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Purchasing classics there

Shopping 1.0 - column

If you hear it twice in a month, then there must be some play. While it was fifty shades of gray outside, I asked Joost Woesthoff, the motorcyclist from just one village away, if he had noticed that the key season had started again. Not so. Joost said: “It is all going well. Everyone wants used, beautiful and good stuff as replacement material. But just tinkering and messing around? Only people like you still do that. ” I thought about what people like me would be ...

American orders, Covid19 and a koekwaus

Classic fans usually know how the hares run. They know their addresses. But sometimes things go wrong. For example, a global epidemic could break out. And if one of the affected countries is ruled by someone we heard called in horror as 'an insane koekwaus' ...

Parts: original, new, NOS or reference?

Parts for classics. That is a thing. This is usually not possible - for a long time - ex factory. In the past, when whole stocks of new old stock were still floating around the world in former colonies, provinces and other countries, it was still fairly easy to score original parts.

The same parts for a lower price

We usually do not have unlimited budgets for our passion. But fortunately there is a lot you can do without your wallet getting sunken cheeks. Those cheap(er) solutions do not even have to detract from the result. A set of weathered exhaust bends And…

Age

Age is relative for classics

Last weekend I spent a long time talking to a friend of mine. Someone who is also a genetic motorcyclist, someone who is very concerned with technology, someone who likes classics much more than new stuff. We talked about our classic motorcycles and…

Compulsory parts delivery

Parts delivery

Mandatory parts delivery: It may not be a European thing: Manufacturers are now obliged to supply parts for the cars (and engines) they have made for up to ten years after the end of production. And because the accountants and marketers are razor sharp...

Effe to print a headline

Times change. And fast too. Our historical technology benefits from this. And certainly that part of our passion that still has to run for a living. Parts for cars and engines of classic 'competition' vehicles are still a source…