Okay, so I have a 2011 Fatboy Lo, White Denim, want to trim it out. Right now it's all stock parts, so the primary is not chrome, but rather satin finish. Black motor.

Question....standard chrome will look funny up against the satin, so what would you suggest....black or spend the money to get the chrome parts powder coated to match the primary.

Thoughts?

 

What kind of vision do you have for your bike? Also, a picture may make it easier for others to offer an opinion.

 

Have you checked the thread " Calling all FatBoy Lo Owners" ?

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...lo-owners.html

There are alot of pics from people who have customized their Fat Boy Lo's.
Most of them are Denim Black but you will get an idea about what you want when you see these bikes.

 

This is my bike. My vision is for it to look "cool" of course...LOL, but also don't want it to look overdone or flashy-tacky, know what I mean?

 

IMO I think you should go with blacking out the satin chrome parts. That's what I'm going to do with my Fat Boy Lo when I get it this fall. Since you're bike is white the black will contrast a lot more then the chrome would and make your paint stand out more. I also think that staying away from adding more chrome would be the easiest way to keep your bike from looking tacky or overdone. Some guys go kind of overboard IMO with the Kuryakin chrome extras and covers for everything. If you go black and white it would be a pretty simple understated cool look.

 

Stick with the theme of the low; flat, muted, understated badass! If you wanted chrome and shiny stuff you probably would've bought a regular fatboy and just lowered it. Look through the pic thread (link in above post), lots of great ideas there! Cheers!

 

I never thought I would say this... "No Chrome For You!"


White on black.

 

I agree with the others.I would take all the satin stock parts (lowers,primary,cam, trans and rocker box covers.And have them powder coated black.

 

Have you ever tried to focus a telescope on a night sky ya can't do it ... now put a star in the way and it's easy .... point being made your eyes need to see shape and form in an engine not a BLACK Hole! ......

 

You might even think about getting rid of the stock exhaust with the satin mufflers and go with something that's black all the way...vance and hines is what I used, but there's others as well. If you get a shorter set than stock it will also open up the rear tire area visually...as well as make room for bigger saddlebags should you ever want to put them on.

Hope that helps...good looking bike!