I had the Suzuki first. That got me back into motorcycles after 20+ years. It is two shades of blue. All stock with over 14000 miles on it. My first Triumph after 20 years was a Sunset Red/Black 06 Speedmaster. I totaled it with 7200 miles on it after 6 mos. I think that bike was jinxed. I replaced it with a mulberry red/graphite 06 America. It has over 16000 miles on it now.
I put knee pads on both the triumphs. The hardest thing was lining them up the same on both sides but if you mess up you can pull them off and restick them at least once but its best to work the alignment out first. Find some reference points and hold the pad up to the tank and mark some edges with something that won't mess up your paint. ou Ycould use masking tape. I just eyeballed mine.
I've got a friend that runs a sign shop who sprays a soap solution on the surface before sticking his sign vinyl but that stuff is thin enough to squeegy the liquid out from under the vinyl of the sign. I don't think that trick will work with the knee pads. BTW, the soap solutions allow you to move the thing your are sticking around until it is in place.
Try to get each side a close to the other as possible. If they are a little off, I don't think anyone will notice. After all, its hard to look at each side using a side by side comparison.
Take care.
