Frederick J
Member
How can I erase these road pits without chroming?
The factory lower legs have a clear coating on them so if you try to remove the chips, you will have to remove the clear coating. It can be done and then you can polish the lower legs and they come out looking almost as good as chrome. All you have to do then is an occasional touch up with some polish to keep them looking new.
It's a bit of work and most go for the chrome front end instead.
According to the love bug post you can mask off the rest of the bike, ride through Florida, not wash the bike for a day and the clear coat will be stripped off, then you just have to remove the bugs,
On second thought, the wet / dry sand paper thing may be just as simple. I have not done this on my bike but have seen the resuts, it does look good once done then just have to do an occasional polish depending on how much you ride.