thank you all guys for your feedback.

And indeed, base color of the plastic plate is white and the edges can easily be colored with a black marker. I noticed it later and should had mentioned it. The holes are cutted out after printing, so it is not possible to color the inner edges automatically. And when I use a black base plate, the plates will not be translucent.

Be careful with the marker. If the ink comes on the front surface, you can see it. Stay within the lines.

I am impressed by your knowledge of details, Kerry.

If anyone wants this horn, please let me know what's worth it for you and I am sure we will agree (I do not need to get many bucks for it).

(did you already receive your face plates, Kerry? A countryman of yours received it this Monday)

Looking around in the oldtimer world, I see old bikes and cars who are or completely restored or refurbished or even left in the condition where they were found in.
Sometimes you need to restore and sometimes the condition is too good to restore. I decided to refurbish my K0 by painting the frame (parts), zincing the iron parts an changed the ripped and dried rubber parts. I left the original paint in it's old condition with some little scratches, I only have polished it.

What makes the oldtimer more worth? Should I repaint the red parts? Polish the aluminium or leave it how it is? And so on. The condition is great for it's age, but obviously not new.

Thanks guys.

The bike is in a great condition. The frame had only some rust on the surface. If it didn't had so much rust, I should have decided to leave it in its original paint, like the red parts.

It is a late K0 with VIN 1040080

Today I received an email with pics from the paintshop that the frame and frame parts are finished. They look so great! This painter is doing all the paintwork for my bikes. He isn't cheap, but I think that he is the very best motorbike painter in Holland. He is, like me, a perfectionist.
I asked him to do not paint too shiny as it must keep it's vintage look. Also all the welding pitting must remain. That belongs to the bike as the seat and the engine belongs to the bike.

I have to wait until Friday afternoon to pick up this parts. I hate waiting so long before I can see them with my own eyes.

I like to share the pics with you:

Hi Marcel,

this is your next mission:

THE GEMS (especially the yellow).

You build the gems and You will make happy many persons of the SOOC.

I have requested a price for producing these gems. They came back with a estimated price of producing only the molds the between 5,000 and 6,000 Euros, excluding producing the gems itself. If I order 2,500 pieces the additional costs will be € 2,000. Excluding 19% VAT. That is a total cost of € 9,520. I have to sell a huge number of gems to only get out of the costs.

May be that one of our members live in China where the labour costs are must lower.

Hi Marcel,

this is your next mission:

THE GEMS (especially the yellow).

You build the gems and You will make happy many persons of the SOOC.

Hi Riccardo,

What do you mean with 'Gems' ?