Polish a Salsa SUL?
06-24-07 | 11:13 PM
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Polish a Salsa SUL?
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Has anyone polished up a Salsa SUL?
I don't want black parts on a build I'm working on, but I do want a poptop quill stem that isn't a Zoom.
That is all.
Thank you.
06-25-07 | 12:12 AM
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06-25-07 | 12:28 AM
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Get it chromed and then polish it?
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
06-25-07 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
Get it chromed and then polish it?
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
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06-25-07 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
06-25-07 | 06:34 PM
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i've got several poptops and none of them creak.
could that be a SUL problem then? Anyone else have an SUL that squeaks or creaks or honks or sneezes?
could that be a SUL problem then? Anyone else have an SUL that squeaks or creaks or honks or sneezes?
06-25-07 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dobber
Grease the bolts.
I have to retape my bars soon. I guess I'll mess with it again then.
06-25-07 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jonnywill
Has anyone polished up a Salsa SUL?
I don't want black parts on a build I'm working on, but I do want a poptop quill stem that isn't a Zoom.
I don't want black parts on a build I'm working on, but I do want a poptop quill stem that isn't a Zoom.
There are a few options for open face quill stems that aren't Salsas. Deda Murex, Cinelli Frog, 3TTT Mutant, ITM 800, etc. I don't know how many of those are still in production, but I'm sure you can find some on eBay.
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06-26-07 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
Get it chromed and then polish it?
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
Poptop stems are overrated. My poptop SUL creaks in a very annoying way and I have changed my bars exactly 0 times.
06-26-07 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mcatano
The Salsa SUL is made of CrMo, not aluminum.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
06-26-07 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by dobber
Actually, no. The S.U.L is Salsa's "Stiff Upper Lip" technology. They offer both CroMo and Aluminum versions although the quill is only available in CroMo.
06-26-07 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by dobber
Actually, no. The S.U.L is Salsa's "Stiff Upper Lip" technology. They offer both CroMo and Aluminum versions although the quill is only available in CroMo.
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06-26-07 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by mcatano
Right, and we're talking about the quill version here. So, actually, yes.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
06-26-07 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jonnywill
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