IMO satin black/charcoal PC is the best way to go if you want low maintainence.

 

chrome does the same it pits and flakes...Plus chrome doesnt have the same appeal as it did in th early 90s

 

Oh and chrome is heavy

 

This is me and my twin brothers bike's. I love the way his turned out without any chrome and made me think about parting mine out and replacing the parts with stock parts to do the same thing. Plus mine looks like *** cause its dirty as *** on this picture. Quality isnt great cause its from my cell phone but you get the idea.

 

How much work is it to pull your frame and swingarm off your bike to chrome it out?
Has anyone done it themselves?

 

The swingarm is not to bad at all. Now for the frame....your going to have to take everything off and i mean everything from forks to subframe to wiring harness to engine. Think about a basic frame and how much sh*t you have to take off of it just by looking at your bike. I was told about 1500 for them to strip/chrome/reassy. and half of that was just for taking and putting the bike back togather.