I will say this. Based on your comment, i have looked about the interwebs and I agree I do see a lot of Cimarrons with these chrome forks. I cannot explain this I do not recall ever seeing them this way on the showroom floor. I do know that there were some issues with those frames though. I recall at least two coming back with the top-tube cable guides coming unbrazed. I am not sure if there were fork problems as well that lead to some sort of mass replacement. I do not recall replacing any on Cimarron.
Regardless, I do recognize you are correct that there seems to be a number of them this way on the internet, and I may not recall things 100% correctly.