Agreed, especially against the yellow. Always thought the gold frame/yellow bodywork didn't quite work but the black looks great. But I'm no purist either.
It’s quite a simple, pragmatic choice imho. A) restore completely back to original, including bronze frame, when finished park bike in living room. B) don’t restore it, don’t give a crap about originality and go ride it like it should be. Now, cookie, you’ve decided on A and I think you’re right in this case, you’ve already got a road going Pani R and a 996 so I don’t think a road going 748SP is going to offer anything extra. You can always keep an eye on the weather and go for a quick blast to scratch the itch (B), but ultimately (A) probably should be your goal. There is a (C) but you don’t wanna go there
Want one in bits? 853 barrels? Cases all blasted, frame painted, wheels painted and good set of forks can’t seem to find any time!
Your all be pleased to know if decided to keep the black and yellow theme going. More cash for goodies then.