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Chroming parts
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:49 am
by RhadamYgg
Has anyone chromed parts of their bike - how much did it cost and how long did it take?
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:48 pm
by Schmink
I have not chromed parts on my bike, but my SO has. He has an 1800 Goldwing and has used Classic Components
http://www.classiccomponents.com/
He had wheels chromed by them and was very happy with the workmanship.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:48 pm
by RhadamYgg
I did contact one company and they said $5 a square inch for plastic parts.
My bike is huge... @ $5 a square inch - that's a load of money.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:49 pm
by RhadamYgg
Schmink wrote:I have not chromed parts on my bike, but my SO has. He has an 1800 Goldwing and has used Classic Components
http://www.classiccomponents.com/
He had wheels chromed by them and was very happy with the workmanship.
I like the pics on their home page. I'll query them for approximate costs. But I'm strongly suspecting that chroming is wayyyy out of my league, for now.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:48 am
by jstark47
More chrome = more polishing. I will never buy another bike with significant amounts of chrome. Keeping my Bonneville looking halfway decent takes more time than the other 3 motorcycles put together.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:10 am
by demon_racer23
You can also just buy individual parts from Kuryakyn or Show Chrome. Most dealer sites have them available, but usually just for little things like brake reservoir covers or billet stuff. Still, you can do a little chroming and most of the parts just fits over the stock so it's easy to install.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:59 pm
by MZ33
My bike is huge... @ $5 a square inch - that's a load of money.
Yer gonna chrome the whole thing??
What, it's not different enough from other bikes?
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:46 pm
by RhadamYgg
MZ33 wrote:My bike is huge... @ $5 a square inch - that's a load of money.
Yer gonna chrome the whole thing??
What, it's not different enough from other bikes?
Fuel tank covers, radiator protector covers and then later the tail... I was thinking...
Now, I'm thinking not with the holy cow that's expensive factor.
I'd like to make the bike one of a kind...
And also with the good advice that apparently it is a lot of work to keep looking good. And well... I'm kinda lazy when it comes to things like that.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:47 pm
by RhadamYgg
jstark47 wrote:More chrome = more polishing. I will never buy another bike with significant amounts of chrome. Keeping my Bonneville looking halfway decent takes more time than the other 3 motorcycles put together.
heh... I'm too lazy for that. It'd be chrome and it would look all sorts of dirty and fingerprinted.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:19 am
by Soldano16
IMHO, if one wants to look at useless, wasteful, meaningless human activity, it's chroming bikes. I cruise the used bike adds and see people saying how they have $6,000 or $8,000 of chrome on the bike.
I don't get it. What is the point? Spend money on a great bike but wasting money making it "look better"? Not for me. I'll add more foster children to my account before I do that.
Sorry but when one looks at the world today, chroming a bike seems like a pathetic undertaking.
