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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 98396" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>None............. The comment about bikes being "Over restored" is actually quite true. People tend to look at the failings of an original and try to improve on it. The paint jobs we do have a far better finish than that done by the factory. It is near impossible to replicate what the factory did, you can only do the best with what we have now. As times change things improve, but some things actually go backward. Some of the products we have now have strict control by all the authorities like asbestos and similar, say lead based paints.......for that matter lead content fuels........ Over time things change and we can only use what is available now. We are the last of our kind so what we do to these bikes is what will remain, the younger generations most likely will not be able to carry out this kind of work due to lack of skills and /or interest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 98396, member: 597"] None............. The comment about bikes being "Over restored" is actually quite true. People tend to look at the failings of an original and try to improve on it. The paint jobs we do have a far better finish than that done by the factory. It is near impossible to replicate what the factory did, you can only do the best with what we have now. As times change things improve, but some things actually go backward. Some of the products we have now have strict control by all the authorities like asbestos and similar, say lead based paints.......for that matter lead content fuels........ Over time things change and we can only use what is available now. We are the last of our kind so what we do to these bikes is what will remain, the younger generations most likely will not be able to carry out this kind of work due to lack of skills and /or interest. [/QUOTE]
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