Painting Bearclaw ?

[kingmerle]

Ive always disliked the chrome bearclaw and have considered painting it for years. I gone through a lot of the member gallery and only see where guys have repainted it when they modified it when they added the intake filters that are exposed. I was just wondering if anyone has repainted the stock chrome claw . I can't make up my mind if I should gloss it or make it match the cases, Are there any pictures where this has been done. I would love to see them.

 

[laraza]

Ive always disliked the chrome bearclaw and have considered painting it for years. I gone through a lot of the member gallery and only see where guys have repainted it when they modified it when they added the intake filters that are exposed. I was just wondering if anyone has repainted the stock chrome claw . I can't make up my mind if I should gloss it or make it match the cases, Are there any pictures where this has been done. I would love to see them.

Powder coated

 

[sleeves]

If your prepared to practice and be patient. 3M shrinkwrap. Any color and if you decide chromes in again you can peel it off. Got rid of a lot of chrome on mine with this stuff and when the chrome and plastic fails more on radiator covers I plan to use this stuff to hold it together also. Got a of of it free from a workmate a while back we were wrapping everything

 

[RevRoss]

Just take it off. I removed my bear claw the day i bought the bike and run without it. Doesnt look out of place and makes it easy to keep an eye on the coolant level too. I had a look a while back and think it's simple enough to unbolt the front and rear mounting points to tidy things up but haven't got around to it.

 

[BCRedHaze]

I sprayed mine along with my radiator shrouds with Plastidip. It looked good and lasted well and when I got tired of the look, I peeled it off and went back to chrome.