Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
Try a hair dryer. The heat will soften the glue and let you peel them off. As to whether they will come off intact, that's hard to say. My experience has been that the decals will soften and stretch a bit on removal which will distort them somewhat. That probably shouldn't be a major issue if a graphic artist is using them as a pattern but you could not simply use a copier to capture the image.
Thanks for the reply. I'm surprised that there's so few replies on the subject. Considering how important decals are to the vintage restorer. I've seen lots of posts on reproducing decals, but none on removing them for reproduction. Digital photos of the original bike are nice but no substitute for the actual decal.