I would always want the bike that exhibits the highest degree of craftsmanship regardless of it's age. Some repros do seem to be built better than the originals while sometimes the reverse is true.
Curt Goodrich
Minneapolis, MN
> Here's a simile (different from an analogy, but you knew that, right?)
>
> In a lot of ways this discussion is becoming like one I hear in the
collector car hobby. Many non-car people know some of the history of the
Carroll Shelby-built AC Cobras of the early/mid 60's. Butt-fast car with a
V8 stuffed into a little alloy British sports car chassis. Some also know of
Mr. Shelby resuming production of these cars a few years ago, using only all
original spares (apparently stashed away in some warehouse or something.)
Obviously, the assemblers aren't the same kids who did this work in the
60's. My question: are these still "Shelby Cobras" to your thought? Or are
they "repros"?
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> Maybe I can make the question we're debating easier/harder, below is a
link to a foto of my 1976 Richard Sachs
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> http://members.roadfly.org/
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> Question: If I had Richard build me another one, pretty much like this
one, would IT be a "repro"? If I did this and had the two bikes
side-by-side, and had to sell one of them, which would you prefer to buy
from me? Which do you think would have greater monetary value? Collector
value? Mojo?
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> f.w.i.w.
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> dp
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> Dale B. Phelps
> Los Gatos California
> U.S.A.