Depends on the year.
My '77 Landau came with just the dropout faces chrome. When I noticed chrome showing through paint chips on the fork, I started stripping it and found the whole thing was chromed. Next I started stripping the rear triangle and ended up with about 1/3 chrome, plus most of the chainstay. I painted a 1/16" gold line around the tubes where I stopped stripping, similar to the lug outlines.
My '81 Ultimate has chrome dropout faces, top of the fork crown and top of the chainstay.
-- John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada
On 10/04/2010 7:37 PM, David Kulcinski wrote:
> Can anyone tell me about the "normal" paint scheme for Nishikis? All of the Nishikis that I have seen have the forks& stays 1/2 painted& 1/2 chrome. When parts are treated that way, are they fully chromed& then masked& painted, or are they chromed to a bit past the 1/2 way mark& then masked& painted?
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> The forks on my Nishiki are fully chromed, but I am thinking that, if/when I do a restoration, that I should do the 1/2 chrome unless there were those that had fully chromed forks. Mine has been repainted by a previous owner& I don't know what might be under the paint on the stays. I don't want to get started and use any stripper on it until I am committed to the restoration since it is my daily rider.
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> Thank you,
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> David Kulcinski
> Orange, CA