Lex, There must be "statiegeld" on rivets ! :grinning:

Personally, I don't see that many "Ex-factory" restorations at all and as Ian says, once they're built, the wearing-out begins again.

"but only 20 miles from you is a museum, with terrible WD bikes!" Lex

it's only 15 miles the way I go! :relaxed: Ron

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Was only "guestimating" Ron! saw Sammy running around Cheddar, incredible, he must be in his 90's!

No returns on the rivets Rik! But I have not seen the military bike scene so big in Holland since now!!
My theory/motto on wearing out bikes is, that if you have enough of them, you can spread the wear and tear, over many bikes, and you will only do a limited amount of miles on a singular bike in the collection, and they will last a lot longer!

That's the way to do it Ian! have had my share of serious offroading too!

Cheers,

Lex



PS, Oh, look at the MKI gaspaint!

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And then there's being silly:smiley: Ron

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