Opinion

[5760rj]

This is the scenario, have a newly repainted bike with original and rechromed assorries, have a pair of PaperBoy Ducks with no plating, can't remove reflectors for plating, but have seen decoy ducks used in hunting, what if these where two tone painted to match the theme of bike, as an example? other options?

 

[Allrounderco]

I’m curious to see how they’d respond to a careful low speed buffing wheel. I know that would destroy the (perfect, IMO) patina, but that wasn’t the question.

You could test on the inside, before committing. Personally, I’d save these for another bike, and get some repro ones for the repainted bike.

 

[Freqman1]

Buy a shiny pair of repo ducks for the restored bike and put these on an original. V/r Shawn

 

[Freqman1]

I’m curious to see how they’d respond to a careful low speed buffing wheel. I know that would destroy the (perfect, IMO) patina, but that wasn’t the question.

You could test on the inside, before committing. Personally, I’d save these for another bike, and get some repro ones for the repainted bike.

You must have been a nanosecond ahead of me on the response! V/r Shawn

 

[Allrounderco]

Must have

Glad to see my thinking is in line with that of a well seasoned collector. (Those ducks are awesome!)

 

[Frank and Pam Skid Kings]

What Blackbomber and Shawn said. These things are a tough period piece and need to be left as original. Even on a repaint bike, they will get respect as is and probably draw all the attention and questions.

 

[higgens]

Yep put them on like that or buy new ones

 

[bike]

the "repro" ducks were made in the 50s I guess (maybe 60s) by a different company that bought the tooling

 

[5760rj]

Yep put them on like that or buy new ones

thought about buffing but wrong metal to do this to, even using jeweler rouge green or red, dont like the newer ducks to buy another set, as for leaving them alone best idea as not to ruin their original condition, how about water base paint?

 

[5760rj]

the "repro" ducks were made in the 50s I guess (maybe 60s) by a different company that bought the tooling

I have a set of these, and I wasn't overly happy with how they fit on the bars