When one of the reasons people like Harley's is that they engines are beautiful industrial/mechanical designs. The engines are exposed to be seen and appreciated not as the other bikes that cover up/hide their engines behind body work.

So when you get a Blacked Out bike you then are hiding the engine. Making it's detail, thus it's beauty obscured. Harley owner's are proud of their engines.

So why hide them by camouflage the engine with flat black paint?

Now Black paint on the tins is a whole other story. To me nothing shines as a black bike after washed and waxed.

I love the look when the aluminum parts of an engine are polished. Wash it little wax and it looks new. The black paint on the engines is harder to keep looking like new.

 

The question is ...why not? My engine is black and came that way from ND, I lthink it looks doog that way.

 

Less to polish?

 

+1

I hate chrome and polished stainless.
If there is a hell, it will involve either chrome or polished stainless.

 

Black engines are nice because you dont have to clean and polish them. Hose em off every once in a while. Chrome engines and their annoying sheen only look good covered in a layer of dust or dirt.

 

to each their own

 

Understand......I get tired of polishing my bikes. Let's say my chrome is definately not the shiniest in the group.

 

I like the black engines better. The silver CVO engines don't grab me like the blacked out stock ones. Why? I don't know, I just like the black ones better.

 

My engine is also black.Personally,I like it that way.........are there any products specially made to clean the black powdercoat.....i use regular car wash liquid to clean tins and crome.....ive noticed the powdercoat seems to be fading.....open to all suggestions(even the sarcastic ones).....Thanks

 

Black is beautiful, but I still prefer chrome! I'd never knock anybody else's taste, but chrome does it for me. Besides, my wife does all the washing and polishing while I sit in the garage with a cigar and some Captain Morgan. Life is good.