Tom; I'm not clear on your meaning and don't thin I'm
on both sides. All I'm saying if that if a cycle has
history to it, and part of its history is updated, but
cool vintage companants, why destroy that history for
sake of period correctness.
Regards
Peter
> Mssr.s Peter,
> I think you are arguing both sides of what is really
> one issue. I think it
> all depends on what you want from a restoration. If
> you want period
> perfection, you very often reduce the rideability of
> a bike. If you want a
> bike that will be a heavy rider for you, it makes
> sense to modernize it. I
> have some bikes that are "Hot Rodded" like that and
> they are a joy. I
> recently took one such hot rod back to original and
> I've been regretting it
> every since. I took an '81 Masi GC with indexing C
> Record back to its
> original Super Record to put the latter group on a
> bike that I then was
> moved to sell. Now the '81 is no where near as much
> fun to ride.
> Most any kind of restoration has its place. It just
> depends what you want
> to do with the bike.
> I have restored them both ways. I like them both
> ways. It's one of things
> I like about collecting KOF bikes, one can pretty
> much do what one wants
> with them and no eyebrows are ever raised.
> Tom
>
===== Peter Naiman Alias Hetchinspete4420 North Ardmore AvenueShorewood, WI 53211-1418
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