That's what I figured, but I see so many bikes with that tape still installed. And my bike, was 5 years old when I got it and it still had the tape.
I really like to remove that packing stuff -- and not leave the thin plastic on the small lcd screens and covering the TV remote and such. It's the first thing I remove. But I was a bit worried that removing the much thicker and color coordinated tape from the brake caliper arm.
Thanks for the info.