What is better than one black bike . . .





Alas, I sold the Sporty.

 

Metallic & black don't really work. You either end up with dark gray metallic, or something that looks like a bass boat. I've experimented with black and crushed glass, crushed mirror, different colored crystals (red, green blue...). I've tried to find or create a good looking black candy, but, nothing I like yet.

Small amounts of mirrored or colored crystal, or, doing a nice deep black base (add 10% violet to give it good depth), a clear midcoat with a bit of glass, mirror and or crystal (but not too much), looks pretty good.

 

Because they don't come any darker!

 

I happen to like black also. If you take care of your paint it's no different then any other color when it comes to durability. Plus, Harley's only come in two colors, Black and the other ones!

 

Because it would cut into their profit margin!

 

Any color You want,,,as long as it's black!!

 

Bingo. My bike and car are black. No scratches or swirls on either of 'em. Even under the "lights of truth". [Think construction style halogens.]

Another good point. Blue tins on a bike with a black frame looks wrong to me.

 

The "quality" of the paint has nothing to do with the ability to detect sctratches. Metallic black [or any other color] has just as many, they're just more difficult to "see".

Harley's Vivid Black is "soft". This means it's more likely to accumulate fine scratches, but also means they're equally easy to remove.

 

don t know if this is true are not but heard harley s clear coat is actually powder clear i work in an automotive paintshop (one of hte big 3) and they use powder primer instead of liquid powder can be reclaimed so there is a limited amount of waste ( they can reclaim up to 98%) i know that hd has toured are facility and to my knowledge they do use powder clear coat hd and bmw autos are the only ones currently useing this technology.

 

+1 - Trock