Re: [ST] Polishing wheels

["STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cameron WROTE:

First they sandblast all the paint off the wheels, then they plate them with
>copper and then with nickel and finally the chrome.  The key is the copper
>plate. It sticks to the aluminum and the nickel sticks to the copper.

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Hmmmmm......sounds kinda "weighty".  Triumph went to great lenghts to make 
the wheels as light as possible.  I guess the extra unsprung weight doesn't 
prevent you from pulling wheelies tho'   8-)

STeve Duncan
Underdawg
2K -ST (Betty)
Dallas, TX

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