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Message started by hockmanjosh on 06/13/16 at 09:11:36

Title: Decal Removal
Post by hockmanjosh on 06/13/16 at 09:11:36

I want to remove the savage decals from the sides of the gas tank. I saw a guy on youtube cut around a decal, then heat gun and remove, there was paint and clear coat under his decal.
I removed a small bit of mine, but it doesn't appear to have paint and clear coat under the decal. Any ideas?

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/13/16 at 09:16:53

No debate,, you've already started... soldier on, good luck.

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by KennyG on 06/13/16 at 11:08:22

How I removed my chrome decals was to let the tank run low on gas and set the bike in the Texas sun for a couple of hours.

Then I used fishing line to saw through the gookum that holds the decals onto the tank.

I pulled the bike into my garage and after the tank cooled off I then cleaned the mess up with GoofOff.

I wouldn't put any kind of solvent on hot paint.

There is a posting on here IIRC that has pictures removing the decals.

Kenny G

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Dave on 06/13/16 at 11:24:09

4A646F4273607269010 wrote:

How I removed my chrome decals was to......
Kenny G

The chrome "badges" are not decals.....they are stuck "on" the paint with foam tape.

The "decals" are under the clear coat paint layer - but over the base color coat. I really don't know how you could get the decals off and save the paint. It is not as easy as getting the "stuff" out of an Oreo!

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by norm92de on 06/13/16 at 11:47:06

A local guy removed his Suzuki boulevard logos. They came off without a trace. His tank looks like it came that way :)

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Dave on 06/13/16 at 12:08:47

This fellow has "DECALS"......not badges.

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by KennyG on 06/13/16 at 17:54:21

Josh,

What year is your bike?

Kenny G

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by hockmanjosh on 06/13/16 at 18:23:48

2003. I'm going to try to vinyl wrap instead of remove the decals.

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Kris01 on 06/13/16 at 19:21:57

Like this!

http://cdn.powersportstv.com/382496_6_2003_Suzuki_SAVAGE.jpg

Not this!

http://www.cyclepedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LS650-S40_0001vin1.jpg

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by hockmanjosh on 06/13/16 at 20:00:58

The top one. IMO the ugliest one they ever made for the savage.

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Kris01 on 06/14/16 at 19:43:35

It's sort of Indian feather-like. You know...savages!

BTW, I don't mean to be offensive to any native Americans. I'm part Cherokee. ;)

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/15/16 at 01:49:03

Uh huhh,, Suuure you are... And what do you tell that small bunch of young toughs encircling you menacingly?

Hey, aren't you Billy's cousin? Billy, he's a real good friend..

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Kris01 on 06/15/16 at 09:05:25

I've been tracing my family tree lately. I got all the way back to about 1580 before it became untraceable. Turns out my ancestors came from Armagh County, Ireland. My Great Grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee though.

Title: Re: Decal Removal
Post by Kris01 on 06/16/16 at 19:07:30

I found this:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181828138

...for anyone reading this thread that wants to remove the badges, not the stickers.