They're a bit like the dealer stickers you get on the rear window when you buy a car... the first thing to happen when I get a car home for the first time is peel the damn thing off! My first car was already at least ten years old when I got it and the dealer sticker was yellow, brittle and unsightly, and was a swine to remove. My T100's stickers came off before it got wheeled into the garage for the first time - they're now on my toolbox.
Just found one on my Hive thermostat… it gave me me a disproportionate amount of pleasure to peel it off.
I had a friend who even kept tags on things like the price label on fishing holdalls and the protective plastic on the cork handle. I just wanted to rip them off.
This July, I bought a 2016 Thruxton. I couldn't believe it, but the previous owner hadn't removed any of the dullhead stickers, including those on the tank and fairing. The day after I got it home, off they came, but being over six years old on matt black paint they left a vague outline which I have learned to ignore. But still irritating.
pick at a corner your finger nail wont damage the paint or lacquer peel off clear plastic leaving the sticky residue on the bike clean cloth and white spirit not thinners or aerosol brake / electrical cleaner gone !
The manufacturer who loves these stickers best is Aprilia. Holy moly they put a lot of lawyer talk warning stickers on their bikes!
Lawyer talk !! .. yep. I maybe wrong, but didn't this crap begin in the U.S to try and protect business from ridiculous court cases that made some millionaires ..and some go broke ! I had one on the wall years back (off a Sportster .. I think ?) which stated something along the lines of " .. not checking sidestand before lifting motorcycle could cause damage to ankle "
