ITALIAN MOTOR magazine: Rust in peace

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Rust in peace

I last rode the 750 in November, and lazily threw it back into the shed not realising the roads I'd ridden over had been salted and gritted. I hardly ever wash my bike as it is, so no surprise then that the Italian chrome has protested now I've come back to it five months on. Oh well...

5 comments:

D. Etz said...: Ahhh, Italian chrome... I didn't even bother rechroming the Radaellis on my Aermacchi. Instead, powdercoating and stainless spokes seemed like a better combination. In fact, I'm trying to eliminate or cover up as much chrome as possible on the bike.; 19 March 2013 at 21:33
ITALIAN MOTOR magazine said...: Italian chrome was never the best when you look after it. So abusing it isn't the best thing to do either...who needs chrome anyway?; 20 March 2013 at 10:13
Anonymous said...: Italian chrome = Instant Patina!; 20 March 2013 at 22:19
ITALIAN MOTOR magazine said...: Yes, absolutely right, and the S3 is going more and more that way, which of course is a good thing!; 21 March 2013 at 07:22
Kevin said...: Hallo,

naja als Patina würde ich das nicht bezeichnen, vor allem wenn es dann mal durch ist.

Lieber vorsorgen.

Gruß Kevin; 16 April 2013 at 09:55