>>That Herse on the other hand... whole different deal. That bike, once
\r?\n>>parted out, is probably destined never to be anything near correct again.
\r?\n>>Someone will buy the frame/fork (maybe) and the buyer will surely realize at
\r?\n>>some point that it will be uneconomic or impossible to properly refit it as
\r?\n>>it was. Will the buyer at that point abandon the project entirely or simply
\r?\n>>complete it with the wrong pieces? Those look to me like the only realistic
\r?\n>>alternatives. That Herse in its original conception and iteration is
\r?\n>>probably irretrievably gone forever either way once the boxes are sent out.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>The problem here is the demand for parts to hang on modern 'Toei et
\r?\n>al.' bikes, which make the parts worth much more than the whole. If
\r?\n>the whole, complete bike was worth as much as the sum of the parts
\r?\n>plus some, then it would make sense for Grant Handley to sell the
\r?\n>complete bike, or at least a "kit" with all the hard-to-find bits
\r?\n>that belong together in one auction.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>But as they say, the market has spoken, and "it" has decided that a
\r?\n>new Toei is worth much more than an old Herse with original parts.
\r?\n>
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