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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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Can anyone tell me if that Root Beer color is a metallic? Any deceient photos available in the sun?

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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 01:56 PM
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It is metallic and looks spectacular. One the members here has one and has a great picture of his RKC. Maybe he'll post it.

Here is a link I found:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...n-the-sun.html
 

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I have that color on my Limited and saw the RKC in that color the day I picked mine up. To say it is metallic is an under statement. It has more flake in it than any paint I have ever seen. It is AWESOME! It looks amazing in the sun, a picture wont do it justice.
 
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It looks okay in the shade, and fantastic in the sunlight. There is a ton of metalflake in the paint, it's an excellent color.
 
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Thanks all!


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It looks okay in the shade, and fantastic in the sunlight. There is a ton of metalflake in the paint, it's an excellent color.
 
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Its a great color, but make sure you throw a towel over the fuel tank when working on the bike in case you drop a wrench on it.....don't ask me how i know
Touching up any chips is just about impossible to make look decent.
 

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Been there done that few years back on a vivod black one, never again. The root beer was sold. So now still looking
 
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