Does original paint greatly affect value?

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I had a bike once that I was about to trash because the paint suddenly let go off the tank.

It went from being really nice for an old girl to looking like a POS

snagged an OEM tank off ebay or else the bike would have been aesthetically worthless.

Some bikes if they are in an OK state should never be painted or modified. I do not like colorized movies nor do I like orange peely too clearly faked modern paint jobs.

But then there is the fine art of buffing and cleaning an original surface if its not too far gone.

[JEEPRUSTY]

Who cares a Bass is not a musical instrument.................
he he he.