Thanks Bspike,the guys at the shop swear that the MOCO got the idea for the new metal flake tanks from my bike I call BS though.My dealer had the tank painted locally and claim a rep seen it and carried the idea back to headquarters.It is a heavy metal flake with some black showing through since it was a original vivd black.Tech guys had a good chuckle when they did my 1K service they said "you used to have a one of a kind bike".I like it