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[Grizzly]

Possibly this is why H-D has gone the route it has with so many blacked-out parts on their latest offerings.   


https://www.webbikeworld.com/europe-is-banning-chrome-for-2024/

[FLSTFI Dave]

Wow, that is crazy.  Bet Comifornia follows suit soon.

[Ironhorse]

Waiting for the "From my cold dead hands" posts,....

[D-N-D]

Well That Sucks !!! 

[ultra13]

Would like to see the true study on that crap. Catch word "can".   What is so toxic, the process of?
Your right, I can see Cali following suit.

[Ironhorse]

C'mon folks, won't be long till we send our stuff to India or Pakistan to be chromed.

[OBB]

C'mon folks, won't be long till we send our stuff to India or Pakistan to be chromed.

I'd be surprised if it doesn't come from there now.

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[Ironhorse]

I'd be surprised if it doesn't come from there now.

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Well that's what happened in the 70s and 80s with leathers.  The EPA discovered that the chemicals used to tan and dye hides were damaging to the environment so they instituted all these steps and processes to capture the leftover chemicals and prevent them from leeching into the ground and water table (that's a good thing).  But a lot of the local tanners didn't want to comply with the expensive process and just decided to ship the business overseas.  So now the leather comes from American cows, is sent to Pakistan for tanning and dyeing and then shipped back to US craftsmen who make the leather clothing.

At least this is how it was explained to me by the folks at Bates Leathers in Signal Hill/Long Beach, CA. as I was ordering my clothing to be made.

[FLSTFI Dave]

That's sad about the leather.  I can see that happening with chrome.