Sounds like you've made some sort of progress, just keep your fingers crossed!
Loan bike, not going to hurt to ask.
Different colour, I would assume that the respray will be organised by your local dealer so if your on good terms with them then I don't see any reason why not. There probably won't be any difference in cost between painting in Duc frame colour and black for example, so I don't see why it should cost you any more.
Best of luck mate,
Neil