Calling all street bobbers!!!!!!!
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Just about through with this winter's mods.
Installed:
Progressive HD Black 12" shocks
Newly powdercoated rear fender strut covers
Wrinkle Black horn
Removed:
Stock Tank Badges
My last step will be to install the new tank badges, BUT....a revelation occurred to me this morning.
I always bring the bike into the basement, get it up on the lift, pivot it 180 degrees so I can simply lower it, and drive it straight out after the long winter.
In this scenario that repeats every winter/spring the side of the bike toward me is the horn side. The side with the pipes is always away from me and almost against the wall.
My revelation came this morning after removing my tank badges: I have "embraced the black" with my Bob but now I have her modestly blacked out, still with stock spoked rims, and I am wondering if the right side looks a tad "off" with chrome pipes on a mostly black background - shocks, fender, strut covers, The "Mud Mod" air cleaner cover, etc. I do have chrome Kuryakyn deluxe forward controls still as well.
******My query to all my Street Bob brothers and sisters:******
Do you have a mostly blacked out Bob, but kept chrome pipes, and how does it look out in the light of day??? PLEASE POST REPLIES WITH PHOTOS FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT!!!
Happy New Year to all!!
Installed:
Progressive HD Black 12" shocks
Newly powdercoated rear fender strut covers
Wrinkle Black horn
Removed:
Stock Tank Badges
My last step will be to install the new tank badges, BUT....a revelation occurred to me this morning.
I always bring the bike into the basement, get it up on the lift, pivot it 180 degrees so I can simply lower it, and drive it straight out after the long winter.
In this scenario that repeats every winter/spring the side of the bike toward me is the horn side. The side with the pipes is always away from me and almost against the wall.
My revelation came this morning after removing my tank badges: I have "embraced the black" with my Bob but now I have her modestly blacked out, still with stock spoked rims, and I am wondering if the right side looks a tad "off" with chrome pipes on a mostly black background - shocks, fender, strut covers, The "Mud Mod" air cleaner cover, etc. I do have chrome Kuryakyn deluxe forward controls still as well.
******My query to all my Street Bob brothers and sisters:******
Do you have a mostly blacked out Bob, but kept chrome pipes, and how does it look out in the light of day??? PLEASE POST REPLIES WITH PHOTOS FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT!!!
Happy New Year to all!!
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Just about through with this winter's mods.
Installed:
Progressive HD Black 12" shocks
Newly powdercoated rear fender strut covers
Wrinkle Black horn...
My last step will be to install the new tank badges, BUT....
revelation came this morning after removing my tank badges: I have "embraced the black" with my Bob but now I have her modestly blacked out, still with stock spoked rims, and I am wondering if the right side looks a tad "off" with chrome pipes on a mostly black background - shocks, fender, strut covers, The "Mud Mod" air cleaner cover, etc. I do have chrome Kuryakyn deluxe forward controls still as well.
******My query to all my Street Bob brothers and sisters:******
Do you have a mostly blacked out Bob, but kept chrome pipes, and how does it look out in the light of day??? PLEASE POST REPLIES WITH PHOTOS FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT!!!
Happy New Year to all!!
Installed:
Progressive HD Black 12" shocks
Newly powdercoated rear fender strut covers
Wrinkle Black horn...
My last step will be to install the new tank badges, BUT....
revelation came this morning after removing my tank badges: I have "embraced the black" with my Bob but now I have her modestly blacked out, still with stock spoked rims, and I am wondering if the right side looks a tad "off" with chrome pipes on a mostly black background - shocks, fender, strut covers, The "Mud Mod" air cleaner cover, etc. I do have chrome Kuryakyn deluxe forward controls still as well.
******My query to all my Street Bob brothers and sisters:******
Do you have a mostly blacked out Bob, but kept chrome pipes, and how does it look out in the light of day??? PLEASE POST REPLIES WITH PHOTOS FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT!!!
Happy New Year to all!!
I think a 'splash' of chrome/polished aluminum looks good on a black canvas. A 'splash' of chrome on the other side of the pipes (e.g. a chrome horn cover) adds a little balance.
![](http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/fatbob_08/TarHallowleft.jpg)
![](http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/fatbob_08/DSCN3623-1.jpg)
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I kind of have a 50/50 mix, but going more black. I'm going to get black side shots eventually and my horn cover is hanging in the garage cause I just painted it with truck bed liner. I like seeing chrome on black so I'm going to keep a mix, but here's mine. Your thread just made me realize I don't have to many pics of the right side!! Crap!
![](http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/kmomma13/Harley/Updatepics11.jpg)
Last edited by JaronB; 02-13-2010 at 10:23 PM.
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check out the night train picture thread. lot of them run blacked out bikes, and keep chrome pipes, to me, I like black pipes. You have a chrome front, and signals, wheels, I think black pipes are in order. Best looking are short shots, better still get a black thunderheader on there to enjoy.
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