On the color I was probably too cheap or lazy and picked sport green. I also purchased the painted cowl as I thought the chrome option was too spendy in light of what appeared to be an insignificant amount of parts that were chromed and not really crazy about the color of the stock cowl. Later if i get in the mood I suspect you can take the hoops off and chrome them if that is what you like which I do. Plus chrome for me seems like more maintenance which is one of the reasons I owned a Harley for only about six months.
The cowl and roll hoops are actually stainless steel either painted or polished depending on which option you choose.
