need help removing factory sticker

i used a thumbnail to remove part of it without scratching the paint but don't want to continue like that, so i'm looking for advice on removing the other half.

 

For stickers like that, I start out using a hair dryer and if that doesn't work, I will very carefully use a heat gun. Once I get the sticker part off, I use GOO GONE to get rid of the glue / residue. I've even used that method on OEM stickers on the gas tank that have been there for years.

 

Heat works well. You need plastic razor blades. Nonclorinated brake cleaner (safe for cured paint) takes glue off easy. Polished and wax.

 

I find lighter fluid works best on adhesives, much cleaner and less messy than goo gone.

 

Just don't smoke while you do it. Lol

 

Agreed with above. We don't want to see you with fukt up nails and a smelly frizzled beard Squirrelman. But seriously, I would use heat and an old windshield scrapper. You know what those are. Then as said, lighter fluid or naphtha or camp-stove fuel. I think gasoline would even remove the residue glue.

Why are you taking them off? Just because or are you replacing them ?

 

no, just wanting to lighten the bike a bit.

 

Are you that bored? Thought it was a joke, but you got a fat hook baited with something tasty. I would have told you not to use your nail clipper for a week and take some sort of gummy vitamin so you would have real, real rigid finger-nailz to do the scraping. Of course, do I care if I insult someone? Nah. muhhh Peace. Steal your Face

 

Heat to soften the adhesive, if you can lift a corner, pull at 180 degrees while keeping heat... might tear, it is what it is. Helps to have a rag soaked in naptha, nice slow dissolving solvent to soften gummy shit... lighter fluid, WD40, GooGone, Seafoam all have naptha, won't harm paint. Harsh solvents will evap too quickly and may cause paint damage. Take your time, no time to be impatient and yeah, keep the swear jar happy.... I wouldn't use scrapers unless they are plastic, although what you've likely got there is harder powder coat.
After label is off, scrub with naptha again to get the residue off, wipe with isopropanol, also harmless..... Seafoam has both naptha and isopropanol, but you'll need separate isopropanol for final cleanup.