rear ones that are glued onto the fenders? | ||
| Thunderbox |
I have to ask why? | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Hair dryer and they will pop right off. | ||
| Chadhargis |
The ones on the forks peel right off and don't even leave any sticky goo. Haven't been as offended by the rear ones. As for why I remove them....well...as an MSF instructor, I've been a student of crash statistics for a few years. There is a very small number of crashes where a car hits a bike from the side unless they are running a light or a stop sign in which case they would't see the reflector until the moment of impact after they had already missed the bright headlight coming at them. Typically, the only way a side reflector would do any good is if the bike were parked stationary in the middle of the road with its lights off. Since that rarely happens, and those DOT mandated reflectors look like crap and serve no purpose, I usually tear them off. Nothing like Uncle Sam making manfacturers stick crap on our bikes that serve no purpose and we have to pay for it. Arrrgh!! That being said, I ADD reflective material to the rear of my bikes since taillights aren't usually that bright (except for the Uly which has an eyeball burning bright tail light!  ). The front of the bike is pretty obvious with the headlight shining. | ||
| Windaddiction |
cool thanks.... ya i hate seeing those 2 ugly orange ones on my nice machined forks! | ||
| Madsx |
Ripped mine off with a pair o channel lock pliers. As stated above, leaves no trace of goo. | ||
| Lowflyer |
My rear fender was KIA. A new one costs just over $17 from Daves and comes without the reflectors. | ||
| Uselyssxb12x |
For stubborn reflectors, dealer emblems (autos), take some monofilament line, make a couple of wraps around a screwdriver, ratchet extensions, etc. (one on each end), then work the line behind the reflector one end to the other. This will usually do the trick. If any sticky residue is left, silicone spray is good at helping to scrub it off, and silicone will not harm plastic, aluminum, etc. | ||
| Windaddiction |
well all done thanks for the tips here is a pic of what it looks like, I even took off that back one under the license plate!  | ||
| Chadhargis |
I removed the rear side reflectors last night. They peeled off, but required large amounts of "goo gone" and some scrubbing to get the glue off. I'll be leaving the rear reflector in place. I want a good visual presence from the rear. | ||
| Bomber |
goo removal is also accomplished through the appication of peanut butter -- who knew? | ||
| Chadhargis |
Haven't heard that one. Does it work? | ||
| Spoof |
Just peanut oil is a little easier to work with. I used to, ahem, take a bottle into the shower with me when I was a house painter and had a sloppy day. (Message edited by spoof on December 13, 2005) | ||
| Bomber |
and it has the advantage of being nicer smelling that most solvents, and you can lick yer fingers clean ;-} | ||
| Lovehamr |
Spoof, level with us now. You didn't spill any "paint" in the shower, did you? Now what was the oil for? LOL Steve |
