In 'our circles' we strive for factory originality, or for perfection. Lately, 'patina' has become the new perfection and 'time originality' has become more and more accepted. I once saw a BMW fundamentalist with a face contorted in disgust next to an almost perfect BMW R90 S in my eyes. The thing was worthless in his eyes. Only good for scrap. Because frame, block and box were not 'Nummergleich'. Apparently a different gearbox was once fitted. More
Self-built motorcycles Nowadays you would be summarily executed for it: DIY motorcycles. But in the past it was not a strange thing to build a different engine block in a motorcycle. Of course most of us know the British crosses: Tribsa, Norvin, Troton. The kind of machines where the idea was that a better steering bicycle part […] More
Bitsa's and Bastards: DIY motorcycles 'Just make your own motorcycle'. Today you would be summarily executed for it. But in the past it was not a strange thing to build a different engine block in a motorcycle. Of course, most of us know the British crosses: Tribsa, Norvin, Triton. Those kinds of machines where the idea […] More
