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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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Default Cross Bones.. am I Crazy ??

When I saw the first Cross Bones "Dark Custom"pics I could have sworn that the primary cover and whole lower half of the engine was wrinkle black like the Night Train... now I'm seeing all the new Cross Bones bikes on this forum with chrome primary's...am I crazy or did Harley change to chrome...(not very "Dark Custom" if you ask me)
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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They used a brushed aluminium finish on those covers from the factory.

My dealer has two. On one they did what you thought you saw - swapped everything for wrinkle black except for the rocker covers (an oversight I think).

Its probably a good balance for a stock custom. Half of new owners will chrome the crap out of it and the other half will have the entire bike dipped in Rhinoliner.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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yes, you are crazy... Now, what was the question?

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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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I like the polished aluminum look. I didnt want too much black on there.

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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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Me too. I think it has a perfect combo of black and chrome..

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I like the polished aluminum look. I didnt want too much black on there.

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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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the brushedfinish looks awesome on the xbones, much better than chrome... imo...
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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i like the brushed look with the xbone. bike like that doesn't need chrome.
 
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