Chrome
Master Cylinder Cover
greg_cifu
(35/M/Lancaster,
Ca)
9/4/00
12:17 am
After visiting three accessory shops carrying my dial caliper and
rifling through the many chrome master cylinder covers offered, I have
found a suitable match. It seems that our master cylinder covers are the
same size as the 1987-1996 Honda VT1100 Shadow. It also seems to match
my 1986 Gold Wing. For that matter, it's also the same size as my
Kawasaki ZX11, though they don't list chrome covers for Ninjas :-)
You can go to any dealer who carries Cobra products and order them
in any of three styles: solid, scalloped and grooved. I opted for the
solid style. They retail for right at $30 each. That's the good news.
Now the bad news. Cobra's chrome quality is crap. Geez, sorry
about cussing on a public board but I've gotta' call it like I see it. I
just paid $30 for a little piece of aluminum with some plating (I only
bought one--it's all they had and I wanted to verify before I bought two
more). The chrome is hazy, has scratches that won't buff out (probably
in the sub surface) and there are casting imperfections visible under
the chrome.
I would give them the benefit of the doubt and say that this was a
rare
example.Unfortunately
a friend JUST ordered their floorboards for his '95 Honda Shadow. When
they got to his house last Thursday, one of the mounts wasn't completely
welded and had profuse rust all around the joint. Now I've bought this
crappy master cylinder cover. I'm afraid that this probably isn't
isolated. I will be writing them a nasty-gram shortly.
In the meantime, if anybody knows a better manufacturer of chrome
master cylinder covers for the mid-late 80s Hondas, let us know.
Chrome
Master Cylinder Covers
greg_cifu
(35/M/Lancaster,
Ca)
9/17/00
4:45 am
This is my last followup on this topic. Today, I picked up the
three Drag Specialties master cylinder covers I ordered last weekend.
They
look great on the bike and cost $58 for all three.
For those interested, here is the Drag Specialties part number. It
was originally for the 1984-87 Honda Gold Wing:
DS-373761
