I haven't been around very long, but I've found this board to be very kind and fun to converse with. I've posted many questions over the last month and have had only nice and helpful responses. Thank you everyone who has made coming to this board a pleasure!
Could it be that there aren't as many high-end or even c&v bikes in general out there any more? I've only been really looking for a couple months now, but I know I haven't found much. My best finds are a probably low-end Takara and a low-end Gitane in bad shape that I had to go one town over to get.