A recent acquisition is a older gold Nitto track stem and bar off a "show bike". Both have the NJS stamp as well. Is there a definitive way to tell whether it is gold or brass?
Thanks.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan (Often ride out at the beautiful Sado Island where they used to dig for gold)
> << ..........snip.............. I think it's gold lacquer on the frame, not
> brass plate, because the fork crown and the drop-outs are still chrome-plated,
> unless of course they also have some wonderful in-vat masking techniques in
> Switzerland.
>
> Norris Lockley >>
>
> Great remembrances, Norris
> (Thanks for being on our list, you have added to it immensely)
>
> Re: the gold coloration on this particular bike, we were assured by the
> bike's importer that this exact bike had the actual gold plating, not brass or
> translucent paint.. This made the price through the roof, original importer's
> wholesale cost at well over $5K, a rare occurrence in the 1980s. (Now we
> routinely
> sell bikes at that retail price range!)