Author Topic: Old and New Slam bars (Read 2424 times)

SaMAlex · « **on:** March 08, 2007, 07:55 PM »

I took a couple of pics of some Slam bars I have. One pair is the old, square ones with a higher cross bar, the other is the newer (94 onwards ish) rounder, lower cross bar ones. Thought it might interest some people.

harris · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2007, 07:59 PM »

nice alex are they like the earlier s&m drive bars
i had a set of the butler lumbar bars ,but vanished

SaMAlex · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:03 PM »

I really liked thoes Lum-bars, I had a couple of sets. They are quite a bit smaller than Slams. I think Lumbars were closer to the Smal bars (aka smal slams) they do now

Stodgy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:50 PM »

Good reference Alex - nice one mate!

lazychubs · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2007, 09:56 PM »

app runour as it that the new ones out are smaller
so are less wieght

SaMAlex · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2007, 10:12 PM »

S&M have started doing butted, heat treated slams (still US made) that are lighter than the old ones.

teamsano · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2007, 08:45 PM »

i had the early ones too, but they got replaced for the smaller model in AUGUST 93, when i was in the us.

fyi slams then varied in upsweep/backsweep to the more modern slam bars.

nice super g sticker too, im sure i had a few of those somewhere...

woody allen bars · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:07 PM »

Resurrecting an older topic I know but finally dragged some bars out of storage.

Here are the early Slam bars I told you about Alex, different shape to the ones already posted, plus a pair of genuine VDC Woody Allen, sorry Itson, bars just for reference as I reckon they set the standard for bars up to the present day with 0.65 tubing and a shape that's almost identical to the earlier Slams originally posted above.

Craig