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Foot Control Bar - Polish? #118908 12/17/2006 1:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,537 Hagerstown, MD ssjones OP Check Pants
OP ssjones Check Pants Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,537 Hagerstown, MD	Put some Mothers on my polished forks today, they are holding up real well. I was eyeballing the black, foot-control bar. I know a chrome bar is available, but for my tastes that looks a little too bright. I wonder what material the bar is made of? Does anyone think it would polish up after stripping the black paint? Al

Re: Foot Control Bar - Polish? ssjones #118909 12/17/2006 1:32 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,836 Likes: 5 DELMONT, PA USA pipedr Learned Hand
pipedr Learned Hand Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,836 Likes: 5 DELMONT, PA USA	Al, If you are talking about that bar assembly at the base of the down tubes that the foot controls are attached' my best assessment is they are some grade of carbon steel (ferrous) and not a likely candidate for polishing. 2004 Triumph Speedmaster (J Lo) 2006 Yamaha Stratoliner (Adele)

Re: Foot Control Bar - Polish? ssjones #118910 12/17/2006 1:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 296 Dawsonville, Georgia larryshep Adjunct
larryshep Adjunct Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 296 Dawsonville, Georgia	I know that mine is steel.

Re: Foot Control Bar - Polish? larryshep #118911 12/17/2006 8:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,537 Hagerstown, MD ssjones OP Check Pants
OP ssjones Check Pants Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,537 Hagerstown, MD	Ah well, it was just a thought. Al

Re: Foot Control Bar - Polish? ssjones #118912 12/17/2006 9:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 28 Brunswick, Maryland ozz Greenhorn
ozz Greenhorn Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 28 Brunswick, Maryland	How 'bout powder coat? They have some cool shades of "bright". Oz

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