Buying & History
You’ve got the bike. It’s sitting in your garage, and you’re itching to tear it down. Wait. Before you remove a single bolt, you need to become a student of your machine. Vintage bikes weren’t built like modern ones; they have quirks, “mid-year” production changes, and specific engineering “isms” that can catch you off guard. […]
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In the world of vintage bikes, “finished” is a relative term. Before you dive into your project, you need to ask yourself a hard question: What do I want the bike to look like when I’m done? The level of detail you choose will dictate how much time you spend in the garage versus how […]
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It’s easy to look at a $500 bike on Craigslist and think, “For a few hundred more, I’ll have a classic.”
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Lord knows how I love my vintage motor bikes, but they definitely come with some challenges compared to owning a new bike.
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Am I channeling my inner child by buying a bike like the one I had as a 14 year old? I prefer to believe it has more to do with continuing to ride well into old age…
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