Black & Brass
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Black & Brass
I saw a bobber last year that had brass accessories on the motor, grips, pegs. I thought it looked great. I think it would be harder to pull off the right look as parts are harder to come by. I like the look of a black bike with the right amount of brass. It's got me thinking. Anybody else go that direction with there bike? If so please share. Thanks
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Search for Chmelion's posts. He went that direction, and his bike is inspiring mine. I just dropped a Softail Deluxe seat on my Slim and will be brass powder coating the grab rail. Have some brass shotgun hole foot pegs for the highway and shifter pegs spec'd out and my eye on a few other brass parts. I think it's a really good look if you use it as an accent. Take it too far and it will probably be gaudy. No brass on my bike yet, but I hopefully will have a new set of brass tank emblems coming in soon. Stuff I plan on doing over the winter. I just bought the bike a few weeks ago.
Search the Softail section for thread with Brass in the title and you'll find some other posts that Chmelion and others have been involved with.
Search the Softail section for thread with Brass in the title and you'll find some other posts that Chmelion and others have been involved with.
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my SG had a joker machine top clamp on it, the screws were brass, it goes good with the black, but i'd go with brass hints. but not so much that that it looks like someone threw up on your bike
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I did penny shot powder coating on the risers and headlight trim ring and my grips have aged copper ends along with the gas caps.
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how are those grips when it's cold, or even hot out?
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Here is one
https://2wheels2lanes1camera.files.w...with-bkdrp.jpg
I cant get the picture to upload. Not sure why. It is a black and brass bike from a local builder
https://2wheels2lanes1camera.files.w...with-bkdrp.jpg
I cant get the picture to upload. Not sure why. It is a black and brass bike from a local builder
Last edited by NDBadlands4-2; Oct 19, 2015 at 08:27 AM.
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Brass against black or, better yet, dark brown would be as classy looking as it gets IMHO. In my experience with brass boat gear though, you are right on the money with the maintenance thing. Keeping brass looking good is a real bastard and every little detail you miss, shows.
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Looking forward to seeing some pics when you get some brass on it. Thanks