TownSends, the rear is painted lettering. I didn't know if people painted both tires or not. I see a lot with just the rear painted. I do have bar end mirrors (not in the pic). Awesome suggestion in regard to the reflector. I actually thought about getting a decal reflector (silver) to replace the tacky orange reflectors. I figured I would stick the reflector decal right on to the forks. What do you think? Also, the headers are terrible. What would you recommend for cleaning? I don't care for super shiny chrome headers. On street bikes, they look too Hyabusa-stretched tire-underglow (if you know what I mean). I would like to polish them up without looking too flashy. Thanks for the suggestions!
IMO, paint both tires (especially if their the same brand) or black them both out.
Re the reflector, on my bike, just like the rear, SIDE red ones (that looked goofy), I removed ALL but the rear reflector. Legal, no, but we don't have inspections here and I rarely go out at night when they would be useful
Re the header, I use Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish. No sanding, no steel wool, Lots of elbow grease initially. I just re-did mine last week as I got caught in a cats and dogs Florida downpour (which browned them a bit). Maybe 30 minutes to get back to shiny (after a bath). IMO, their a built in piece of jewelry showing off your 4 cylinders...
No side/fork reflectors;
Polished header;
And tank protectors, (love these);
Where do I buy those tank protectors?