I am negotiating a deal with a guy on a +4 swingarm he has, it's almost new, and it's powdercoated black. It looks nice, but I kinda wanted a Chrome one. I can't decide if I should keep it black, and chrome some little things, like the brake and sprocket hub & axle, or take off the powdercoating and chrome it. I'm getting beat in the looks department by the drag banshees at the drag strip, so I gotta fix er up a bit.

 

I'm not tryin to be a smart-*** but if youre racing it seems logical to direct money into performance rather than looks - also, chrome holds heat more than paint. I think it's a worse feeling to get beat by an ugly bike. Personally, I like the sleeper effect.......IMO

Either way, have fun - Eric

 

Just think how it feels when you are the ugly POS putin the Whoopin on the pretty bikes.
Welcome to my world!!!!

To quote an unknown author, "Go Fast ,Then Look Good".

I am waiting to get my shee running the way I want it to before I do too much for the looks.

 

I know what you are talking about outofcontrol. I was at silver lake 2 weeks ago drag racing. Most of the people would skoff at my bike, then Id roost all over them. I barely have enough money to put into the motor let alone make it look good [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]. This one guy I was racing had about an 6 inch extened swingarm, CPI pipes, and 10 paddle 21 inch haulers. I whopped him with my stock swingarm, DG pipes, and 8 paddle sand devils. But of course I had the carbs and the porting on top of that, but still.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

-nick

 

chrome only peels if you dont take care of it. If i were you id chrome the swingarm if your riding sand because it wont get dinged and chipped. And powdercoat the hub's. The hubs take a lot of abuse from sandblasting as does the axle. I wouldnt chrome the axle because it will dull in no time.

 

Alright, that didn't help much, I think I will just leave it powdercoated.

 

chrome it. lol.

 

he asks for help and idea's and we give him help..and he doesnt listen...lol You should just say you had your heart set on powdercoating...haha jk guy

 

No, the swingarm is already powdercoated black, the question was if I should have the arm sandblasted then chromed, or just leave it with the black powdercoating. It looks pretty nice with the blac, I was set on chrome, but it will be too much trouble to remove the black powdercoating.

 

I can get anything of mine chromed for free through a friend.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] You know what I would do! LOL!!