Modern Buddy

Anyone have any idea what this stuff is the dealer used in one of their many attempts to reapply the reflectors before I bought the scooter? Specifically the yellow stuff:

It's hard and has some air bubbles trapped in it.

I saw what looked like the same stuff oozing from around some reflectors some one had mounted on a bumper.

What ever the stuff was it didn't work, I see residue from at least 4 attempts to attach the reflectors and they still fell off within 100 miles of me owning the scooter.

I want to have some reflective checkers made up but I have to get this stuff off before I can apply the vinyl.

Looks like dried Gorilla Glue. Has the consistency of honey when liquid, hardened foam when cured.

Probably Gorilla Glue. Long ago when I worked at a car dealership we used to use a glue with that color, I think it was a 3M trim adhesive, that we called Camel Snot. I googled 3M trim adhesive and apparently it's clear now, so they probably aren't using real camels anymore.

I looked at the 3M stuff before I posted the only yellow I found stayed flexible... this stuff is as hard as rock.

Gorilla Glue sounds like the stuff.

Now that I know what it is I can look for a way to remove it.

Thanks!

Just searched online and the only way it's coming off is with sandpaper or a chisel... Then repaint.

Wonder if the dealer bought the bike new or from another dealer that went belly up, talking with an owner of the dealership they said they got a bunch of bikes that way. If they bought it new I could probably get them to repair/replace the fender. If they got it from another dealer, I bet I would have a hard time, because the buck can easily be passed.

This is why I can't have nice things!

Definately Gorrila Glue...... made the same mistake myself, but fortunatley not on my scoot. Chisel it off.