first thing i do to a new (to me) bike is paint it. i hate chrome and only clean my lite and chain. my 82 cb 750 is now a puketrid ghost grey. i achieved this finish with a rattle can of white a copy of our local paper and FLATT BLACK. i sprayed enuff white to run and rubbed it off with the sports section. as it began to flash, i dusted it with black. the end result is a unique hue of tarmac shade that unfortunatley fades into the street... but it looks fine enuff to land next to any and all manly davidstones i see at the starbucks or in an F150 bed.