>>Do you really think that you are seeing old American and British bikes that
have lasted 30 years?
>
Either that, or I'm on drugs :-) What do you see?
>>They have been restored with newly manufactured
parts, because it is the current fashion. >>
Whatever. If they're restored, it's because they possess that indefinable
quality that makes it worth while to do so.
>>Porsches and Alfas rust too. >>
No doubt. Especially Alfas :-)
You're missing the point. You can buy a car, or a bike, or a camera, based
on Consumer Reports, or you can buy it on soul. You can own a
car-as-appliance, or you can buy a car-as-extension-of-glorious-heritage.
You can buy, say, an EOS Rebel, or you can buy an Oly OM3, Contax, or Leica.
Regards,
Denton Taylor
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