I did the same thing on the Multistrada as they have orrible black calipers, though i now have a lovely pair of Brembo 4 pads on it, which apart from looking very nice in there anodised gold are pretty good at scrubbing vast amounts of speed in a very short distance

(suplied by Nelly at corner speed

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Hammerite smooth gold metal paint
[Edited on 25-2-2006 by Tantrum992]