Chrome or Black?
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Road Master
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From: NC
Chrome or Black?
Have my black front end on now...will be installing a black headlight trim ring and blacking out the mounting strip on the upper covers soon, but I am keeping the headlight bucket chrome.
So, do you think I should powdercoat the apes black or leave 'em chrome? I keep going back and forth on this one...if I change them to black, I;d leave the chrome controls/mirrors for some contrast.
So, do you think I should powdercoat the apes black or leave 'em chrome? I keep going back and forth on this one...if I change them to black, I;d leave the chrome controls/mirrors for some contrast.
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From: Edmond, Ok
RE: Chrome or Black?
Black out the bars (leave the switch housings and mirrors chrome)....black out the rims (leave the spokes chrome), and black out the rear fender struts....Just my .02
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From: Mansfield, MA
RE: Chrome or Black?
black out the bars and the rear fender struts.....leave the controls and the cables chrome.
By the way, do You ride standing on the floorboards...those friggin things are tall.
By the way, do You ride standing on the floorboards...those friggin things are tall.
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From: ST. Louis
RE: Chrome or Black?
ORIGINAL: beaureed445
Black out the bars (leave the switch housings and mirrors chrome)....black out the rims (leave the spokes chrome), and black out the rear fender struts....Just my .02
Black out the bars (leave the switch housings and mirrors chrome)....black out the rims (leave the spokes chrome), and black out the rear fender struts....Just my .02
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From: Simpsonville, SC
RE: Chrome or Black?
ORIGINAL: beaureed445
Black out the bars (leave the switch housings and mirrors chrome)....black out the rims (leave the spokes chrome), and black out the rear fender struts....Just my .02
Black out the bars (leave the switch housings and mirrors chrome)....black out the rims (leave the spokes chrome), and black out the rear fender struts....Just my .02
Or black out the spokes and leave the rims chrome, but definitely get some black on the wheels.
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Tourer
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RE: Chrome or Black?
If you black out the bars as another person said you should also black out the fender struts. The bike looks realy good just the way it is. Its a good blend of chrome and black IHMO
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RE: Chrome or Black?
Black out the bars, struts, and dash. I just got my front end andapes back from the powdercoater and it's going back together tonight. Be careful, it's addictive. After seeing the parts, I decided to black out my dash, pipes, and parts of my forward controls. I also ordered 21/18 spoke wheels with black rims and hubs. Try to leave just enough chrome to let the black pop. Just my .02.
