Subject: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:45 am
Hi , I have a 2014 Diavolo Nero and the black stripes on the tank started to "bubble" and now broke. Has anyone had such an experience ? Any idea how to get it replaced? Cheers, Laszlo
JC_Guz89 Tanabuso
Posts : 72 Join date : 2022-10-12 Age : 35
Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:45 am
See items 15-16 in below link. I guess they are a backorder item you could get from your dealer.
Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:35 am
They are bubbling because you probably are using ethanol based gas. Its a problem in the US. I also have a 2014 and this started happening to me a year after I bought the bike. I ordered a couple of sets years ago. I replaced them carefully. It might even better to cut out the bad part and overlay the new. They have a clear coat on top of them. When I ordered the stripes it took several weeks for them to come in. There are multiple threads here about this issue and ethanol gas.
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Silverfox Montanarolo
Posts : 23 Join date : 2016-09-28
Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:30 am
JohnA wrote:
They are bubbling because you probably are using ethanol based gas. Its a problem in the US. I also have a 2014 and this started happening to me a year after I bought the bike. I ordered a couple of sets years ago. I replaced them carefully. It might even better to cut out the bad part and overlay the new. They have a clear coat on top of them. When I ordered the stripes it took several weeks for them to come in. There are multiple threads here about this issue and ethanol gas.
Actually the ethanol content is 10% here in the EU....would this make a problem?
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:32 am
Yes.
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mark111 GRiSO Capo
Posts : 279 Join date : 2014-04-23
Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:01 am
Might be easier to strip them off and replace them with vinyl wrap.
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kubbie Tanabuso
Posts : 93 Join date : 2019-03-17 Age : 52
Subject: Re: Diavolo Nero tank stripes Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:04 am
I used a plastic "razor blade" to peel the two larger stripes off. They ARE under the clearcoat. Funny part. The paint under the stickers has a high gloss. Bike now has a couple ghost stripes.
I already have the full set of OEM stickers, just waiting on motivation to finish applying them. They are a foil type instead of vinyl. Going to do all 4 because the two smaller stickers at the front are now bubbling up too. Right in the tight corners.
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