1919 Indian PowerPlus ‘you can't rush perfection’
Dec 28, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ONNO ‘BERSERK’ WIERINGA – MADNESSPHOTOGRAPHY.NL
A FEW YEARS AGO A MAN FROM IRELAND phoned Tony Leenes. Tony, known as Mr Indian of Holland, has an Indian museum in the town of Lemmer, but also sells vintage Indians, parts and restores old Indians. The Irishman asked: “Will you please do a restoration on my motorcycle?” To which Tony replied with: “what is that ‘please’ for?” The answer was that he had received the same answer from pretty much all renowned Indian restorers all over the world... namely a firm ‘no!’
The reason being that all said that ‘that thing’ was too bad and far too incomplete. Disappointed, the man continued his search for somebody who could do a restoration
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