The Classic MotorCycle

Restoring – the balance

“Pin-striping certainly varied from bike to bike, and it couldn’t be otherwise when the lines were applied by a man with a brush.”

couple of months ago I mentioned how some enthusiasts see restoration as an end in itself, while others are only interested if the final result is a rideable bike. That begs the question of what actually constitutes a restoration, and it’s something which can lead to quite heated disputes. I remember an instance where somebody had performed what

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