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Old 12-30-2007, 12:25 PM
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does anyone have any ideas on how to remove those ugly front fork reflectors.......i think a nice polished piece of chrome should not be covered by a piece of bright plastic
 
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Old 12-30-2007, 12:34 PM
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not a prob, just take a piece of fishing line and use it like a saw between the reflector and fork. there will be some adhesive left on the fork. just use some lighter fluid or goo b gone and it comes right off.
this was the first thing i did when i got my bike home.
 
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Old 12-30-2007, 12:39 PM
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I just did it last weekend. Based on what I read here, I heated it up with a hair dryer and used dental floss to get them off. Tried fishing line, but it kept getting stuck. Then I used WD40 to clean the sticky crap off. It took about 15 minutes.
 
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thanks guys...bye the way...ST..DEUCE ....you got a sweet bike....i cannot help but notice your big radius pipes there...i an curious if you ran the big with them installed WITHOUT the sert,and just the harley lownload......again beautiful scooter...love the solid black cherry,mine has 2 tone,black cherry and pewter pearl,it was too long a wait for a solid so i went for it

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ORIGINAL: cherrypewt

thanks guys...bye the way...ST..DEUCE ....you got a sweet bike....i cannot help but notice your big radius pipes there...i an curious if you ran the big with them installed WITHOUT the sert,and just the harley lownload......again beautiful scooter...love the solid black cherry,mine has 2 tone,black cherry and pewter pearl,it was too long a wait for a solid so i went for it

[IMG]local://upfiles/29048/F3D3E081CAE74892B81992E5A67ABBE1.jpg[/IMG]
your bikes paint job is sweet also! i had the pipes and SERT installed at the sametime. so the answer is no to your question.
 
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Old 12-30-2007, 01:15 PM
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Just be sure to cover your rotor when you spray on the wd40 (dont ask)
 
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Old 12-30-2007, 02:27 PM
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I used a heat gun and heated them up till I could just peel them off with my hands. Real easy and not too much clean up after they came off. I ran my bike with the big radius pipeswith the stock A/C for 800+ miles on mine with no changes to the tune and had zero problems.

Nice ride you got there!
 
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in responce to ST..DEUCE i'm just curious if your bike as it is now....pops a little on decel...overall how's it running?

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I have taken my rear reflectors off and after reading this I guess I should do the fronts too!

 
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thanks bonecrusher....your too is sweet...how about you how does your bike run overall with those big radius pigs

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