i had to kind of guess the colour when i went to buy the paint, i took a photo with me but they aren't that accurate, the colour for a perfect mach is ford sunburst red, i will have to put a clear coat on top but i was really happy with the result, this was coused by simply putting a sticker over a mark that was done by fuel leeking on to the tank, i don't know how long it took to do the damage as the sticker was on when i bought it, it must have sum sort of reaction to the tank paint.

That looks quite nice actually for a spot repair. I would go to a reputable auto paint shop and have them clear coat it with a good 2k fuel resistant clear coat as used in that arena. Should shine like a new penny!

As a side note, tarnished bolts are cheap to replace at 30p each or so on average, so one may freshen the bike for a tenner in most cases!

i have already got my list of bolts, when i say list, i mean the splat shop do a pack of bolts with pretty much everything i need for £27.37 but i need a torque wrench first but i totally agree with you how much an improvement just a few new bolts can make, also about taking my tank to a paint shop is something i will think about, it would be worth it and i wouldn't have to worry about the tank being damaged with fuel, their is one thing that as worried me a little bit and that is, i have read on here that people have had problems with getting there fuel tanks back in after leaving them off for a while, do you know if that is just certain makes or is it tanks in general?

The problem people have with their tanks including me isn't caused by the tanks being out of the frame, I struggled to get mine out.

What happens is if you fuel contains alcohol like most does now the tanks swell, I run on a 50/50 mix of avgas & 91 octane which doesn't seem to contain alcohol & my new tank hasn't had any problems since although I haven't managed to do any riding in almost 6 months