Duck bill question?

[Wstar425]

Just wondering if the duck bill is supposed to be a paint finish like the tank, or is it supposed to be sort of a roughed up textured finish?

Mine is shiny but I see quite a few that seem to be sort of dull looking. I thought maybe that was sun damage or something but I wasn't sure. I just stumbled across this one on Ebay, not on for a week. It looks dull, but the rest of the bike looks immaculate. I apologize if it was posted somewhere else. I wish it was closer to me, I would have been on it for $3K. It looks pretty nice to me.

My son has the ZL for the summer, I am strongly contemplating selling one of the V65's and getting another ZL. I hate to sell bikes, I would like to keep them all but how many can you ride at once?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180346089976&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

[CHRIS]

zlmark had pointed out to us, during marcus's engine swap, that the textured finish is sprayed on. the 85's had the texured finish, & the 86's did not.

[Jarney]

The one in your link appears stock for a 85 900. It should be a sort of textured black plastic that fades over time in the sun. I think the 86 900 duck bills came painted. And some of us 85'ers have painted ours - just for looks. Later.

[Wstar425]

Ok, thank for the clarification. My 86 is a clearcoated paint, like the tank. So, it sounds like that is correct. I think I like that better, so I can understand why some would repaint like that on the 85's,

Learned something today! Cool