VFR 750 1986 fuel filler cap

I have read somewhat of the delema regarding replacement fuel filler caps for the 1986 VFR.
Wow, what a great thing the internet is - found one straight away on the internet - Chinese of course but who cares if it fits (as they claimed)
First one arrived - clearly the wrong screw pattern (made for 1990 onwards) and they politely agreed to replace with the correct one, meanwhile I could "keep the incorrect supply"
Second one arrived - same as first, and as before, I could keep this cap, and sorry we don't have a cap for your machine.
So, two caps in hand, both worthless unless I buy a later bike!

Is there such a thing as a good secondhand cap of the correct pattern? My '89 model had a chrome cap, satin and bright combo, but it has small blisters under the chrome and these days chrome platers are thin on the ground here in Aussie, and none seem interested in trying to save my old cap.
I do not want some "race" style or non-pattern cap if I can help it

 

If you do not want some "race style" then you are likely outa luck. Used or by some miracle you find an NOS example.

Even the "race style" are not technical made for that model, but are modifiable to work. And there is a Kawasaki version of the race style that has the correct bolt pattern but needs even more mods to work.

 

Hi Capt.
That's what I was afraid you were going to say
I might try Japan, my son seems to find all sorts of unobtainable parts there - I need to get him on the job
Thanks anyway

 

Thanks to those who tried to help, finally bit the bullet when I found a true craftsman who really cares about his product and said he "could almost certainly redeam my corroded cap". It was slightly worse than the one Thumbs offered me, and this man said he would know as soon as he applied the copper base.
He contacted me later so say it "would be good" so I gave the final go ahead and the result is stunning! See Attached (already fitted to my VFR 750 tank.
The "fix" cost a tidy sum, but if you dream big, yah gotta pay! Besides he was the only man who was prepared to step up and say he really had the skills to re-chrome diecaste.

 

Wow. Yeah, I bet that was not cheap.