chrome?

[Don R]

 How much does chrome affect the value of a sandcast? The PO really loved this bike and sent in various pegs, motor mounts and engine parts for chrome. Mostly it's in good shape except the valve cover, it's a bit pitted.

[Don R]

 OK lets try it this way. Leave it alone or strip it back to aluminum? 
 The rocker cover is pitted, no choice there but what about the rest? Dyno cover side 3 pieces? The outer diameter clutch cover is chromed. It's perfect and I'm not letting the 9 hole cover out of my sight. The foot pegs are chromed too, not too big a deal there.

[kp]

My view would be to strip it including the alloy cam cover as they are unique to the early bikes. Just my take KP

[Marcello Tha]

Strip all parts back to aluminum, they are rare and expensive.
I don't know what method is used, if chemical or physical.

Marcello

[Steve Swan]

take your parts to any competent chrome plater, they dip it in their electrolytic bath and the chrome plate will come off just like it went on.

[Don R]

 I auctually took a full set of engine covers to my local plater to be stripped. Not my sandcast ones, just for a test to see how they came out.
 It was worth a hundred dollars for the peace of mind. Everything came out fine. The parts appear to be soda blasted but should return to a normal finish easily. If I still own it next winter I'll take the sandcast's parts in.