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Old 03-20-2010, 08:54 AM
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Default HD's new chrome knuckles 28 spoke wheels

anyone have a chance to check these out in person? ordered the chrome agitators from dealer for my 10 UC, but they are on backorder until may 15th. thought these looked pretty cool, more pop than the black contrast like the ones on the Limiteds. any opinions appreciated.
 
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.... looks like a lot of little, hard-to-get-at surfaces to shine up to me.
.. I'm sure they'd look great, but i ain't got that kind of time.
 
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very good point that i did not take into consideration.
 
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I have almost 2000 miles on mine (limited) the chrome wipes up pretty easy and are not that hard to reach (I have big mits, tight spots do not work well for me). I started to upgrade to the (9?) spoke when I bought this bike but it turns out that I am happy with the factory chrome finish. It is WAY better than the SPOKES I had before. That story was hours of cleaning tiny little spots only to make them filthy with brake dust by the time I hit the highway.

In other words to sum up; UMPH, - CHROME GOOD!
 
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These are nothing more than the contrast 28 spoke wheels that have been chromed. The valve stem is a PITA to get to and I can even imagine getting in between the spokes near the hubs to clean them. POS IMHO.
 
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They look sweet but i sold my truck rims and went back to stock because i don't have the time to spend cleaning them and those look like more work than the 4 on the truck.
 
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Saw them on a bike Friday at a local dealer. Looked good on a vivid black Ultra.
 
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My bad, I had my contacts in and could not see the picture clearly, sorry.
 
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Those wheels look good on certain dark colors. the only problem I see with them is you really need to spend ALOT of time getting them cleaned.
 


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