what's the best way of removing the "F4i" and wing stickers off the side leaving as little residue as possible? (if its at all possible).

Seem like I'd have to keep picking at them to remove everything... what a pain in the s$$.
any thoughts?

 

Use a blow dryer. The blow dryer heats up and melts the glue and the sticker comes off real clean. I did it on my F4i with no problems.

Diabo

 

Yeah i blowdryer works real well just go slow and it works way better. I used goo off to get the left over residue off

 

side question the wing decals seem to be cleared over is the f4i decal the same way or is it smooth when you remove it?

 

Your bike would look like Turboedsupe's (in his signature) if you took off the wings off the fairing.

The wings & the F4i come right off....looks like this:



The only decals that are under the clear coat are the Honda ones on the gas tank.

 

I agree, I took my side plastic off , brought them in the house, hit em with the blowdryer. If you WORK SLOWLY, peeling back the plastic as you let the dryer melt the glue, this will work. Then use Goo Gone to remove the residue. Goo Gone works best if you swab it on with cloth and let it sit for a few minutes. Then rub it out with a clean cloth. Buff the plastics after, with Honda spray or S1000 detail spray or whatever you use to clean/wax. Here are some pics of my '01. I'm selling it, time for a 1000RR. She's a little dirty, but I spend way more time riding than cleaning.



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The top picture is messed up, here is what it should look like.

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