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[Fireguy]

I don't like the look of the front calipers so has anyone painted theres black. Did you take them off the bike or mask them on? And if you took them off how hard was it to blead the brakes.

[Spiderman]

Have painted numerous calipers different colors based on doing  bikes without chrome over the years. It's basic H-D mechanics 101 to take them off, remove the pads, blow all the fluid out with an air hose and then clean them with brake cleaner, scuff em with a Scotchpad and paint em or even have em powder coated.

Bleeding dual front brake calipers by hand is probably the most frustrating task you can perform while working on a H-D. I strongly suggest you save up on patience or buy a power bleeder.

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[StevesCVO]

Mityvacs work great for brake bleeding. Makes it really easy. If the brake handle still feels a little mushy after bleeding and all the air is out of the lines, try putting a zip tie around the brake handle and the grip over night. This gets rid of all the small air bubbles trapped in the master cylinder that bleeding won't get.