"Birddog" (maintmgt)
07/31/2016 at 02:57 • Filed to: None
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"Birddog" (maintmgt)
07/31/2016 at 02:57 • Filed to: None | 1
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“You have to acquire and restore a vintage machine to understand how cool it is to complete a project like this”
So much this!
Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
> Birddog
07/31/2016 at 04:02 |
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sounds about right. You dont understand until you try.
WRXasaurus
> Birddog
07/31/2016 at 09:55 |
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Someday I will get to do that, someday.
Pickup_man
> Birddog
08/01/2016 at 10:37 |
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“Very few restorations make total sense financially.”
Also, so much this. After drowning my AutoX a few weekends back all I can think about now is how I can make it better. Big bore, XR200 cam, XR carb, straighten and brace the frame, etc. etc. etc.... It becomes an obsession, but it’s so worth it.
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Birddog
> Pickup_man
08/01/2016 at 13:19 |
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It does become an obsession!
I keep looking at my 350x parts bike and think about swapping the swinger and triples onto my 200 instead of trying for a restoration on both. But the 86 200 is so desirable now I’m not sure I want to mess with it either. That one may become a Show Queen.
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Pickup_man
> Birddog
08/01/2016 at 13:55 |
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Normally I’d say just do what you want, but you’re right, those 86 200's are getting really desirable. My “’83" is such a Frankenstein of parts that I feel no regret whatsoever in changing or modifying anything.
*I say “’83" because apart from the frame I don’t think any parts are actually original to the trike.