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Old 01-24-2012, 05:04 PM
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If you went with black rims and polished spokes and kept the blackwall tires, that'd probably look pretty tough. Photoshop some black rims on that sucka!

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Yeah, I agree with that. Prolly should stick to chrome, but powder coating the rims black with chrome spokes may look good too...
 
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Old 01-24-2012, 07:58 PM
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I like her the way she is!
At a push, maybe just black rims & without the dog bowl!
 
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Old 01-24-2012, 08:16 PM
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Since it is a firefighter edition bike... Look at it this way:

I have not seen one fire truck with black wheels.. But a crap load of red and chrome ones.. Now if you had the tins painted to match the Chicago style red and black fire trucks the black wheels would be sick as long as they have some chrome in them..
 
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Old 01-24-2012, 09:28 PM
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Looks good. Dare to be different. Those rims would look real good on My Fatboy Lo.
 
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Old 01-24-2012, 09:49 PM
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You asked. I like the wheels you have.

I have seen some bikes with powder-coated black rims with chrome spokes. It can look good on a bike that is black.

If you want to do some detail that would look good and classic, try getting some red paint that matches your bike's paint and place a small pin-stripe on the outer edge of the rims, near the tires. It is inexpensive, removable, will make the rim unique, add some flash and match the style of the bike well too.

Just a thought.
 
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Old 01-25-2012, 12:26 AM
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I think if you went with, black rims, chrome spokes, and, black hubs it would look good. A mix of chrome black and red is always the cats meow. I also like Fireman1501's idea of going with some black on your tins like Chicago FD trucks. It would look retro, killer,and diffrent. As much as im a chrome ***** I would say go for it. I'm going for the blacked out wheels myself.
 

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Old 01-25-2012, 12:52 AM
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Looks nice, but I like the spokes a little better.
 
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Old 01-25-2012, 05:54 AM
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I like to have a tasteful mix of black and chrome. I think too much of one or the other is boring and uninteresting.

I think you should use black on some of the bigger parts to balance out the wheels...Cam cover, Rocker Box tops, AC cover, horn, coil cover, etc..... if not, stick to tradional chrome.
 
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:35 AM
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this is not the best picture but you could go with something like this ,black rim and hub and chrome spokes
 
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Old 01-25-2012, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by bobbyjoes
this is not the best picture but you could go with something like this ,black rim and hub and chrome spokes

That's what I have in mind, those look sharp..
 


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