Place Holder post, I'm curious and can't wait till next week, pics to come, going to start today.
So, I don't have any goof off, or adhesive remover, will get some tomorrow. Here are some pics, total time for rear fender 1hr 10minutes:
I've never worked with vinyl before, but did watch some videos. The "open time" after heating the are you want to remove is about 1 minute. Working in 30c ambient temps, about 1 minute circling a fist sized area from 2 inches with the blow dryer. Remove heat, use card to get it started and when you have a bit loose enough, use fingers to peel it back. Target about 1 inch at a time before reapplying heat, then repeat process a lot. I found the the outside edge wanted to stay on, so used one hand to peel and other hand with card to keep pace on the stubborn edge. No need to remove tail light. You can just scrape right up under the rubber light grommet.
When restriping, obviously the light needs to come off, but that area is hidden so it wont matter.
My "High tech heat gun" set to High heat and High fan speed.
My scraper of choice, very expensive and hard to find. Credit cards work great, soft, and don't scratch the paint. They WILL be destroyed in the process, for my rear fender I destroyed 3. They delaminate from the heat and pressure.
How my stripes look now
There is residue, but my bike was a late '13 manufacture date, they have been on there for 2.5 years already.
My ass end now, gumoff tomorrow and she'll be nice, clean, and ready for new stripes of a color more appropriate to my black on black on black bike.