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A Ninja of Uncharted Waters

Copper begins to patina almost immediately after exposure to air, turning a lustrous metal into a dull green. That look might work for the Statue of Liberty, but it won’t do for a copper motorcycle. Knowing this, Louis Grasse had his work cut out for him when he decided to build a copper Kawasaki ZX-14. The owner of H2o Cycles— a shop known for chroming plastic — Grasse is very familiar with the routine, but developing a method for copper plating was a whole new challenge.The problem wasn’t learning how to plate a part in copper. After all, it’s the first metal laid down in the three-step chroming process. The real difficulty was learning how to keep the copper from going green. » Read more