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Old 07-25-2007, 10:10 AM
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Chrome primary?
Chrome hand controls?
Im torn....

any other suggestions would be great too
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I'd like too see some smaller bullet style turn signals. It looks like you have a nice polished aluminum primary cover. Does it not polish up very well? Your bike looks pretty killer to me, but I understand your desire to add new chrome!
 
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Old 07-25-2007, 10:24 AM
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Old 07-25-2007, 10:25 AM
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It looks great. Ride it and enjoy it.
 
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Old 07-25-2007, 10:26 AM
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PS: Colored spark plug wires, bolt cover kits, brake caliper covers and braided steel line covers for the throttle and brake cables.
 
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Leave it the way it is, it looks good to me.
 
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Hey Kolni, got any well lit pics of the new mod? Also I was wondering what will keep it in place with just one bolt in the middle. Won't it swing side to side? Looks good from what I could see!

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I'd loose the crash bar and take off the turn signals. I'd find some smaller mirrors. If the cam side just has a chrome overlay on the alumininum cover, I'd take that off and then machine polish all of the aluminum parts....fork legs, cam cover, sprocket cover, primary cover and rocker boxes. I'd also go back to a black oil tank. I'd also polish out the brake rotors.

Sometimes, bikes look pretty good with less chrome and more natural metals polished out to a high shine.

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Well if you really feel that strong about chrome I would do the primary cover since that will be noticed way before the hand controls.
My hand controls are black and I think they seem to look fine with all the rest of the chrome all around them.
 
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ORIGINAL: beendad

Hey Kolni, got any well lit pics of the new mod? Also I was wondering what will keep it in place with just one bolt in the middle. Won't it swing side to side? Looks good from what I could see!
Just finished a 30 mile run and it didn't move.



 


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