aesthetic advice for my ACE

[Lynne]

I'm not a big fan of chrome. What a PITA to maintain... so I'm thinking of having some of my chrome removed and powder coated, but I don't want to go with black because of my bike's orange paint. All I can think is "Halloween bike." Bleh. What do you guys think of having some parts done in a muted silver/gray? My neighbor thinks he has a place we can do this ourselves. I don't want to cook that shite in my regular oven!

I figured I'd start with the fender rack (not in my pics) and perhaps the crash bars, then onto the pipes.

Any suggestions? For now I'm sticking with the orange paint. I searched high and low for this color bike and used to love it, but am thinking I will change it up eventually. Maybe.

[billace]

perhaps polish it up and then powder coat it clear after that. oh yeah , you do not want to cook food in the oven after you powder coat in it.

[Ghost Shadow]

Orange and White.... Clemson Tigers colors

Had a teammate on the Black Daggers that rides with the Wingmen MC and his chopper was Orange and Blue. It was not bad looking.

[Lynne]

orange and blue? No way. I mean, I'd have to go with Virginia Tech colors (orange and maroon) if I was gonna put on a display like that :greysick:

So Billace, that's not a bad idea, to polish it up and then powder coat it clear. Anyone here done that with their chrome?

[Lynne]

oh Billace, it just occurred to me that you cannot powder coat chrome, the chrome has to be removed first in order to do it right

[mcvierh]

LOL good one Bill......

[worldblowmetour]

Your orange against black would actually look good imo , satin black maybemaybe?


Chrome dont get ya home.

[worldblowmetour]

maybemaybe , oops

[billace]

oh Billace, it just occurred to me that you cannot powder coat chrome, the chrome has to be removed first in order to do it rightafter I posted it I woke up later, however you could polish aluminum then clear coat that.

[bcham1979]

That sounds good Lynne. 1 thing though, don't curse yourself. It's called an engine guard, not a crashbar.

[highrisen]

[quote=Lynne] No way. I mean, I'd have to go with Virginia Tech colors :greysick:

Why the hell would you want to do that?:pissed:

[Lynne]

that's my alma mater, highrisen. But as much as I love my school, I'd never do my bike in those colors!

I'm thinking about the satin black that worldblowmetour suggested... (That is a hilarious screen name, by the way.) I might just paint up a few of the smaller pieces to see how I like the look before I get anything powder coated. I am still thinking that eliminating chrome and going with black might just be too much halloween, but maybe not.

[worldblowmetour]

There is no such thing as too much halloween , your bike would have a nice contrast to black . Imo the rims n hubs , would look tits black , um I mean nice.

[Lynne]

There is no such thing as too much halloween , your bike would have a nice contrast to black . Imo the rims n hubs , would look tits black , um I mean nice.
hah on the tits!

I'm going to get a nice shot of her and then start photoshopping away with some ideas. I was just thinking today that the rims would look good in black, though I can't imagine doing the spokes, too. I would love to have wheels w/out spokes but the chances of me finding a pile of money that doesn't belong to anyone are pretty slim.

The more I think about it, the more I think you may be right about the satin black.

[worldblowmetour]

Naw dont paint the spokes ,ha . Just remember black is the new chrome . lol . Your bike is very nice the way it is though . I like the exhaust , and the light bar is fancy.

[RescueXJ]

I'd have the powder coating done professionally. Its not expensive for small parts. I had my entire bumper done on my jeep for 100$ and the coating lasted 2 years while I had it on, and when I sold it, it was still in excellent shape.

[worldblowmetour]

yup

[Mike R.]

I would go with black spokes also, they seem to be the hardest part of the wheel to clean for me.

[metalguy]

Chrome can be powder coated. There are irridescents, and transluscents that go over chrome very nicely! You could coat your chrome in transluscent orange......-----Metalguy