..But they'd still be worth more in perfect original shape, than newly restored. Perfect original will always bring a premium with the big $ cars. Hotrods are a different story, as they were all customs to start with. Still, an important hotrod with well documented history, will bring more $ if kept original, rather than one recently restored.

With the quality of work done by today's top bike painters, you'd think a repaint should be worth more; paint and prep done by them today, is probably much better than the bike originally had. Nice original is still worth more.