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How to remove side orange fork reflectors?
- Thread starter frnco
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Double sided stick tape. Pull off and clean residue.
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sib
Cruisin' Guzzisti
The fork reflectors on my V7II Stone fell off all by themselves at about 12,000 mi. Unlike you, I like orange, so I got replacements on warranty. The trick to keeping them on is to prepare the surface of the fork tubes with something like 3M #94 tape primer.
Like sib I like them. Mine fell off my Norge while washing it. I removed the OEM tape residue and cleaned the fork leg and the reflector with alcohol then used 3M double stick emblem tape, kind of a rubbery black tape, that I have had great luck with on other items. So far still on there.
I assume you are talking about this...
I've used this technique before with excellent results.
Spray WD-40 around the entire edge of the reflector. Let it soak in a few minutes. Take some very inexpensive plastic mono-filament fishing line, say 3 feet in length, wrap it around each hand a few times, (light-weight gloves would be helpful here but not necessary) and then place the filament on the top of the reflector, and while pushing the filament on both sides of the fork tube with your thumbs so that it conforms to the curvature of the tube, slide the line back and forth like a saw as you pull it down behind the reflector. The line will slice through the adhesive releasing the reflector from the tube. Any remaining adhesive on the tube, just spray with WD-40 again, let it sit for a few minutes, and gently wipe it off with a cloth also sprayed with WD-40. The adhesive will come completely off the painted fork leg with no damage at all and then the residual WD-40 can then be wiped off with a clean towel. ***Word of warning - BE CAREFUL that you do not spray any WD-40 on the brake rotor or brake caliper. As a matter of caution, I would probably drape a towel behind the forkleg as a barrier to any overspray. Good Luck!
I've used this technique before with excellent results.
Spray WD-40 around the entire edge of the reflector. Let it soak in a few minutes. Take some very inexpensive plastic mono-filament fishing line, say 3 feet in length, wrap it around each hand a few times, (light-weight gloves would be helpful here but not necessary) and then place the filament on the top of the reflector, and while pushing the filament on both sides of the fork tube with your thumbs so that it conforms to the curvature of the tube, slide the line back and forth like a saw as you pull it down behind the reflector. The line will slice through the adhesive releasing the reflector from the tube. Any remaining adhesive on the tube, just spray with WD-40 again, let it sit for a few minutes, and gently wipe it off with a cloth also sprayed with WD-40. The adhesive will come completely off the painted fork leg with no damage at all and then the residual WD-40 can then be wiped off with a clean towel. ***Word of warning - BE CAREFUL that you do not spray any WD-40 on the brake rotor or brake caliper. As a matter of caution, I would probably drape a towel behind the forkleg as a barrier to any overspray. Good Luck!
As a Luddite, Order of the Commander, with Oak Leaf Clusters, I am forgiving of such. Occasionally, I will peck out a post or a reply here and on other sites and not see anything happen. I will redo it all only to find I have done a double tap ... or more. Doh. C'est la vie.
As for the merits of the OP's question, I suppose -- maybe, perhaps, could be, etc. -- that some life, somewhere, somehow has been saved by those side reflectors. Would like to see the data. I remember when that all started with cars in, I think, 1968. OK, I understand, especially for us motorcyclists to see cars inching out of hidden spots.
But, on motorcycles?
Mine didn't last a day after purchase. My brother, OTOH, keeps every stupid Big Brother decal on his tank, etc., and, since he is a retired OSHA geek, you can bet that he keeps on those reflectors and is appalled that I take off mine. Guess I'm lucky he doesn't narc me out to the Reflector Police.
Bill
As for the merits of the OP's question, I suppose -- maybe, perhaps, could be, etc. -- that some life, somewhere, somehow has been saved by those side reflectors. Would like to see the data. I remember when that all started with cars in, I think, 1968. OK, I understand, especially for us motorcyclists to see cars inching out of hidden spots.
But, on motorcycles?
Mine didn't last a day after purchase. My brother, OTOH, keeps every stupid Big Brother decal on his tank, etc., and, since he is a retired OSHA geek, you can bet that he keeps on those reflectors and is appalled that I take off mine. Guess I'm lucky he doesn't narc me out to the Reflector Police.
Bill