I've made my decion. I will take the maiden voyage as Masu intended, in beautiful white tape. I will then give it a fair test with a few hundred miles. I like the way white bar tape looks.

If its too much bother to keep it reasonably clean I'll swap out for black. By then I'll know if I'm keeping the saddle as well. I can make color changes on both if I want.

Thanks for all the input.