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I'm not fond of chrome as a decorative finish, and even less so on plastic components.
This being the case I decided to paint the instrument pods the same colour intended for the fairing interior.
Chrome:
Stripped:
Painted (before buffing):
Since painting I've decided to go with different instruments - news soon!
For the inquiring minds - the chrome was stripped with hydrochloric (muriatic) acid. Th chrome vanished quickly, the underlying copper plating took somewhat longer.
Plans are being laid for a new exhaust and some intake mods, so it was decided replacement jets were to be ordered.
The interweb was put to use and suitable jets found:
Idly perusing the rest of the site resulted in the fortuitous discovery of a very neat Koso 50mm (2 inch) tacho, which was duly ordered:
Realising that the tacho would look odd sitting next the standard speedo forced the purchase of an electronic unit to match:
Sometimes I suspect that my enthusiasm is getting out of control!
The 'wild cat' is still waiting for pipes. I spoke to the fabricator today and he advised me of another delay. I'm learning a lot about patience, but I would rather have the pipes!
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