In a message dated 3/11/04 12:26:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
dmart84815@yahoo.com writes:
> What the bike lacks in esthetic value, it supercedes it with pure
> performance. But the esthetics are there despite the neglected finish. The long and
> understated spearpoint lugs, the chrome plated flat fork crown HARKBACK----
> echos of the Tofosi chants: EDDIE! EDDIE! or the intimidation of the EMPEROR OF
> HERENTHAL, and let us not forget the tenaous JOSE MANUEL FUENTE, MASI was
> there!
> Its a tempting thought to send the frame off to one of our many expert
> refinishers and get it back to the way it may have looked when Peter Rich pulled
> it out of the box in 1964. I was seriously considering it when I saw an
> original beat-up 1940 Ford Coupe sputter by.....A sign from the the Gods!
>
Leave it as it is and bring it on Saturday!
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA