'68 BSA Victor Build..... Bloody 'ell mate... You 'effin daft or sommat?!?

[Zonie]

Key is to do all the polishing work yourself. Get it as shiny as you want it, then give it to the shop so all they have to do is plate it. Keep in mind 90% of the work in chrome is the prep. Do that yourself and it's affordable.
Trick is to find a shop that will work with you. For me, there's one just across the Kansas border that @halfmile uses. They'll work with you.

I took a bunch of parts off my Norton project to a plater in Ft. Worth. Came back looking good. I had a feeling that they took the items down to Mexico to get done. No EPA to get in the way.

 

[Grimly]

Guess you haven't got to the post (#607) where I cleaned up the speedo.


Draganfly is my go to source. Shipping is very reasonable and they're a small mom and pop business.

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Absolutely love the blind optimism of that scale.

 

[John Regular]

A50s only go to 125 ?/?

 

[MrBultaco]

I always thought that Smith's instrumnents stopped working when the needle pointed straight up....which is still a stretch for some bikes.

 

[Jim]

A50s only go to 125 ?/?
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It's your lucky day, John. When I ordered the rubber housing for my speedo, I inadvertently put two in my basket. Since I only need the one.... think I paid 15 quid plus shipping from England. Yours for 15 bucks and shipping... which'll be a fair bit cheaper than overseas shipping. PM me if you're interested.

 

[John Regular]

It's your lucky day, John. When I ordered the rubber housing for my speedo, I inadvertently put two in my basket. Since I only need the one.... think I paid 15 quid plus shipping from England. Yours for 15 bucks and shipping... which'll be a fair bit cheaper than overseas shipping. PM me if you're interested.

Sweet, I just brought it in from the barn and cleaned it up to see how nice it was, guess I was inspired. So I'm bringing in a shiny piece one at a time and seeing how good or bad they are. I don't remember if I had told the story but this bike was a roller and a bunch of parts. Some of the parts have wandered off throughout the years including a front fender and stays in near perfect condition. I priced some at Britt Pieces and they were like 350$ on sale but out of stock. Who knows if this one will ever get done but for now I'm using the "Johnny Cash strategy" except It will probably cost me more than a dime. Thanks