Industrial heat gun is the best by far. If you have not got access to that then a hair dryer is slower but just as effective. For most peeps and for sure in your case the hair dryer will be fine. When peeling it the sticker starts to disintegrate then you need more heat to soften the adhesive on the rear of the sticker.

all of the above work well + Duraglit (metal polish wadding) will remove surplus glue.

I used Iso propanol on my tank to remove sticker sticky stuff

That sounds like the sort of stuff that wouldn't mix well with plastic??? What is it? Can you use it to remove nail varnish?

sounds like paint stripper to me!!!!

Well - I took a view that the heat gun (an old hairdryer - cue jokes about why it's not needed anymore) sounded the most plausible. It worked a treat on all bar 2 stickers advertising the same company which needed so much heat they distorted on removal and left a yucky residue.

Having recently succumbed to TV adverts for Doktor POWER from JML I had a go with that on the swing arm which looked as if the yuk had never been there - brill'. It did a fine job on the plastics as well - no abrasion and no residue after wiping off.

The sticker removal and cleaning revealed the evidence of previous stickers having been scratched off but I managed to place XT660.com stickers so that the eye is led away from the scratches. I shall try to find the same plastic polishing compound which was given to me by an American friend some years ago but is now used up.

If anyone is interested:-

toothpaste is excellent for polishing plastics, due to its mild abrasive content to clean your teeth's enamel without scratching them

So where would a gummy old man get that from? :100:

funny enough I have learnt about it in this forum, as it was posted during the war by one Buck, who knew anything and everything to do with cleaning.

Dont know wheather this is good for yamaha plastics or not but i have always been told a weee drop of petrol on a cloth and some hard rubbing always take the stickyness away from stickers. I tried it on my honda and it worked. Only thing is dont forget to wash the petrol off or it will eat the plastics or paint!!!