Originally Posted by genejockey

Collecting and using vintage anything is emotionally driven. Logically there's no reason to obsess over obsolete technology, flexy frames, crappy brakes, hard-to-obtain components, etc. So, if it's driven by emotion, a lot of it is nostalgia, not necessarily something you had when you were younger, but something you wanted. Car guys are nostalgic for the cars they wanted as kids, not the cars they had. They want T-birds and Mustangs, not Falcons and Comets. When most of us were younger, Italian bikes and Campy components were what everyone wanted.