Hi John,
Thanks for your kind words.
I've only built one bike previously, a Yamaha R1. I liked the building part, but it didn't get any other details, neither aftermarket nor handmade. In the end the clearcoat got wierd, and I gave up (I need new decals to strip and repaint).
For the exhaust I painted with Alclad Chrome, masked some thin strips, and then I gave it a very light coat of Smoke. Then, with the masks still in place, I used the Tamiya pigments set for a bit of yellow and blue (that thing that looks like women make-up).
The tubing... I have smaller tubing (0,9mm) but I made a mistake - I should have prepared theparts before assembling them, and in the end I wasn't able to fit the smaller tubing in the right places. With everything glued I would make it worse if I tried do cut the plastic pins, drill holes and put a new, thinner, metal pin. So, instead of ruining everything I just used the Tamiya tubing. It was a lesson for my next bike build.
The chain... it may not be too noticeble, but it took a lot of CA glue and patience. And even with that when I was putting it in place it lost a couple of links - I took it out and it lost a few more - glued again, put in place, lost a few other links again. So I just left it in place, even with a few links missing. Wont do another one so soon.
Best regards,
Hugo