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as many of you know, I will shortly have 'Obtanium' engine guards manufactured, for the 1100/1150 GS/A and road bikes, due to their non-availability from the States, as well as extreme limited availability from the UK.

In both the US and the UK, these guards are often (but not always) favoured over engine guards for a variety of reasons - Google 'Stanton' in ADV Rider site / 'Steptoe Guards' in UK GS'er....

Obtanium Head Guards
The Foundry has come back to me, confirming they can make the head guards, after first making up the necessary left-hand and right-hand pattern (think Mould), from the samples I imported.

The patterns are expensive; R8892 for the 2 moulds. No products, just the mould! It’s a labour-intensive process, they are hand-made, take 1 week to complete, and are made 1.4% bigger than sample to allow for aluminium contraction when cooling (I never knew that!).

So, we need 20 riders to buy in, we can then produce them, to a high standard, for R1350 per set (excluding postage)
We need 20 sets sold to help offset the cost of the moulds.

The UK price is: GBP 140 excl.                           (Rands = R1717)
The USA price in 2004 was: $ 220 excl.               (Rands = R1687)
I bought my 2nd –hand guards 2 weeks ago for $225, + $72 shipping, VAT and PayPal fees                                                      (Rands = R2268)

Other costs post-production (but included in price) includes buying the rubber strip (1.4m per set of two) applied to rear of head guards, as well as 6 new bolts, each longer by approx. 20 mm.
And then the guards 3 locating arms will be drilled – accurately – for the replacement bolts.

The guards will be delivered smooth, unpolished, unpainted aluminium’ leaving 3 options:
1.   delivered unpolished and unpainted; photo 1
2.   buyer to rattle-can spray finish (say; Black or any colour of chioice), or paint them with Hammerite non-hammered paint, etc, photo 2 and 3
3.   buyer to polish them/have them polished – (I am investigating pricing of having them polished) as photo 4.
Next steps – firm commitment needed for 20 sets, then 50% deposit (R675).
I will request a build schedule from the foundry, and an estimated time of delivery – approx. 6 weeks from date of order.
Please confirm on list below, or else and your name to the list here on Wild Dogs http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=92046.0 (but please don't duplicate on BOTH sites!)

1. Zebra - Chris GrintonUnpainted engine guardspainted head guardspainted head guards 1polished aluminium head guards