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<blockquote data-quote="vince998" data-source="post: 13988" data-attributes="member: 261"><p>Hi Peter,</p><p>I had mine chromed about 7 years ago by an old guy at a company in Bielefeld. I´ve never had a problem with the kickstarter since, and i´m pretty sure he didn´t cork the hole with the splines in up.</p><p>He chromed just about everything that needed chroming on the bike, even a used silencer for me (after insisting i go round the corner and burn the carbon out with a gas torch <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />) It must of cost a fortune to clear the bath out afterwoods!!!</p><p>He spent a lot of time polishing, cleaning, copper plating and polishing again.Anything that was stamped or engraved retained its lettering, and everthing retained its detail (even small parts)</p><p>A real craftsman. </p><p>The only bit that came backed damaged was the centralising plate inside the headlight rim, so for the next one i removed it and all was good.</p><p>Just after he did my parts, he unfortunately (for me anyway) retired. The next lot of stuff i had done at the same company was a bag of poo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vince998, post: 13988, member: 261"] Hi Peter, I had mine chromed about 7 years ago by an old guy at a company in Bielefeld. I´ve never had a problem with the kickstarter since, and i´m pretty sure he didn´t cork the hole with the splines in up. He chromed just about everything that needed chroming on the bike, even a used silencer for me (after insisting i go round the corner and burn the carbon out with a gas torch :D) It must of cost a fortune to clear the bath out afterwoods!!! He spent a lot of time polishing, cleaning, copper plating and polishing again.Anything that was stamped or engraved retained its lettering, and everthing retained its detail (even small parts) A real craftsman. The only bit that came backed damaged was the centralising plate inside the headlight rim, so for the next one i removed it and all was good. Just after he did my parts, he unfortunately (for me anyway) retired. The next lot of stuff i had done at the same company was a bag of poo. [/QUOTE]
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