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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 11441" data-attributes="member: 586"><p><strong>Show or Ride</strong></p><p></p><p>In a perfect world there would be some bikes sent to museums by the manufacturer for display & the rest would be used & abused by people like us. In Australia there are several small & not so small motorcycle museums that let people see iconic bikes they would normally never see. I own several bikes that I loan to museums on rotation as I cannot ride all of them at once, especially the vintage & veteran bikes. It is the bikes that are built to display that annoy me, they may have nothing inside the engine for all I know, & they are so shiny with their 2 pack paint that they send the wrong message to the punter. In the old days they used to dip large parts into a paint vat & use a brush on smaller bits! Brit bikes were never built on a true production line (like in Japan or the modern car); the museums of today are sending out the wrong message to Joe Public & it is up to us to put it right. To see how much work we have to do you have to look no further than some of Sammy Miller's abominations!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> Oh yes, Bramptons. A delight when they are straight.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 11441, member: 586"] [b]Show or Ride[/b] In a perfect world there would be some bikes sent to museums by the manufacturer for display & the rest would be used & abused by people like us. In Australia there are several small & not so small motorcycle museums that let people see iconic bikes they would normally never see. I own several bikes that I loan to museums on rotation as I cannot ride all of them at once, especially the vintage & veteran bikes. It is the bikes that are built to display that annoy me, they may have nothing inside the engine for all I know, & they are so shiny with their 2 pack paint that they send the wrong message to the punter. In the old days they used to dip large parts into a paint vat & use a brush on smaller bits! Brit bikes were never built on a true production line (like in Japan or the modern car); the museums of today are sending out the wrong message to Joe Public & it is up to us to put it right. To see how much work we have to do you have to look no further than some of Sammy Miller's abominations!:mad: Oh yes, Bramptons. A delight when they are straight.:D [/QUOTE]
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