define,unrestored..

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Edited Date/Time 3/19/2014 9:42am
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MXM 3/17/2014 3:57pm
3/17/2014 3:57pm
In my opinion your are not " restoring" a bike unless you touch everything on it and replace most of that, otherwise you are not "restoring" you are "sprucing" it up.
Goodluckmonkey 3/17/2014 4:10pm
3/17/2014 4:10pm
If you start replacing parts and refinishing them it's a restoration.
It may only be a partial one, but unless you've only changed consumable items (ie, tyres, pads, chain, sprockets) you've been restoring it.

Frame strip and repaint / powder, and get inside the motor, and you're looking at a full resto.

All just my opinion of course.
lostboy819 3/17/2014 4:21pm
3/17/2014 4:21pm
I didn't restore my 82 RM 250 I just cleaned it up and made it race worthy.
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Kawasaki_1996 3/17/2014 4:31pm
3/17/2014 4:31pm Edited Date/Time 3/17/2014 4:32pm
There's no concrete definition.

I consider the above RM to have had a 'minor cosmetic and mechanical restoration'. Technically, any action that improves the condition of an old item back towards its original state is 'restoration' - even if it's just replacing decals and painting a few parts.

IMHO 'unrestored' means an item that is essentially as it was off the showroom floor, with original paint, graphics, parts and so on.

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2-Strokes_Only 3/18/2014 11:37am
3/18/2014 11:37am
Kawasaki_1996 wrote:
There's no concrete definition. I consider the above RM to have had a 'minor cosmetic and mechanical restoration'. Technically, any action that improves the condition of...
There's no concrete definition.

I consider the above RM to have had a 'minor cosmetic and mechanical restoration'. Technically, any action that improves the condition of an old item back towards its original state is 'restoration' - even if it's just replacing decals and painting a few parts.

IMHO 'unrestored' means an item that is essentially as it was off the showroom floor, with original paint, graphics, parts and so on.
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lostboy819 3/18/2014 2:21pm
3/18/2014 2:21pm
Restored to factory, I would not ride it I would display it. Unrestored I would ride and race and not feel bad if it gets banged up. I would call mine refreshed.
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CamP 3/18/2014 4:37pm
3/18/2014 4:37pm
Unrestored to me means original paint.
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moto543 3/19/2014 9:42am
3/19/2014 9:42am
Restored or not, if I lived in Florida I would have 2K in my hand, driving like a mad man to that guys place!

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