With or without decals?

Draeger · 30 Jun 2010 at 18:02

Toying with the idea of removing the large "RSV" decals on the side panels of my Mille.

What do you reckon?. With or without? :-

With

Without

Have to admit I'm liking it without them on.

Wolfchild · 30 Jun 2010 at 18:23

i'd be more inclined to get rid of the blue ip decal, looks weird there

not a big fan of decals on bikes anyway bar manufacturer logo and small model ones

cyclops12 · 30 Jun 2010 at 18:34

Imo i like it better with :cool:

Still love the look of those.

St0rmer66 · 30 Jun 2010 at 19:42

This thread seems mighty familiar!

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I like it with, the OEM look and with the decals/paintwork in as good condition as your bike has, I think it would be a shame to remove them.

Fr0dders · 30 Jun 2010 at 19:50

prefer it with.

Draeger · 30 Jun 2010 at 19:53

The strange thing is, the "RSV" decals are not actually OEM. The 2000MY Mille in red never came with those as standard, straight from the crate. I'm assuming the previous owner added them. It would appear to have been a common added decal for that model year.

mazda 6 · 30 Jun 2010 at 19:57

Without, are all the others laquered over being original?

Draeger · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:11

St0rmer66 said:
This thread seems mighty familiar! .

I like it with, the OEM look and with the decals/paintwork in as good condition as your bike has, I think it would be a shame to remove them.

Thanks mate, just replied to your post over on the Zone.

mazda 6 said:
Without, are all the others laquered over being original?

Nope, Aprilia are actually known for not bothering to laquer over most of their bikes decals ( at and around that model year and slightly later ) so they would be straightforward to remove.

Here it is with the Dunlop removed from the carbon mudguard and the iP decal binned too :-

There's a lad over on the RSVZone forums who has de-stickered his Mille, same year as mine ( although he has Arrow shotgun cans on his instead of my high mount Renegade system ), which was the catalyst for getting me thinking as to whether to de-sticker mine or not :-

Andy Pandy · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:19

Draeger said:
Here it is with the Dunlop removed from the carbon mudguard and the iP decal binned too :-

I think it looks great like that

St0rmer66 · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:20

Whilst it's still nice (all RSV's are

) I think it looks a bit too plain without ANY decals.

Draeger · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:39

Decided to go for this for now, RSV and Dunlop decals removed :-

cyclops12 · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:52

How you getting them off hairdryer ?

kidloco · 1 Jul 2010 at 00:02

Draeger said:

I think this looks great, if you are getting rid of the decals, dont do half a job

Draeger · 1 Jul 2010 at 00:38

kidloco said:
I think this looks great, if you are getting rid of the decals, dont do half a job

Still thinking of going down that route m8, complete de-stickering etc.

cyclops12 said:
How you getting them off hairdryer ?

Yep, then a wee bit of 3M Finesse it to cover up any fading of the panels where the decals have been for a while.

PardonTheWait · 1 Jul 2010 at 00:49

Here's mine without:

I miss my bike

I still love you Isabella Aprilia

And yes when I removed the Michelin men there were scratches underneath. As I knew there would be, deep down. :/

duc999 · 1 Jul 2010 at 10:40

Definately without

Much cleaner look :cool:

Durzel · 1 Jul 2010 at 10:46

Wolfchild said:
i'd be more inclined to get rid of the blue ip decal, looks weird there

+1

Blue and red don't really work together.