Author Topic: AME grips ??? (Read 35351 times)

Andyboy77 · « **on:** March 06, 2017, 08:47 PM »

I'm a bit confused by the different AME grips. I've tried to figure out what the grips are called that came of my '85 Performer. I know what AME Tri's look like, and I also know what AME Round's look like. How are these grips called? :

The funny thing is, if I look for AME bubble fonts I get either pictures of AME Tris or AME Rounds, but only the AME Rounds seem to have this exact pattern.
I always thought (don't know why) that "bubble font" describes the grip surface - or pattern

It would make my life a bit easier to find some of the above shown grips in white (for example), to replace my repop AME-Tris.

Many thanks in advance!

Andy

deeman · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2017, 08:48 PM »

Those are rounds Andy...they came with different ends

pickle · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2017, 08:56 PM »

Bubble font describes the font of the word And on the grips. Nowt to do with the pattern

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2017, 09:39 PM »

Thanks lads!

...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?

deeman · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2017, 10:05 PM »

Quote from: Andyboy77 on March 06, 2017, 09:39 PM

Thanks lads!

...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?

just bubble font rounds. or get the new ones if you are not bothered about the writing

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2017, 10:20 PM »

Quote from: deeman on March 06, 2017, 10:05 PM

Quote from: Andyboy77 on March 06, 2017, 09:39 PM
Thanks lads!

...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?

just bubble font rounds. or get the new ones if you are not bothered about the writing

Thanks a lot Damo! I'd be only worried about the writing if the difference is about 80 quid. We'll see, now I can look for the right ones at least!

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2017, 10:21 PM »

Quote from: pickle on March 06, 2017, 08:56 PM

Bubble font describes the font of the word And on the grips. Nowt to do with the pattern

Thanks Rob! That also explains a lot!

dancetothedrummersbeat · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2017, 08:33 PM »

Standard rounds

Rounds with different ends

Tri's

(Older) bubble font

(Newer) font

**the old and new font were (and still are) used on both round and tri grips

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2017, 09:20 PM »

Many Thanks Andy!

The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?

deeman · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2017, 09:23 PM »

Quote from: Andyboy77 on March 07, 2017, 09:20 PM

Many Thanks Andy! The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?

No. those are known as 'double bubbles', they are still eighties . original= bubble font repop= new font

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2017, 09:37 PM »

...and I thought the museum offers answers. Why can't people who sell stuff call it what it is?

But now I got it! In case I'll run into problems still, then it serves me right!

dancetothedrummersbeat · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2017, 10:14 PM »

Quote from: deeman on March 07, 2017, 09:23 PM

Quote from: Andyboy77 on March 07, 2017, 09:20 PM
Many Thanks Andy! The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?

No. those are known as 'double bubbles', they are still eighties . original= bubble font repop= new font

^ yes, i forgot to mention the above. Some have 2 sets of logos, others have 1. It's the style of logo writing that dates the grips. I think the sharper/new logo came into use in the early 1990's and has been used ever since.

**be careful though, as a'me cam grips and a'me unitron grips have old style bubble fonts, even though they are repops/re-issues. The new re-issue unitron grips have an 'R' moulded into the grip flange to indicate they are repro. This can easily be sanded/smoothed out to make them look like originals.

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2017, 10:39 PM »

Thanks for the hint!

Unitrons look cool sometimes, as you have two colours to play with. But I'm looking for white A'ME Rounds with one flange. My originals are dirty and have almost a consistancy of bubble gum. I have Tri's now (double bubbles - as I know now) but they don't feel as good as the old Rounds.

What are these rumours of one or two logos about then, if it's the style of writing that dates them?

dancetothedrummersbeat · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:05 PM »

I dont know why some have 1 logo, and others have 2 (the double) ones. The bubble font ones (single or double logo) are all 80's. I don't know if the single logo ones were earlier/later than the double logo ones, or if they were made around the same time

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:21 PM »

Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on March 07, 2017, 11:05 PM

I dont know why some have 1 logo, and others have 2 (the double) ones. The bubble font ones (single or double logo) are all 80's. I don't know if the single logo ones were earlier/later than the double logo ones, or if they were made around the same time

That's it what was talked about - one logo were earlier than the ones with two logos. Let's see, maybe I put an A'ME timeline on my to-do list. Unless it's not a hopeless endeavor.

rooski · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:32 PM »

a'me advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:40 PM »

Awesome! That looks like a starting point

I have already collected some adverds about A'me grips from the old magazines, but only from '83 onwards.

dancetothedrummersbeat · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2017, 09:40 AM »

Quote from: rooski on March 07, 2017, 11:32 PM

Ame advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri

Great stuff Andy. I never knew that they started out with the lower case font, then moved onto the bubble font

So the font timeline will be approx:
Early 80's - lower case font
Mid 80's-early 90's - upper case 'bubble font'
Mid 90's to current - upper case modern angular font

rooski · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2017, 10:24 AM »

Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on March 08, 2017, 09:40 AM

Quote from: rooski on March 07, 2017, 11:32 PM
Ame advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri

Great stuff Andy. I never knew that they started out with the lower case font, then moved onto the bubble font

So the font timeline will be approx:
Early 80's - lower case font
Mid 80's-early 90's - upper case 'bubble font'
Mid 90's to current - upper case modern angular font

Only discovered this ad a few months ago, still learning............

Andy, I think you're approx dates look about right, will do for me anyway

BMX1973 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2017, 07:53 PM »

Great thread chaps.

boofy44 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 09, 2017, 09:41 PM »

Sure lower case bubble font was late 70's to early 80's.

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 09, 2017, 10:05 PM »

Quote from: boofy44 on March 09, 2017, 09:41 PM

Sure lower case bubble font was late 70's to early 80's.

Excellent! Thanks for the info!

richiebozza · « **Reply #22 on:** September 11, 2020, 05:00 PM »

Is there any way to tell between modern A'me Tri (or Round) repops and the ones made late 90s / early 2000s ?

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 11, 2020, 06:19 PM »

Quote from: richiebozza on September 11, 2020, 05:00 PM

Is there any way to tell between modern A'me Tri (or Round) repops and the ones made late 90s / early 2000s ?

The first ones were lower case bubble-font, next were upper case bubble-font (probably the majority out there), then came those that have square-ish font.

Andy DTTDB explained it perfctly.

richiebozza · « **Reply #24 on:** September 11, 2020, 06:29 PM »

Thanks... But is there any way to tell what year the most modern squarish font ones are made? Is it possible to tell if a pair of squarish font ones are from 2000ish or 2019ish? (for example dia compe brakes are dated)