While chrome was not planned as a feature element of this build, there are a few parts that will need to either be replaced or re-chromed; and others which could see a coat of paint rather than chrome.
This path began with the bars and the headlight bezel as requiring that shiny touch (headlight bezel had been painted flat black). Another chrome requirement were the instrument bezels and the gas cap; this led to thoughts of chroming the stator cover, and once that was decided, a few other chrome touches were allowable to help balance the look. Geez, I really better stop there. Some tarnished parts, however, really need to be made more presentable, so these will be included. A few others will get a polish treatment that should shine them up well enough.
At this point, I have selected the following parts for chroming and dropped them off at a local plating shop in downtown San Diego:
- handlebars
- instrument bezels
- stator cover*
- exhaust collars
- front fender brackets
*late consideration to skip chroming of the stator cover; it represents too much 'real estate' on the front of the bike for that kind of shine, and so I contacted the shop prior to completion of the work and requested mild polish instead.
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