Is the weight difference even something to think about. I would imagine that chrome would be a **** ton heavier . Someone told me that powder coating is almost as heavy. I have chrome wheels and a chrome swingarm on my 954...I bought it that way. Im sure it wont last forever and when it starts to chip or spider web Im sure as hell not getting it rechromed.

 

I wouldn't be worried about weight at ALL unless you are trying to shave 0.01 off your lap times..

I just ADDED a 5 pound steel brace to my radiator.. Plus my 5 pound 12 bar

And soon gonna get a heavy sub cage :YEAH

 

Its not a stunt bike I just ride it on the street.

 

A pound of powder coat would easily paint a frame. so.. yeah not much weight there.. and you can get chrome powdercoat also. Im sure a gallon of gas weighs more than the chrome needed to cover an entire chopper.

 

no, both add a small amount,but not very much.

 

Yo post some pics of how you braced your radiator I wanna do the same when I put my next one on which will be soon since mine is being held by big zip ties now.

 

Be careful with Chromed wheels... not 100% certain on this but I saw either somewhere on here or floating around the next a guy had chromed wheels, came down from a wheelie and the whole front wheel cracked and a gigantic lip broke off. His front tire blew out, he lost control and ate **** hard.

Again, not 100% certain about this but just a heads up to possibly search around.

 

Ive heard that before...Im thinking of putting on RC51 wheels and poweder coating the swingarm black.

 

im not trying to steal your thread but i just sent my exhaust to (IL, www.firespeed.com ), and some other pieces to get powdercoated. The yoshi exhaust got cut down to 11 inches and powdercoated gloss black ill post pics as soon as i get it. my exhaust and rear sets, levers will look like this

 

Did you cut down the pipe yourself?

 

no, the people at firespeed cut it down. i think the stock size is like 23-24 inches and they cut it to 11 and powdercoated it. i actually just received it and will be posting pics as soon as i find my camera. i wanted it to be the same size as the one on the pic. the yoshi on the pic came like that from japan it has 2 exhaust ports.

 

I was curious if it is a true Duel outlet or if the bottom one is just a dummie. Any idea?

 

heres mine haha for my 636. it started to stretch an tear so i decided to make some krazy kyle style radiator bracing haha

 

i called rick at firespeed and asked about the size and the pipe and he told me that its a full exhaust and its a tru dual, was ordered from japan

 

Yeah I saw the KrazyKyleStyle radiator bracing thread lol :YEAH :YEAH