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No you could clear over it in a gloss or matt clear but I'm tired of the painting process. If I had a large indoor area I could make into a sort of spray area like Chuck did in his hangar I'd be more enthusiastic but after painting all the engine cases and baking them then the side plates and front frame and now the swing arm in the open and needing to wait on conditions to be right etc I'll call the painting done. Considering the conditions and my level of expertise its come out rather well but the arm could be better. 8.5 out of 10 on the arm. Painting is often a make or break on a restoration and it looks great when it's done well but it's a lot of work to get the really good results and its a major help if you dont need to worry about wind,temperature,airborne dirt,locking up the dog,washing on the line,over spray annoying the neighbour etc. Ciao

Asking price of $3600 For posterity, since I deleted my ad: Bike had 10,500 miles, all stock except for Power Commander.

That swingarm looks awkward to get into all the nooks + angles alright. I’d agree to the black to ‘soften’ the presence of the bevel box- although, if Sir is feeling saucily artistic, maybe hand paint a wee Guzzi eagle on the lower flat area!?

And Champagne has quite a bit of silver in it...

Just beautiful, I got one just like it!

Yeah, but I had brown hair then. Come to think of it I had hair then. Cheers Dave!

I am an old fart and as such I like the old cast iron rotors and a more organic pad to go with them. But performance organic pads are hard to find nowadays. If you want pads that don't dirty up the wheels so bad, I would suggest ceramic pads. Whatever brand floats your boat, but ceramic pads don't make the wheels so dirty. Well, actually what they do is make the dirt they give off less nasty, cleaner dirt. They also tend to have a little less braking power, so keep that in mind. I do like the stock Brembo pads, it is hard to beat Brembo when it comes to brakes. But I have had good results with other brands, like EBC, Ferodo, SBS, etc. To some, brake pads are a major expense and they won't buy a set and throw them away when they decise they don't like them. Personally, if I don't like a set of brake pads I will replace them regardless of how much "life" is left in them. I am far more concerned about my "life" than the brake pads "life".

You may be right. Honestly, I don't care. I like them, and if they eat the rotors, I'll put new rotors on it eventually. For sure, you don't want to run them on cast iron rotors. They *really* eat them.