After I replaced the four larger coolant system hose clamps, of which one was leaking (see "Owner Resolved Coolant Leak" and "Coolant Leak at 230 Miles" posts) and was re-installing the bodywork, I was careless and got a drop of purple loctite on the left head cover, used on four of the fairing machine thread screws. Normally it will just wipe off with no paint softening if not left for any length of time. After installing the fastener, by the time I took a rag to wipe it off it had stained the gold paint. I tried a little rubbing alcohol on a Q tip and that melted some paint and left an ugly spot. I am having them powder coated to get around this. After removing both covers, the paint is fairly easy to scrape off with a thumb nail on the LH cover, I tried it in a few spots. The right is fine with alcohol, even de-natured alcohol, and does not come off by scraping. The paint on the L cover even looks a little different with less sheen. I believe the paint mixture on the left cover either had no catalyst, or not enough. With only the head covers painted gold on my Verde 100S which I am not a fan of the gold color, and personally think they stick out like a sore thumb. I thought they looked good with the pre-production gold wheels though. I personally like the matte black wheels Guzzi chose, so I'm having the head covers powder coated with "Shadow Black Texture" powder coat I orderd from Prismatic Powders that matches the black texture of the head cover's black plastic coil/plug cover, and there are quite a bit of other black accents on the V100. I should have them back in a few days this coming week. I am also having the 6 "Special Screws" as Guzzi calls them, that hold the covers on, done with a Black Nitride+ process at a local firearms shop as I thought the bright zinc coating would stick out. I should have them back next week also and will update when all buttoned up.Just a heads up...