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Postby minivin » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:18 pm

To all who have been interested in this.

Finally managed to extract one and produce a CAD drawing at last, I have posted a pic on Yahoo Boxertwix atthe following address:

Rocker Cover Bolt

I will be sending the drawing to two companies tomorrow for production quotes.

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Postby stempy » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:27 pm

You can get nice shiney chrome ones from your friendly BMW dealer for £9 a set if it proves too costly to get them made.
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Postby minivin » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:33 pm

ohhhh, shiney shiney, do we then fit screaming eagles and "live to ride, ride to live" badges as well ;)

always a point, how often do you wish to replace partially corroded parts (mine are not corroded but just fancy doing it, anyone have any ideas on the life span of these particular bolts?), if they last ages then the cost of plated looks better than stainless (you may replace with these chrome one's only once in your ownership so is stainless worth it?).

However hopefully the price for a set of 8 will not be too bad :)

stempy wrote:You can get nice shiney chrome ones from your friendly BMW dealer for £9 a set if it proves too costly to get them made.
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Postby Darth_1100S » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:16 pm

Chrome looks tacky on an 1100S Rob. There's something about s/s which oozes quality - I'll have the stainless ones please even if they are more expensive

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P.S. don't seem to be able to get the piccy from your link rob :cry:
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Postby stempy » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:17 am

Darth_1100S wrote:Chrome looks tacky on an 1100S Rob. There's something about s/s which oozes quality - I'll have the stainless ones please even if they are more expensive


Chrome never looks tacky, unlike Vauxhall Nova oil cooler grilles :lol:
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Postby minivin » Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:40 pm

Have faxed the diagram to one very interested company (they make stuff for Vincent HRD's, Triumphs, Harley's et cetera) so should have a quote tomorrow! <fingers crossed>
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Postby Harry » Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:16 pm

Rob, sent you a PM.
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Postby Darth_1100S » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:49 pm

[Chrome never looks tacky, unlike Vauxhall Nova oil cooler grilles :lol:[/quote]

Hmm.......... Can't see much of a resemblence to a V. Nova :wink:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ridgew ... m=8d64.jpg

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Postby stempy » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:45 pm

Have to say they're not quite so bad in black. shame about the yellow though.
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Postby Darth_1100S » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:30 pm

Mr.Stempy....Jealousy is indeed a terrible thing :wink:

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Postby stempy » Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:21 am

Jealousy, no, that would be green
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Postby minivin » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:33 pm

Well they're a bugger to make, the manufacturer was hoping to use a M12 button bolt to do it but that proved too difficult so they then had to try a button head blank, which mean that they would be £18 each!.

£128 a set from the manufacturer :shock:

Dunno how to get around that one......
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Postby Boxadog 2000 » Sat Apr 24, 2004 8:22 pm

Been there done it seen it 24 months ago got mine down to £10.00 each.
Sorry (again).

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Oh and by the way the choice of Stainless steel or Titanium.
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