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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Complete Restoration of a Black Shadow
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 127931" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Unfortunately it is all a compromise........I try to go to as much detail as I can, but you can only go so far, unless you want to spend massive amounts of time which most of us don't have........ I spend countless hours of my own time trying to research things for the benefit of my customers bikes.......I do enjoy it, but it is tiresome and no matter how far you go, I don't believe they ever really understand the effort involved especially where it is ultimately an investment and part of a collection........That pretty much sums up restoration full stop.......That is why so many restoration shops go broke.........So hard to manage the time spent verses the cost you can charge out. People always tell me the parts are so expensive.........I tell them.......No in fact they actually are not.......But collectively they are. Most Shadows I have restored have cost about $25,000 in costs alone not including labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 127931, member: 597"] Unfortunately it is all a compromise........I try to go to as much detail as I can, but you can only go so far, unless you want to spend massive amounts of time which most of us don't have........ I spend countless hours of my own time trying to research things for the benefit of my customers bikes.......I do enjoy it, but it is tiresome and no matter how far you go, I don't believe they ever really understand the effort involved especially where it is ultimately an investment and part of a collection........That pretty much sums up restoration full stop.......That is why so many restoration shops go broke.........So hard to manage the time spent verses the cost you can charge out. People always tell me the parts are so expensive.........I tell them.......No in fact they actually are not.......But collectively they are. Most Shadows I have restored have cost about $25,000 in costs alone not including labor. [/QUOTE]
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