I started collecting in the 1980,s, it was hot then, fun, and most finds were original bikes, now its changed repro bikes, repro parts, the foreign influence, and many people buying bikes and breaking them down and selling them on ebay.....in it for the money....that's ok, but I'm a purest like that original bike rustic or ruff it's still original....as I look at bikes now ....its really changed sad but true..many of the old collectors i knew are dying off and bikes are being passed down, then what....dont know.....all this said I'm a person who loves old bikes and always will and I sometime run into a collector who feels the way I do....then I'm stimulated by that......I'm in Arizona, wish I were closer to where stuff, shows and swaps are happening like the mid west or east coast... my concern is when the economy collapses in next year or so .....how will the hobby be then. Keith.