Chrome on My Tail

[850 Combat]

Mine are aluminum, not plastic. Mine look fine without it, except for the red one, where the PO goobed it up with some kind of pud and ruined the finish under it. My brother gave me his though, so it looks decent now. I was unable to remove and reinstall it without slightly bending it.

[Vmass]

I didn't know I was missing one until I saw it on another bike.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Unless you are going for a concourse resto, run without it... Even if I had one, I'd paint it black.

[glenlloyd]

IMO chrome trims like this look like a tacked-on after thought, sort of reminds me of the flexible chrome door edge guard that you can buy in a roll and apply to everything, yes, even the bottom edge of a motorcycle fuel tank. Looks cleaner without, so I agree, if you're going for concourse restoration get it, but otherwise I prolly wouldn't bother. Besides, you have such nice paintwork it's a shame to cover it up.

[ddaniels]

You could probabaly negotiate that bend with regular door edge trim if you cut a notch out of the side that goes on the underside of the tail section.

[nvr2old]

Mine was cracked, too. Hard to find one that isn't. I super glued the piece, sanded it smooth and painted it black. Looks as good as new, albeit not chrome any more.

[Rover]

IMO chrome trims like this look like a tacked-on after thought, sort of reminds me of the flexible chrome door edge guard that you can buy in a roll and apply to everything, yes, even the bottom edge of a motorcycle fuel tank. Looks cleaner without, so I agree, if you're going for concourse restoration get it, but otherwise I prolly wouldn't bother. Besides, you have such nice paintwork it's a shame to cover it up.

Yes! Toss those chrome junk trim pieces.Why does everyone want them?

[Souske]

Hey rover, maybe you could mail the one in your sig pic to the OP ;-)

[Vmass]

Yes! Toss those chrome junk trim pieces.Why does everyone want them?

Ya Rover, I will take that plastic piece of crap trim ring you have on your red bike!!

[Rover]

Ya Rover, I will take that plastic piece of crap trim ring you have on your red bike!!

Always looking for interesting trades.What you got?

[glenlloyd]

Yes! Toss those chrome junk trim pieces.Why does everyone want them?

Where in there did I suggest one should toss a good chrome trim piece? You read a lot more into that than was written. But if it's a pita to find a good one or they're NLA or I had paint as nice as the OP has on his tail housing I wouldn't sweat the chrome trim.

[Rover]

Where in there did I suggest one should toss a good chrome trim piece? You read a lot more into that than was written. But if it's a pita to find a good one or they're NLA or I had paint as nice as the OP has on his tail housing I wouldn't sweat the chrome trim.

I said to toss it,Did I quote you?
Also it's called being facetious. Now relax.

[Vmass]

Always looking for interesting trades.What you got?

I have a set of NOS rubber foot pieces part # 43551-49300