Nothing more technical than a hair dryer is required!

Gently warm up the decal, no need to go mad though, remember it is a petrol tank that it's stuck to! All you need to do is get it warm enough to soften the adhesive and make the decal more pliable.

Once you've got it warm, pick at the edge carefully so as not to scratch the tank and then peel away. I've found a scalpel can be handy to carefully lift an edge and get it going.

Once you've got it off, white spirit will clean up the residue without damaging the lacquer and degrease ready for applying the new one.

Just as a note all the decals on the various Teneres can be removed this way except the small Tenere mountain logo on the early black bikes (like mine). For some reason, only known to yamaha, it is actually under the lacquer!?

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