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The originality blues

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.
Purchasing classics there

DIY engines

Self-built engines Nowadays you would be summarily executed for: Self-built engines. 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 crossbreeds: Tribsa, Norvin,…

Bitsas and Bastards

DIY engines

Bitsas and Bastards: DIY motorcycles “Just make your own motorcycle”. Nowadays 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…