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2nd April 2023
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 254 Sportster/Buell Model: xlx Sportster/Buell Year: 1984 Other Motorcycle Model: 82 LTD,78CX500,customs Other Motorcycle Year: fast
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Cool.. thanks for the link.. I will definitely look into finding someone that is doing the process near me to see how it compares to the chrome cost... specifically frames... I would love to build an ironhead like the boat tail bike... can you post pictures of your "chrome" parts you mentioned ?...
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2nd April 2023
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Senior Chief Know It All
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Posts: 806 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1971 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1973 HD/Aermacchi TX125 Other Motorcycle Model: 1988 BMW K75
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No need to chrome aluminum pieces. Polish to a mirror finish.
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3rd April 2023
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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So true whitewalls.. I think I like the chrome on the frames because they show age in a certain way... and they are unusual... I used to have an aluminum BMX 20in.race bike in middle school..3.1 pounds or something close..less than 4 . Anyway... I've sanded and polish more aluminum than I care to think about..on some bikes I like to wipe over it with scotch Brite after it's polished
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3rd April 2023
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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Posts: 3,269 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1964 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH IR EFI Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1971 Other Motorcycle Model: BMW K1200RS, Other Motorcycle Year: 2001
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Side note FYI…..Vintage PK Ripper frames are now fetching north of $1k.
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3rd April 2023
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 16,318 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH stroker Sportster/Buell Year: 1960 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 883 C Sportster/Buell Year #2: '03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitewalls
No need to chrome aluminum pieces. Polish to a mirror finish.
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for sure.otherwise some poor parts scavenger will have to pay someone to remove that chrome.my small pile keeps getting larger. 
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5th April 2023
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 254 Sportster/Buell Model: xlx Sportster/Buell Year: 1984 Other Motorcycle Model: 82 LTD,78CX500,customs Other Motorcycle Year: fast
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PK ripper.. I remember the name... was that frame similar to the skyway? Or did skyway make it?.. the frame I had had a huge downtube ...7071 T6 hardness..big ass heliarc welds... it was a thing of exotic beauty for a kid in the middle of farmland to have something of that caliber,, just like the pictures in the magazines from California...lol...it was a Race Incorporated..race inc
I would have loved it in chrome.. but I think the chrome would probably be close to weighing as much as the frame... sacrifices for speed
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