Thank you guys for all of the thoughts and opinions but I really do have some (self-imposed) restrictions that I'm trying to adhere to with this bike.
Imagine that Sid is a survivor piano. A Steinway piano that is in pretty bad condition. The piano was given to me by its original owner because he knew that I was a piano person and might appreciate it. Some of the strings along with the foot pedals are broken and the finish is also in poor condition. It is unplayable at this point.
To show my appreciation I decided to bring the instrument back to playing condition. I'm faced with the choice of completely restoring it back to new condition (which would be very involved and expensive) or restoring it back to good playing condition (which is the most important part of any instrument) and making the outward appearance as presentable as possible while maintaining the original finishes. I choose the latter.
I replaced the strings and repaired all of the mechanical parts back to working condition. I have to make some compromises like replacing the broken foot pedals with similar but not exact replacements. Maybe with time, I'll find some exact replacements but until then the piano will be playable. And besides, the pedals are not noticeable, especially to the untrained eye. Most importantly it is now playable and sounds like a Steinway should! The finish is cleaned and preserved as much as possible but still looks distressed. To me, the piano has a warm personality not in spite of, but
because of the bruised patina that only age can produce.
So for me, putting a new mismatched color wrap on the bars would be like putting new mismatched plastic on some of the keys just because the original ivory is missing. It would look out of place and wouldn't have any effect on how it sounds. After today's experiment, I'm now thinking that even if I had the correct gold sparkle wrap, it might still look out of place by being too new. That is, unless I could tone it down like I did with the cables. What I would really like to find is some used gold wrap that has been removed from an older bike.