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is it worth having these totally chromed or does the heat just discolour them?
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The heat will most certain discolour them but if you're willing to polish n polish n polish I reckon they will stay in nice shine. ( sounded weird, didn't it?)
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yes mate bit weird but may be worth it
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They'll stay nice n shiny :oops:
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http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=7027

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Otherwise there are these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VTR1000-VTR-1 ... _772wt_942

Then there's getting them ceramic coated

http://www.gizmag.com/spray-on-ceramic- ... ure/30013/

http://www.zircotec.com/page/--road-bik ... ations/164
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you must have a long list of links wrote down wicky as you always have them to hand :clap:
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Wish my bike looked that clean Wicky
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lloydiecbr wrote:you must have a long list of links wrote down wicky as you always have them to hand :clap:
that's his German Army ancestors... "Links, links, wrecked, wrecked, links".
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Wicky you beat me to it with my polished headers link :thumbup: Did you see the date when I did that 8O

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thats it there off on sunday
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sirch345 wrote:Wicky you beat me to it with my polished headers link :thumbup: Did you see the date when I did that 8O

Chris.
But do they still look that good?
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Kev L wrote:
sirch345 wrote:Wicky you beat me to it with my polished headers link :thumbup: Did you see the date when I did that 8O

Chris.
But do they still look that good?
:)
You can decide :) bearing in mind I did say they soon went a goldie colour after polishing them, this is how they look now:-
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I remembered them and the work you put into them from soon after a I joined the forum - *eeek* Almost 6 years ago!
sirch345 wrote:Wicky you beat me to it with my polished headers link :thumbup: Did you see the date when I did that 8O

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They still look good. Have you only done dry miles ?


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Wicky wrote:I remembered them and the work you put into them from soon after a I joined the forum - *eeek* Almost 6 years ago!
sirch345 wrote:Wicky you beat me to it with my polished headers link :thumbup: Did you see the date when I did that 8O

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Yeah exactly :lol: where has that time gone,

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