Originally Posted by
overthehillmedi
the look of the bike is probably part of the anti-theft system,after all what self respecting thief would steal a piece of c**p bike instead of the fine looking bike next to it?
There is that, unfortunately with that much rust eventually it will eat holes in the fenders, and then they are pretty much useless, depending on where it eats through first it could cause a collision. A light sanding with car body sanding paper, a coat of Rustoleum in black to seal things up, and it would be a decent service repair.