Originally Posted by
unworthy1
Nice bike! Thanks for sharing these pix and looking forward to seeing how it cleans up (please do and keep that original paint, it has patina!). You will want to close up the splayed-open slot in the DS drop-out, should be easily done but go at it "slow and careful".
Thanks, I am not sure that the paint is original seeing the fact that the bike comes without decals. The bike was probably repainted at some point which was done very very nicely, the lug lining looks perfect to me.