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12th May 2005
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 25 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster Sport Sportster/Buell Year: 1997 Other Motorcycle Model: Triumph Bonneville Other Motorcycle Year: 1973
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Chroming - Have any of yall seen this?
Guys,
I love the look of the fenders off my Old Triumph and it has me thinking....
How would a Sportster look with Chrome Fenders?
have any of yall seen this done? how did it look?
Thanks
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12th May 2005
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: North Greenbush, NY
Posts: 2,957 Sportster/Buell Model: Buell 1125CR Sportster/Buell Year: 2009 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1964 Other Motorcycle Model: Kawasaki Ninja 250 Other Motorcycle Year: 2006
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I seem to remember a post with a sportster that had EVERYTHING chromed! Fenders, tank, engine, frame, side overs...everything but the seat and tires.
That being said, I think chrome fenders would have a real classic look to it. I would only worry about the size of the rear fender...a good bit larger that those old triumphs had.
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12th May 2005
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Chautauqua County, NY
Posts: 11,674 Sportster/Buell Model: 883>1200 XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 97
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I, for one...would LOVE to see a pic of an all-chrome Sporty....one that rides on the road, preferably...not a show bike...
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12th May 2005
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer 1st Class
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 1,354 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2000 Other Motorcycle Model: GSXR 1100 Other Motorcycle Year: 1986
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There is a picture somewhere in this forum of a 90% chromed Sporty!
Its just plain UGLY in my eyes .... 
I say: chrome covers the rust!  |
12th May 2005
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Luvs me an artsy chick...
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Chautauqua County, NY
Posts: 11,674 Sportster/Buell Model: 883>1200 XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 97
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Specifically, is the FRAME chrome??
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12th May 2005
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 2,841 Sportster/Buell Model: 2001 883 Custom
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Originally Posted by cantolina
Specifically, is the FRAME chrome??
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There was one posted here a while back. Everything chromed but the seat and tires. I thought it was totally bitchin' cool. Obviously a guy who likes polishing his bike. Probably fry you like a slice of bacon in the summer sun. Someone will repost the pic I'm sure.
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12th May 2005
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Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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personal opinions are just that but mine is that chrome is real easy to overdo
free advice and worth ten times that much
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Baltimore, Md.
Posts: 3,817 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 XLC Sportster/Buell Year: 2003 Other Motorcycle Model: Suzuki GS 750 L Other Motorcycle Year: 81
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hope so!! would like to see that!!!!!
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12th May 2005
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Posts: 83 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 883/1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 1996
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Originally Posted by missyd
There is a picture somewhere in this forum of a 90% chromed Sporty!
Its just plain UGLY in my eyes ....
I say: chrome covers the rust! |
It does'nt cover it, it makes it  , the quality of chrome today is anywhere near the what it once was. Polished stainless steel is the material of the future 
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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would still like to see a pic.
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