coasterbrakejunkie1969
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
It has become obvious throughout this thread that you have a disdain for any bike that does not have a nice shiny paint job. As you stated you have over 35 years in the auto paint business, so it makes sense to me I get it. The problem is you are unable to "get it" the other way around. You don't seem to have the ability to understand that others have different tastes and collect things for other reasons than you. You have kinda poked the bear on this one with some of your comments towards heavily worn bikes. You also clearly have not noticed that when a bike is re "anything" if it is not back to correct original parts it does not have the value of one that does. Adding personal touches to a vintage bike does nothing for the value, in fact it detracts from it's value. If you drop the "It's the way I want it" line then do everyone a favor and remember "it's the way we want them" Yes I keep track of the value of each of my bikes even if I do not plan on selling them it is part of the process. It seems to me like you started this thread just to bang on bikes you do not like, it was never a debate with you. I love your bikes and you do beautiful work, good luck with your projects.you just don't know how to paint. lol