nope, no metal flake, just plain old purple

 

No that's the room UNDER my basement with shackles and bars and ......NEVERMIND!!!!

 

I have had both and loved both of them!

 

i've heard nothing but good things about the v-rod, but it just seems wrong in some twisted way. i guess if i had to sit in traffic all the time water cooled would be the choice, but we get to share lanes in CA so i rarely have to sit unless it's at the front of the line at a red light or some jackass pulls over so far i can't get past them.[:@]