Subject: tank and fenders (paint)
Author: guzzi john
Date: May 15, 2001, 3:58 PM
Post ID: 1706736254
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<DIV>Fellow loopers, (kinda sounds like a disease)</DIV>
<DIV>I have decided that my 28 year old, 149,000 mile eldo is going to need a good clean up. I would really like to repaint it and re-chrome the tank panels but I know that it will be an impossibility from a affordability standpoint. To me the chrome tank panels are one of the most defining features on a loopframe, but the prices that I have been quoted are waaaaaaaay out of my price range so I must decide to paint the tank and fenders a solid color or leave them as is, which is a bit repugnant after seeing some beautifully restored loopframe bikes. My questions are, what are the purposes, other than looks, for the chromed tank panels? And, should one paint the tank a solid color or not, and if not, then why? The last option is, should I leave it be and allow it's weathered look to be considered character?</DIV>
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<DIV>Just curious of everyones opinion.</DIV>
<DIV>John S. Hickory, NC</DIV>
<DIV>73.5 eldo civ.</DIV>
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