Originally Posted by
wrk101
Personally, unless the bike has been repainted, or the decals are totally ruined, I think fresh decals look goofy on a vintage bike. Its all about patina.
I fully agree about patina.
The conundrum here is that the rest of the bike is utterly without patina. It looks like a new old stock bike with worn decals.
To even further complicate the matter, the decals on the down tube and on the chain guard, also original, are still bright white.
Then again, that faded patina on the other three decals screams, "O-rigi-Naaalle!".
It's a head-scratcher.