Another chromed bike

[miSTa]

But with a difference - its of my favourite bike.

http://zour.net/ZX11/index.html (Linked borrowed from the ZX11 forum)

Strangely compelling, not particulary practical, but in desperate need of clear indicators and tail light.

[Suney]

Wow :O
Looking good except for the indicators, but still prefer the R1 chrome

[R6_kid:Me]

looks nice, shoulda got a polished/stainless pipe and it would all look very nice.

edit- musta got a pic with the old zorst, that grey muzzy rounds it off nicely

[Karma]

Oh god no!!

Why would anyone want to ride that thing?

fingerprint smudges everywhere... and could you imagine the glare of the sun off of that thing?

[*sic]

that makes me wanna rock up flop my junk out and give the bike a big ol cock and balls print..

[Eurodave]

I bettcha a pound to a knob of goat shit that THAT bike has been low temp "chrome look" powder coated.... a relativley new process that allows most non metallic things to be 'Chromed". See your local powder coating outfit or even google it
Im about to do just that to my street tracker projects swing arm as real chrome does something called 'hydrogen embrittlement' if its not correctly heat treated after chroming, this could lead to cracking or even failure of the part. Powder coating gets round this potential problem

[judgeshock]

That looks pretty cool, not what im into or would want to ride though.
At least it would be hi vis on the open road for all the cagers to see.

[nudemetalz]

hmm,...might look good on the ZX-10 too !!!

[pritch]

Im about to do just that to my street tracker projects swing arm as real chrome does something called 'hydrogen embrittlement' if its not correctly heat treated after chroming, this could lead to cracking or even failure of the part.

Also chrome being relatively brittle can and does crack, this can create a stress riser which can in turn lead to a crack in the steel of the frame at that point.
For such reasons the frame on my Cheney BSA was nickel plated not chromed.
Gold is probably OK too if you are feeling flush :-)

[classic zed]

Also chrome being relatively brittle can and does crack, this can create a stress riser which can in turn lead to a crack in the steel of the frame at that point.
For such reasons the frame on my Cheney BSA was nickel plated not chromed.
Gold is probably OK too if you are feeling flush :-)

Damn those Cheney frames were good, I never rode one but my brother worked for Eric Cheney for a while producing the "Thumper" that was an monster in its day.
As for the chrome its probably the latest water based paint like this one

http://www.sprayonchrome.com/pbfullside.html

Looks good

[maddog007]

At least it would be hi vis on the open road for all the cagers to see.

I disagree....its almost invisable. it would blend into its surroundings like a cameleon (spelling).

[judgeshock]

Yeah i think you maybe right, however on a sunny day it would glow from all the light being reflected off it.

[miSTa]

Sorry to dredge up a thread thats had its day but theres an update on this bike. It got stolen a couple of weeks after being posted, a week later the bike was recovered by the police lying on its side in the back of a stolen truck. Sounds as though that side is rooted as well as the exhaust system.

I guess some people don't like other people having nice stuff.

[Sniper]

Jesus, its like a mirror on wheels.

[nudemetalz]

Sorry to dredge up a thread thats had its day but theres an update on this bike. It got stolen a couple of weeks after being posted, a week later the bike was recovered by the police lying on its side in the back of a stolen truck. Sounds as though that side is rooted as well as the exhaust system.

I guess some people don't like other people having nice stuff.

That's sad..