I wan't to remove the reflectors from my forks and the red ones on the fender strutt. I know they are fixed in place by double sided tape but was keen to hear what others have done or used to remove the sticky residue. I am not too keen on using a heat gun incase I ruin the clear finish on the fork sliders.

Any ideas??

Dodgy photo, but you can see the reflectors I'm talking about pretty clearly.

Thanks for the tips fellas.

I really like the fishing line idea. I have just got to work up the courage now and get them off!!!!

I'll let you know how it goes and put another pic up to compare.

you will find a combination of a bit of heat and fishing line will get the reflectors off easily,then just some goo off or something similar will get the residue off

nobody

Well they are off. Took about 25 min and was hassle free.

The fishing line didn't work for me, I only had 25lb line and it kept snapping. I used a plastic putty knife and pushed it behind the reflector, once it started to lift I leavered it away. I used tar and bug remover to remove the residue. The yellow reflectors on the front were held on by a black double sided tape. Very easy to remove the residue, The red rear reflectors were held in place by a white double sided tape and took a lot more work to get rid of the residue.

Here are some pics and you can see what I'm talking about. I heaps prefer the look now, as Kingchops said "Much cleaner" .

much better look Greg. I have a black denim bob and the rear reflectors were attached to the guard and not the strut. A little bit of heat, fishing line and then eucalyptus oil to clean any sticky stuff work fine for me.

Here it is reflectorless:

rkc_lover,

The stuff that I used is called: "Motsenbocker's Lift off 2" - Tape remover",  the wife got if from Coles, it comes in a three pack with two other types of remover.  As with most things these days they've got a web address:

http://www.liftoffinc.com/product_2.htm

Did the trick really well though, I just soaked it through the edges for a couple of minutes, then they came right off.

You can usually use white spirits to dissolve the sticky stuff on adhesive tapes. Maybe soak a small rag in it and leave it on the fork a while so the fluid can soak down the gap. I wouldn't want to use anything more than fingernails to yank it off though!

Most bodykits on cars are held on mostly with double-sided tape and many buses have virtually all panels held on that way too! It may be worth asking someone at the local car mod-shop what they do for removal. Good Luck!

Just leavered mine off very carefully one hot summers day. Left very little to clean afterwards and no marks. Certainly looks better and you don't get the super reflection that spoils most photos!!!

we sell a heap of our citra force (www.lanotec.com.au) product to panel beaters for removing double sided tape and goo. wont effect any alloys and its mint on the chrome (takes most oil stains outta drive ways too) easy to find a local shop , type your postcode into the bottom of our webpage.

cheers Greeny 

just used a hair dryer and gently ripped them off and then I used a bit of caltex or was it shell to get the sticky crap off,then washed the bike to get rid of the fuel on the paint.

My missus says the you should leave the reflectors on...safety first and I says bugga that,the bikes look like a bike without them and that you would be able to tell I was the only straight rider in next years mardi gras in Sysney because I got no reflectors