Have had this bike since 1987 or so when it was given to me by a kindly neighbour. Hadn't ridden it since 1995 and decided to bring it back to life a couple of months ago.
Had the frame resprayed in Jaguar Maroon, a colour they used on sports cars in the 1950's. I hated the bike's original...
I have an extremely similar Motobecane which I've just had brought back to life with a respray (went for different colour, didn't like its original 1978 paint job) and spruce up to the components. Just love riding it again.