Chrome

[KEITH KRAUSE]

By the way chef. If you're thinking about powdercoating the head and cylinders, powdercoating is thick and would cause the motor to run hotter.

[J_C]

I like shiny stuff too. Chrome or polished aluminum.

Keith, that looks incredible! Which pieces are chromed compared to polished? If you wouldn't mind, could you tell me where you had the chroming done and what the cost was?

Love your location \\/ Is your profile picture taken by the tree? Looks familiar

[renobruce]

I like shiny stuff too. Chrome or polished aluminum.

Yours is the ultimate, Keith! :shock: Where's my shades!!

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Keith, that looks incredible! Which pieces are chromed compared to polished? If you wouldn't mind, could you tell me where you had the chroming done and what the cost was?

Love your location \\/ Is your profile picture taken by the tree? Looks familiar

In that picture, only chrome is Allens for the cases, the factory chromed cam caps, cylinder bolts and shifter, the Pingel valve and a few carb parts. The starter cover is factory stainless steel. Everything else is polished. Engine bolts and various other hardware is blacked out by powdercoating, some are lightly polished.
A local shop that did my powdercoating also sent out parts to be re-chromed. Just a few things here and there on the bike. Mostly hardware, such as the brake caliper mounting bolts...stuff like that.
The majority of my bikes shine is from the polished parts. Wheels, fork legs, cases. The black paint really compliments the shiny stuff.
Not sure what you mean, if my profile pic was taken by the tree? You mean my avatar pic? That's at my stomping grounds...the Angeles Forest.

[odl777]

All i have to say is dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[J_C]

Cool, thanks for the info!!

Not sure what you mean, if my profile pic was taken by the tree? You mean my avatar pic? That's at my stomping grounds...the Angeles Forest.

I meant the tree on Angeles Forest Highway from palmdale into Angeles national forest :-D

[ramjet]

I like shiny stuff too. Chrome or polished aluminum.

that does look so so sweet. i think i just added two months of polishing to my rebuild

congrats on that bike

cheers

[ccratin]

Hey Keith, when you polished your fork legs, did you leave the scratch finish or did you sand them out smooth? Hard to tell from the pics. I've got all the gaskets now, so I have the polishing work to get going with!

[KEITH KRAUSE]

I polished them to a mirror finish, like everything else on my bike. Don't know what a "scratch" finish is.
Sure makes it hard to get a pic without me in it ruining it.

[Jethro]

What a mess that bike is Kieth. Please clean it!

[carlosjc401]

WoW!

that is such a good looking Bike. now I see just what i am going to have to do with my bike. BTW how do you keep it like that, did you seal it some how or do you spend more time polishing it than riding it?

[Rake78GS]

Ever heard the term.......Crome dont get ya home
I removed, or painted over all the crome on mine. Cept for a few pieces to accent the bike.

[tracy borchert]

flippin sweet

I polished them to a mirror finish, like everything else on my bike. Don't know what a "scratch" finish is.
Sure makes it hard to get a pic without me in it ruining it.

That looks sweet Keith,nice job. I like the polished spokes on the rims too!

[hungryman]

Chrome doesn't seem to last over aluminum. If I want it shiney, I'll polish it.

BTW, Keith your bike looks great.

[J_C]

With that being said, is there a specific buffer model and size that people recommend? Like 10"? Or drill mounted? Dremmel mounted? There seems to be a lot different things people have tried... any more successful than the others?