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[Twolanerider]

This is a bad thread.  It was on my mind this morning after a 20 mile ride to to breakfast at a place about a mile away from the house.  Got back and climbed off the SEEG with its colored and diamond cut cylinders and heads and just knew I could hear the SERG saying "daddy, what about me?"

Explained to it that silver is beautiful too.  And she's ok with it for now.  But I fear the subject will come up again some cold winter day.

[deaf1]

Ok,

You are all bad people.... Between the ideas and the actual equipment I have bought off of this board I am now only able to afford very cheap beer that comes in cans "old style".....

Having the dealer ship em out to Diamond Heads....

JW,  you are evil......

[Black Diamond]

Ok,

You are all bad people.... Between the ideas and the actual equipment I have bought off of this board I am now only able to afford very cheap beer that comes in cans "old style".....

Having the dealer ship em out to Diamond Heads....

JW,  you are evil......

Thank you Sir, May I have another?

I have a name on who did mine that was very reasonable if your interested, PM me.

JW

[spydglide]

Thank you Sir, May I have another?

I have a name on who did mine that was very reasonable if your interested, PM me.

JW

And may I add from recent 1st hand lust, they are Beautiful !!!  har!  spyder

[Black Diamond]

And may I add from recent 1st hand lust, they are Beautiful !!!  har!  spyder

Thank you very much sir!

JW

[Invisible68]

Well I have decided to have my heads diamond cut as soon as I get the bike it will be winter so might as well befor the rings are scored.  but... the big butt.... is I want a headbolt bridge.. but in the cataloog there is no Granite finish  availible... so what to do... was thinking just might have to powder coat the heads and jugs blue then have them diamond cut.... any one else find the granite ones... I do like the idea of keeping some things the same but making them better....

anyone know where I could get granite bridge?!?

[Black Diamond]

Well I have decided to have my heads diamond cut as soon as I get the bike it will be winter so might as well befor the rings are scored.  but... the big butt.... is I want a headbolt bridge.. but in the cataloog there is no Granite finish  availible... so what to do... was thinking just might have to powder coat the heads and jugs blue then have them diamond cut.... any one else find the granite ones... I do like the idea of keeping some things the same but making them better....

anyone know where I could get granite bridge?!?

Used the Harley granite paint for my heads and cylinders. Came out very good IMO. Sorry, I don't have a close up on just the motor.

JW

[Invisible68]

besides 10 bucks... what is the difference from the standard diamond cut and the show cut?!?

[Invisible68]

besides 10 bucks... what is the difference from the standard diamond cut and the show cut?!?

opps... ment HD... hundred dollars....

[LarryB]

Ok,

You are all bad people.... Between the ideas and the actual equipment I have bought off of this board I am now only able to afford very cheap beer that comes in cans "old style".....

Having the dealer ship em out to Diamond Heads....

JW,  you are evil......

nothing wrong with Old Style, from LaCrosse Wisconsin, grew up drinking it.

[LarryB]

Used the Harley granite paint for my heads and cylinders. Came out very good IMO. Sorry, I don't have a close up on just the motor.

JW

the granite paint from HD works good, used it on the bridge and starter

[porthole]

Scott, so many of the vendors are a pain in the ass to work with anymore.  We're just lemmings with backpacks to carry dollar bills to their door.  At least that's the way they behave.

Assuming you've got enough contrast to make the diamond cutting really pop the end result is nice.  But take the time to ask the company all the appropriate questions beforehand.  Nail them down on expected schedules and follow through to do what you can to keep them to their promises.

A side note about Diamond Heads is their patent on the diamond cutting machine work.  Have to admit that bothers me a little.  It's just machine work.  There are other shops that do the work but who don't advertise it much.  But I still don't get how one company gets to make a relatively straighforward machining process a proprietary enterprise.  It's just attention to detail and a cutting machine...

Yeah all that and what about the show cut  that they told you about - after the fact 

[Twolanerider]

Yeah all that and what about the show cut  that they told you about - after the fact 

Didn't see you'd asked about the show cut Duane.  Will gladly tell you what I remember of it now though.

No difference in the cutting itself for their "show cut."  Difference is where and not how they cut.  The "show cut" simply extends the cutting a bit farther around behind the pushrod tubes and other spots.  It's simply a more complete job getting areas they think are generally unseen and don't do in their "standard" cut.

[Twolanerider]

besides 10 bucks... what is the difference from the standard diamond cut and the show cut?!?

Ah, there's the question.  Duane hadn't asked, Invisible had (there might be irony in that).

[johnsachs]

You have to be in the loop to get a job as good or better than the people who hold that bogus patent.Can't mess with them,as they'll have the other cutters in court in a heartbeat. Too bad as the money saved is quite a bit.Just saying...
John