wrk101

Mine is a 1988 LE. I'll check the headbadge for a date.

Thanks for the kind words. I always get a kick out of buyers that tell me "how lucky you are to have found a vintage bike in such great condition""It looks like it never left the garage", etc. I almost have to laugh. I pick up neglected bikes (why, because they are often CHEAP), and revive them. The old steel bikes are so resilient.

I did learn to separate my flickr pics into two accounts. Buyers who saw some of the before pics got spooked. Oops!

So if I encouraged even just one person to do it, that's the reward to me.

My favorite turn around is my chrome Katakura. Started as a rust covered frame, picked up from a flipper in Charlotte. Put a lot of work into that bike, starting with a full OA treatment. Then I grabbed all the Superbe Pro parts I had accumulated over the years, and rebuilt it. It was a really fun project.

It takes imagination, but there are deals out there if you have the time/tools/aptitude/interest/pile of parts.