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removal of front fork reflectors
« on: April 03, 2015, 03:25:16 PM »

I tried looking up, but as usual couldn't find any articles about removing those government mandated reflectors attached to the front forks of our cvo bikes. What is a safe way to remove these so as not to scratch or harm those chrome forks we paid so much money for. Thanks in advance for any help in this question.
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2015, 03:39:13 PM »

Heat the fork leg and the reflector with a hair dryer, heat lamp, whatever you have that won't overheat and melt parts.  This reduces the strength of the adhesive.  Then use a nonmetallic tool, like a plastic scraper or even dental floss, to carefully separate the reflector from the fork leg.  Once you have the reflector off, remove any remaining adhesive with your choice of product.  I personally start out using wide packaging tape that I apply to the residue and press firmly in place, then peel it off.  That usually gets the big stuff.  Then I follow up with a solvent such as WD-40, acetone or Goof-Off.

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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2015, 03:55:44 PM »

Thanks Jerry...heading to the garage now with hair dryer, dental floss, goo gone and rags.
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2015, 04:05:00 PM »

Thanks Jerry...heading to the garage now with hair dryer, dental floss, goo gone and rags.

Dental floss and goo gone is what I used...
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2015, 05:24:37 PM »

fishing string works too
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2015, 05:27:31 PM »

 :drummer:Done...easy. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2015, 03:13:20 PM »

Slid a long zip tie behind it, worked it down a little ways and pulled and it came off with the adhesive tape, no glue left on the fork. Other side broke a few times, but no glue to clean off.
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2015, 05:00:09 PM »

Yep, fishing line works great.  Have also used it on removal of tank emblems..
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2015, 08:45:51 PM »

Thanks a Heat gun worked great!
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2015, 09:03:35 PM »

BFH and a cold chisel will get it off.  But, yeah, fishing line is probably the better tool for the job....
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Re: removal of front fork reflectors
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2015, 09:06:56 PM »

Pulled mine off by hand and had only a little sticky tape left on them.  Once I got it to start to pop off it came right off. 
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