K8 screens

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Probably a dumb question but can't you buy them in dark colours?

Not this particular screen, no. This is the actual Suzuki "accessory" screen, and it only comes in a light smoke tint. Likely enough, there will soon be aftermarket screens available for the K8 that are fairly dark tint.

How I did this tinting:

Since I never, ever look through the screen (even tucked in at speeds well over the Ton), I simply shot the underside with gloss black paint. This was done after:

1) buffing up the underside of the screen with a medium-coarse steel wool pad. This, so the paint will adhere better.
2) a tedious and painfully long taping exercise to mask off the outer edge (lip) of the screen, and of course the front of the screen itself.

End result looks pretty stealthy.