69 Rupp Roadster. Restore or keep original?

creia

creia

#4
#4
Assuming that the bike operates as good as it looks...
It is not even close to "NEEDING" a restoration. You answered your own question in the second sentence of your original post.
Michael
 
manchester1

manchester1

#7
#7
That bike is in beautiful condition. One tip: If your going to ride that bike, replace the wood base on the seat. That old 40 year old plywood will start cutting the vinyl corners of the seat when you start sitting on it. :thumbsup:
 
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juraskabrian

New Member
#9
#9
I took the bike totally apart, and documented everything (routing of cables,wiring, bolt orientation etc. Every part was cleaned of rust (evaporust) and assembled, all original hardware. NOS muffler (with new paint), new fuel line, original carb cleaned. Thats about it. If you go to blackwidowmotorsports and drop down to the tech page, you will see the correct carb linkage from the bike.
 
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Hent

New Member
#14
#14
when you find them like that, just leave them with the same dirt they came with. once you mess with one part, you do the next, devaluing the bike each step, repeating, etc. then it turns into needing a full restore. $3k + 40 hours labor later to get beat up for trying to sell the bike for $1200.
 
jeffdubb8

jeffdubb8

#16
#16
I agree with everyone...ONLY ORIGINAL ONCE. Leave it alone. When they are in crappy condition then restore them...when they are as nice as the bike you have LEAVE IT ALONE. If you want one to restore they go buy a crappy one. Leave it the way it is...it's a beauty.
 
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