I posted a couple of weeks ago, after fitting a 23 litre Acerbis plastic tank , about what tank decals will stick to the plastic .
So far I’ve tried cleaning the tank with thinners but still can’t get vinyl decals to stick , the tank seems to have a waxy feel to the slightly textured surface . I’ve ...

My tank is new , and I wonder if there is a mould release agent on the tank . I tried a couple of vinyl decals and they didn’t stick .I cleaned the area of the tank with cellulose thinners prior to attempting to stick the decals to no avail .
Anyone fitted vinyl decals to an Acerbis plastic tank ?

Fine , what sort of decals did you buy ? This is like pulling teeth

Well just a simple Yamaha would do . Is that an acerbis plastic tank ?

Can anyone recommend a tank decal for the acerbis 23 litre plastic tank ? It hasn’t got a smooth surface so I wonder if anyone has managed to get a Yamaha decal to stick to and stay stuck to it .
Cheers

Thanks , Wemoto seem well priced , are they heavy enough to not respond to the vibration ?

When I bought my latest 600e , I was surprised by the ride height .I’m sure the one I had ten years ago was lower , registered as 2003 as the one I have now is . I notice that the oil tank doesn’t attach to the headstock on the latest XT, that’s an improvement , no more cooking the headstock grease ...

My 02 4PT has a crappy light plastic rear view mirror and I can see fek all behind at any reasonable speed .
Any suggestions for a heavy ( to counter act vibration )rear view mirror . I have bark buster handle bar muffs so bar end aren’t going to work .
Thanks

Just found what could have been causing the light throttle hesitance and subsequent rattle ,well I hope so . The right side carb mounting rubber appears fine but is de laminated from the alloy inner ,I noticed that the rubber coating over the flange flapped a bit when I was blowing it dry, out of ...

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The little end journal in the piston ,has discoloured area highlighted by the arrow . top and bottom of the journal is worn clean ,I think that is showing up ovality and probably the cause of the rattle on neutral throttle . It ...