This deserves a thread all of its own. The DVTs come with stupid orange reflectors on the forks which had to go. Turns out they are stuck on with THE WORLD'S STRONGEST ADHESIVE PADS. I put some tape on the metal surface of the fork legs and used a plastic bicycle tyre lever to try and lever them off (obviously don't use anything metal as you'll scratch your fork legs to bits). No joy, bent the lever. I then warmed them up with a hair dryer which made things mildly better but still bent my plastic lever. I got another plastic lever and kind of rammed and shoved it into the little gap between the reflector and the fork leg using far more force than you'd think necessary, and eventually got underneath enough to lever it off. This left behind most of the adhesive pad still stuck to the forks which I then scraped off bit by bit with the end of the plastic tyre lever. This left a sticky residue which then took some time to remove using Autoglym intensive tar remover. All in all, a right royal pain in the arse.
soak nicely with WD40 and run a old credit card or hotel room key (card type) behind the reflectors....
I wonderd when the first person to try this would be. I call dibs on the thread; 'What vinyl wrap/logo are you using to cover the fuel vapour catch tank'. I think a wrap so it looks like a well known olive oil bottle would be fun!! :Muted:
Mate with 848 Evo Corse thing has a Redbull tin wrapped around rear shock piggy back res. Looks none too shabby if you like that sort of thing :Wtf:
Maybe a Hamerite tin and touch up brush! You never know if a bit of engine paint may bubble off. :Muted:
That orange reflectors are so awful I am going to take them tomorrow morning . Yes I just realise the big black box left side , omg that's so ugly can it be removed ? Or it's a must thing on the bike ?
Take them off with fishing line filament ... then remove the remaining residue with Rain-X.... this info directly from multiple detail pros... it absolutely works! Saved my ass multiple times on many things besides cars and bikes
Rain X is a windshield treatment we have in the states... It also happens to be a spectacular adhesive remover that does no damage to painted,varnished or anodized surfaces. The fishing line filament works a champ to get the reflectors off forks
removed mine but it is a difficult job had a tiny scratch on my right fork but not noticeable. now i need to raise my seat and also put the front half fender.
