Danny ,
If you're local to Pete then you're not a million miles from me either . I said on the other thread about it's only OG chrome once then it's gone forever , my attitude has changed massively over the last 4-5 years and I'm so glad I've not rushed builds because now I appreciate the Original finish so much more you would'nt believe ! .
I've some builds here that maybe when I picked them up ( could be 4+ years ago ) I was totally of the mindset ....... "Re-chrome or paint straight away" ! ........ but there's a lot to be said for OG stuff . Now I'm looking at them totally different , I'm so glad I did'nt re-do all this stuff .
There will always be peeps that will massacre stuff be it re-chrome/powder ( when in reality it could've been saved/gently restored ) or totally and utterly over polish stuff to sh1t so it's all shiny like it never was .
I don't favour the typical dream kinda bikes ( like TA's , Gen 1's , Rippers ) as in the ones I have or will build but my proudest moments in this hobby was getting some credit for my first ever OS builds at MK08 from the people on here ( they know who they are ) I respect so much and have helped me enormously .
To me it's all about passion & building bikes I think are right , IMO ( not everyones ! ) I like things to be reasonably rea correct but that's me ! lol . It all takes time & IMO building a bike in 5 mins does'nt work ( the parts ARE out there ) .
P.S. I don't not like TA's/Gen 1's btw , bitd my brother had one of the first Gen 1's in the UK ( it cracked pretty quick where we all know they went ! ) and a very early white TA F+F so I do like em but choose to collect maybe slightly more obscure stuff generally .
