It's a conundrum. Too much fixing and it's a new bike, too little and it's just rust. After all, that patina of age wasn't there "back in the day". -----Original Message----- From: Paul Dunderdale <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:09:42 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Anyone been to the Isle of Man?
On 27 Nov 2010, at 19:09, mike wilson wrote: > Paul Dunderdale wrote: > >> On 27 Nov 2010, at 13:17, mike wilson wrote: >>> Paul Dunderdale wrote: >> AFAIK, things were sold off piecemeal. Lots of items were worse for wear: >> the place was damp and unheated, and I guess everything needed a thorough >> overhaul when it reached its new home. > > Pity. Most of the stuff in there was genuine historical artefact rather than > restored. Just a different perspective 8-) Indeed. But if you had seen the state of the historical artefacts when I last did, you may well have wept. I nearly did. They at least deserved to be preserved, not left to rot. The KM folk, who may or may not be in cahoots with the owners of the collection at Milntown (which is not on public display yet), seem to keep their collection on the road - I often see old bikes riding in convoy, and grand it sounds. I'm fairly sure I've seen some of the Milntown horde riding out, too. For me, this is a better option. Unrestored racebikes are on show most TT and MGP weeks: the best of both worlds? Paul SOB Paul Dunderdale [email protected] [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunders/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
