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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 09:20 AM
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I've always liked black and chrome being equal. If I had the money, I'd do more...rims, oil tank, sissy bar, fender bracket.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 09:35 AM
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I agree with the one color accented by the other....my thoughts are chrome accented with the black. I have a set of chrome lower legs I intended on using before the direction change.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 09:40 AM
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I have the front fender, tank and rear fender in black. Suits me fine
 
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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Glad to hear that works for you.
 
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I started down the powder coat road, and got real deep, real quick. I need to bring back some chrome I think on mine. Beware!
 
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 10:14 AM
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Those tank badges and grips are sick. Well done.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 10:41 AM
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My '06 Heritage and '12 Fatboy Lo
 
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I started down the powder coat road, and got real deep, real quick. I need to bring back some chrome I think on mine. Beware!
I don't know....that looks real nice!!!!!
 
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On my Standard the choice was rather easy, you already started off with a black frame, a black oil tank and black tins. From there it's just balancing the chrome off of the dominant color black. It really can't get much better than that.
 
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