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  • philthy
    philthy
    13 years ago

    Yep, grab em firm, twist left or right and off they cum. Wipe sticky shit from forks or guard off with turps or whatever, jobs done.

  • SJ
    SJ
    13 years ago

    On ya Punjabi..... I almost thought you weren't gonna yell then ha ha

    You are right. Its only weak double sided tape on the new ones.

  • Mr.Mow
    Mr.Mow
    13 years ago

    I waited until a very cold day..

    dental floss down the back (ooh.. minty).. about quartey way down, then they literaly just popped off with no residue. Being cold the tape was really hard, like old chewy.

  • Cruisesolo
    Cruisesolo
    13 years ago

    Dont be scared jus get the bloody things off.

    I used a soak in the sun then a steady hand holdng a stanley knife. coupla lil knicks in the paint but nothing a touch up brush couldnt fix. Besides its not like the forks dont get peppered by gravel from time to time anyway... I used to be a bit more precious wth my bike until i had to rice 2 ks behind a water truck on a freshly riped up road...

     

     

  • LadyRider
    LadyRider
    13 years ago
    This thread was very handy. No more poxy reflectors on my bike.
  • philthy
    philthy
    13 years ago

    Just grab em nice and firm, and turn em clockwise or anticlockwise,they come straight off. Nothing needed except your hands. Clean any sticky shit off with turps. I done the four reflectors on my rocker in less than 5 mins. No stuffing around with all the other crap. Simple as.Oops, Already said that       

  • Rxes
    Rxes
    13 years ago

     Read'n this thread gave me another reason to be with my bike,Thanks.

  • philthy
    philthy
    13 years ago

    Hell yeah! Dunno why I fuckin bother. 

  • philthy
    philthy
    12 years ago

    For Sale:  4 funny looking reflectors off a BLUE Rocker. $100 each or the lot for $300!!  

  • skirtster
    skirtster
    12 years ago
    wait for 10 years & they fall off.
  • Isaac
    Isaac
    12 years ago

     

    WOW! Six pages on howta remove reflectors?! I dragged fishing line behind them and cleaned the gunky stuff with eucalyptus oil. I haven't read every page but I'll bet someone already suggested that?

    But I see Philthy uses turps - I've still two shinies to remove so I'll try that instead of the euc oil. Maybe we can get it to seven pages?!!

     

     

  • Stewy
    Stewy
    12 years ago

    Just pulled mine of by hand.

    Then dip a clean rag in the tank to get the sticky shit off

    Saves looking for the other stuff

    Didnt leave a mark

  • Underground
    Underground
    12 years ago
    Rode my 4 day old bike to work today....gonna sneak down stairs and rip em off with some dynamite and a hacksaw
  • Bear2009
    Bear2009
    12 years ago
    Fishing line worked for me , but borrowed the missus hairdryer to heat them up first then used the fishing line , come off cleanly with not much residue left behind
  • Superglide2012
    Superglide2012
    12 years ago
    What if you dont have a hair dryer cause you have no hair?
  • dyna gliding
    dyna gliding
    12 years ago

    just ripped my off by hand and then polished the crap out  of the legs


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  • Urban Guerilla
    Urban Guerilla
    12 years ago
    I polished my legs for hours, but got sick of it and went back to working on ma bike :P

    I used just a heat gun to get my reflectors off, no fishing line to lave scratchy marks etc. Once heated, they pretty much squealed and fell on the ground. job done.
  • Jenko
    Jenko
    11 years ago
    You guys all had so much fun, I'm gonna buy me some double sided tape and some reflectors, and stick 'em on my bike just so I can cut, flick, twist, and jack hammer 'em off again!
    7 frikkin pages... hahahahahaha
  • taff60
    taff60
    11 years ago
    By the way.........reflectores on the forks are gay!!!!!! But thankfully, they are a gayism that is only law in USA. They are just fitted as standard and most here dont bother to remove them.
  • Ozbiker69
    Ozbiker69
    11 years ago

    I have yet to do this on my 2013 Fat Bob. But it will be done very soon so thanks for the tips and tricks. I reckon it will make it look a lot cleaner.

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