Thanks for the welcome guys. I like a good plend of chrome and black on my bikes. I thought the Rocket had a little too much chrome so that is why I have painted some.
David
I taped around area of bearclaw not to be painted and used wet n dry fine sand paper and etched the area to be painted for better paint adhesion. I then used Automotive gloss black and a couple of light coats. I used the same process on oil tank emblem and again on radiator shroud. However on the radiator I used automotive bumber paint which is fexible and was told much better to use on plastics. Finish is more a semi-gloss.
Re the exhaust available here
http://www.motoplan.co.jp/cart/catalog/default.php?cPath=25_29
The exhaust is from Japan. I had Tors and have friends with Maddogs and Jardines. These pipes I believe have the best quality finish of anything out there. They are not cheap for slip ons. They make a sweet sound and have a screw in baffle they makes the bike quiet as stock in under 3mins. I actually butchered the baffle and have a combination on the 2.
The pipes came with new smaller secondary throttle plates that replace stock to increase power and torque with the standard triumph ecm tune. My bike had tune 20055 and it would not run right. Got it sorted with tuneboy. One thing my bike had decel pop really bad with the tors but virtually none with the shorter slip on exhaust on the same tune.
