Motobécane 'Gran Jubilé' conversion

This is a really nice project! The color of the frame looks very nice and the decals are also top notch. Did you apply them on top of the clear coat? Also, might I ask have you removed the anodising on the Campy cranks? The Americans seem to use Easy-Off oven cleaner, but that isn't available in Europa as far as I know.

they're campy copies...;) they're good value, (I'd prefer them with the opaque anodising tho) and they do look nice, I agree with picking out the 'M' on the fork crown, and also the lugs would look lush in gold with the decals, even maybe some gold boxing on the forks or seat tube, ,quiet a few pugs from that era that were french imports had loads of detailing compared to the english market equivalent.
Alot of the late 60's early 70's bikes had quite a lot of detailing even those that weren't too expensive, tho whatever you choose I think you are doing well with the styling, the colour is really nice, and as you don't see it that often it does stand out.
Without rambling on, I so like bikes getting a 'sympathetic' restoration, when I was 'doing' cars the tricky part was not making them look too fresh, I once saw an amazing D-type Jag that the guy had restored and the attention to detail was phenomenal, he'd corroded all the fresh ali with special concoction of salt water and other secret ingredients, so that everything looked as tho it had been used for 40 years, the build was 4 months old and looked like it had been rolled out of dust covers after sitting for an aeon.
I always aimed for that and to see it done so well, really helped me with further restorations, my Cooper (before it was stolen) any part that was too 'new' I set about to age a little bit, I buried the newly stamped engine and body number tags in wet salty rags in the garden for 3 months. Which sounds a bit mad tho they looked so good when I dug them up.
Thats what is so nice about some of the bikes we are seeing from the Netherlands...It helps with people restoring bikes so that our frame of reference is continued, even tho we are quite used to seeing super original bikes on here... out in the real world, unless you are a cycle geek and go to jumbles, you don't see that that often, anything used on the street is always some bastardised version for the persons own preference over 20-30 years...I'm all for hipster sleds...some are slick and I do like them tho like I always go on about (me ...never...;D) the romance and patina that you get from bikes that were from the golden age of cycling hero's ie Taylor, Coppi, Magni or Merckx...
Now the sanitised sporting world would never allow Magni to race with a broken collar bone...even then win a stage with a broken collar bone and a broken femur in the middle of a snow storm...
Which bring us back to your project, attention to detail is the key, as old builders generally had more time, they could fart about with detailing more... or
Anyhow...back to your build...nice, keep up the good work, things that are prepared well ride better, it's all a bit zen tho it's tru, anyone that has built a lot of bikes will tell you it's the small things make the big things better...

People go on about the purists on here and other forum going for function over form with old groupsets over a new 11 speed, tho a well set up bike with old components rides well, and you know your riding, I used to be tired after driving the cooper and music was a bit lost in the sound of the engine. because you were involved, you had to drive it...it didn't drive itself. I think that's a little like old bikes...tho the tiring thing is different, they aren't really tiring...just more involving. I find new bikes...a little bland, I rode a new bmc the other day...and it was nice, it was a good ride, it was fast... I could get used to it...and If I was in a competition I suppose I would use one, but just didn't do it for me. Wow...now I am rambling...keep up the good work.