# Antique motorcycles -- restoration project? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 19, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458 "2021-09-19T03:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/21 "2021-09-24T20:29:08Z")
Like I said, an R71 is a rare collector’s item, $30,000 and up. No way it’s one of those. Wrong frame, anyway. It’s the Chinese knockoff. And a fraudulent one with a BMW title. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/22 "2021-09-24T21:40:49Z")
No video clip of your test ride? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/23 "2021-09-24T23:24:26Z")
$8000? That will buy a lot of burritos. hmmmm??? … Ok, I’m going w/the burritos … lol … ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/24 "2021-09-25T00:06:26Z")
Many of the WWII replicas were made from post war Soviet manufactured knock off motorcycles. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/1/d11ecd8bbae5e98f71e65c8c86768ff05131cdde.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/25 "2021-09-25T01:35:48Z")
None of the 3 (Chinese, 75, or 71) look alike to me. Maybe from a block away there’s a passing resemblance. A few years ago after mowing I came in and turned on the TV where a car auction was going on. Maybe Mecum. A “beautifully restored Harley” was rolling off the block for 50 grand and was claimed to be an early 1950s Knucklehead. Gorgeous bike, but… Last year of the Knuckle was 1947 and 1948 was the beginning of the Panhead. I did get a glimpse of the right side kicker cover on the transmission and it was the so-called “pig snout” cover which came along in 1952. My thought was that the buyer of that bike is going to be crushed when someone informs him that he got taken to the cleaners for 50 grand. What I would love to have seen on that bike was the VIN on the left side engine case because when it comes to old Harleys the first step is to always eyeball that VIN carefully. Some have made an art form out of VIN tampering. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458/26 "2021-09-25T02:19:46Z")
Started a family, triumph tiger 650 and Tiger cub 1 banger 100 cc, just to hijack the thread. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antique-motorcycles-restoration-project/179458.md?page=1)