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Postby Darth_1100S » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:01 pm

To all the doubters, pisstakers, canal boat decorators etc........The bar ends are almost certainly gun metal. Polished them on Sunday and still not a bit of tarnish on them AND the MOT guy today had his mucky paws all over them, they just wiped clean again :P so there :wink:

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Postby Gats » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:42 pm

Hmmm... mine are showing signs of tarnish where the lacquer has rubbed off. I can't see there would be a difference between a '98 and '99 model's barends. Give 'em a bit of time, Dave.
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Postby Darth_1100S » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:59 pm

Gats, if they were brass they would have started to tarnish by now. It's been 3 days and they are still as bright as they were on Sunday when I polished them . They're the wrong colour and hardness for brass anyhow - they have more of a coppery patina which is concurrent with the appearance of gunmetal. I'll try to find out for sure what they are tho' as there are a lot of brass based alloys out there these days

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Postby boxerpan » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:41 am

I think i would take them to the local assay office and have them hallmarked to save any confusion :D

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Postby gus » Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:49 pm

Bloody hell guys!They are only bar ends.However i have sent my old one away for forensic anaylis just to clear up any confusion. :wink:
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Postby boxerpan » Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:23 pm

Typical brummy :D You need to get your priorities right Gus, this is of vital importance to the war machine.

'sorry I mentioned the war'

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Postby Gats » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:22 pm

Not all that's yellow is gold! It's brass, or maybe bronze.

Gun metal... that's grey. Look at the Humbrol stand next time you're near a hobby shop. Military modellers can't be wrong. ;)

Sorry Gus. Don't mean to twist your mind regarding brass alloys. Chipped the rust off the canal boat's anchor this evening and it's grey underneath. Sorta like gunmetal grey actually... :o
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Postby boxerpan » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:31 pm

Gary, you are an imposter. All good decorators know canal boats don't have anchors - where they gonna drift off to? Out to sea ?

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Postby winger » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:47 pm

Are you lot on something or what???,all this to save thirty quid on a set of stainless bar ends!!!!!!.

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Postby minivin » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:48 pm

winger wrote:Are you lot on something or what???,all this to save thirty quid on a set of stainless bar ends!!!!!!.

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Postby Darth_1100S » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:52 pm

Rob can you do us some Stainless bar ends for less than £30 :lol:

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Postby Paul » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:05 am

Gents,

Bar end weights for the S in a rancge of tasteful colours:

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available at £16.95 a pair from oberon engineering at:

http://www.oem-uk.com/shop/acatalog/R1100S.html

Now, can we get back to something more interesting, such as tyre choices?

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Postby boxerpan » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:20 am

Thank you for stepping in on this subject Mr Moderator :!: Is the subject now closed or can we carry on in a couple of days whilst no-one is watching :lol:

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Postby Gats » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:46 am

boxerpan wrote:Gary, you are an imposter. All good decorators know canal boats don't have anchors - where they gonna drift off to? Out to sea ?

Smartarse-on-Grand Union.


Oh, bugger! Busted. :oops:

Now for the moderator stomping on this piece of literary history-in-the-making. I feel our inalienable right to free speech is being repressed in an unprecedented way. Censorship for the sake of political correctness and supression of free thought I say! Furthermore, if I wanted silvery barends I'd dip them in silver frost and clear coat them and.... what?.... wrong board, eh? Not Pelican? Hmmmm....

I'll get me Vanson.

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Postby Darth_1100S » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:31 am

Up with bar ends.... :mrgreen:


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