Internationals are sweet, I am giving mine a new lease on life by getting the frame powder coated and stripping the paint off the fork and polishing the underlying chrome, mine is an 84/85 with cantilevers, you can see that the lugs are not nicely filed, you can see a very deep seam on the bottom of the hi-tensile chainstays but she is so stable and just cruises in a straight line. I was going to retire her in favour of an unknown Japanese touring bike of slightly better tubing quality but after building it up it's just not as comfortable to ride. The international feels more like a buick with cushy suspention, the new bike feels like an oldsmobile in need of a suspension overhal and wheel allignment. I think the cracked and welded DO may have something to do with it so back on the wall it will go to wait for me to find some touring DOs in favour of the international.