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Originally Posted by RhythmJunkie

Very nice bike Moto!
I love the look of the matt paint but wonder if it shows the marks and scratches more so than gloss?? Could look very tatty in a years time!

Anybody know if matt painted bikes wear well?

When I was working on Triumphs the matt black bikes were just coming through. The factory tell dealers to be very careful with the finish on the Speed Triple and not to put handprints on it or get it to a point where it needs cleaning.

That's how easy they are to keep looking good....i.e. not. I wouldn't buy one that colour, even though they look absolutely stunning. Trying to keep my gloss black Daytona 955i looking good is difficult enough.

There's some bits of semi-matt black on my GSX-R, and that's pain enough...if that is proper full matt black (like blackboard) paint, then it'll surely never stay clean/unmarked! Thing with non-gloss paint is, you can't polish marks off - once they're there, they're there forever...

I don't want to go to the Triumph dealers cos I fear it will be expensive, and not because my D650 needs a service.

Tiger, Tiger burning bright...

I had a bad experience at that dealers in Wigan which I wont bore you all with the details of, suffice to say I may yet be heading there on thursday if anyone fancies joining me ?

Hi mate i maybe able to meet you up there for another ogle at the bike porn!

ive often wondered how you would clean matt black paint!!! il certainly be looking for a diff colour

sounds like a plan. pm me a time on thursday if you fancy it

will do mate no worries