Ummm, my dealer made a point about this when I took delivery of the bike and it may have been just hogwash, but he said as a long time Ducati owner that many people look for those when they buy a used Ducati for what ever reason. May have been BS or not, but i don't even notice them anymore.Has anyone come up with a solution on how to gently remove the luminous paint dots that are on nearly every tightened nut & bolt as they are spoiling the look?
A couple came off using my thumb nail but most seem to be permanent!
Now that I may do, those stickers look ridiculous.Now that I have my Icon, I can see the WD 40 doesn't work for this.
I tried several things and finally settled on a cotton rag and laquer thinner. This will dissolve the paint but be VERY careful around any plastic parts.
You may need to use a small probe ( like a very small screwdriver) the guide the cloth into the smaller spaces.
Use this with good ventilation & rubber gloves!
On a related note, a hairdryer (or heat gun) can be used to heat the many stickers so that they can be easily peeled off.
(I peeled them all off intact and re-stuck them in an unobtrusive position under the seat.)
I just had to go look the bike over in all the places I gave the bike bits a quick wipe. Thankfully no damage to any coating or surfaces. Maybe I just got lucky but I do not think I will risk using it again...Nail polish remover is acetone, removes paint, damages plastic, and it's kinda toxic too.
Some of the smaller screws seem to be over tightened because a lot of them are pre treated with loctite , so the initial undoing is breaking the loctite seal,Some of the fasteners to me seemed to be overly torqued down though and that sucks when you are doing mods or other improvements.