bicycles

[warriorspeed350]

have any of you guys done a restoration on a biceycle?

im thinking/planning on re'doing my yellow mongoose pro sniper

paint.....good question

frame: black
Forks: either red or blue (havent made up mind)
pegs: red or blue
rims: black or red
bars: gonna buy new style and shorten them but paint either red/black or blue/black
crank arms: red or blue


new break lever and cables (cant pull due to mud bogging)
metal petals (black)
cutting front brakes off
replacing all bearings
new tires and tubes


and i believe thats all, i figured the bike is getting crappy and can use a restoration (verry fast bike, but on the heavy side)

it shouldent cost over 60 dollars

thats what happens when you dont use clearcoat

bent/rusty rims poped tire and missing masterling on the chain

 

[warrior350]

Do the whole thing in flat black.

 

[warriorspeed350]

i was thinking about it but thats nothing special, i wanna photoshop it , ill work with it and try some stuff out

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

hey on the handle bars,my freind got some cheap dirt bike handle bars and mounted on his.it looks pretty cool

 

[warriorspeed350]

yeah but then your riding with your face on the front tire

 

[dswwarrior350]

Personally i like it just the way it is haha, replace what needs replaced if you ask me and put the other money in quad parts. Reapint the chipped up stuff maybe.

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

jst get some spray paint and paint it the color you want,then waste your money on the quad

 

[chad021]

its a mongoose... dont waste any more money than you already did. get a better bike if you don't like what you have.

 

[06yfm350]

you could probably buy one of them brand new for about $20 more.

 

[warriorspeed350]

its a mongoose... dont waste any more money than you already did. get a better bike if you don't like what you have.

i do like what i have and it just needs some tlc, and i bet if i painted it and took a pic you would be like "sick bike dude" you wouldent even know it was a mongoose, and back when i got it they were the ****

 

[warriorspeed350]

whell, after i got home from summer school (10:45) i went job searching which was done by 11:00 and cody came over and we started the teardown, tearing it down and taking all the stickies off took 1 hour and this is how she sits

 

[2xtreme]

You should have gotten closer for that third pic

 

[warriorspeed350]

whell there will be updated pics tomarow

 

[warriorspeed350]

you could probably buy one of them brand new for about $20 more.

bullcrap, there is no mongoose pro for less than 100 dollars, ask my dad how much it was, im sure it was over 200

 

[dswwarrior350]

[quote:0fv9hqyn]you could probably buy one of them brand new for about $20 more.

bullcrap, there is no mongoose pro for less than 100 dollars, ask my dad how much it was, im sure it was over 200[/quote:0fv9hqyn]

MY mongoose outerlimit was 99.99 back in the day and it was by far one of the lightest bikes ive ever ridden haha.

 

[chad021]

[quote:w30y1wim]its a mongoose... dont waste any more money than you already did. get a better bike if you don't like what you have.

i do like what i have and it just needs some tlc, and i bet if i painted it and took a pic you would be like "sick bike dude" you wouldent even know it was a mongoose, and back when i got it they were the ****[/quote:w30y1wim]

How old is the bike, I never really followed mongoose, but i know bikes like Schwinn have sold out to retail stores such as K-Mart and Target after they where really decent bikes. I used to follow and was starting to gettin into riding BMX but no one around here really rides.

 

[ratchracing]

Posted by warriorspeed350 on Jul 10, 2006, 7:38pm
have any of you guys done a restoration on a biceycle?

Yeah I've done a few, and have 2 on the go now, take a look at the pics...........quite sexy if i may say so myself ;D

the yellow bike is a 1971 Supercycle Cougar
the orange one is a 1968 CCM Charger ("Duomatic" edition)

I've got another bannana seat chopper and a motocross styled bike in the works right now, both from 1973-75

so......you know who to ask for tips and such

 

[2xtreme]

Banana seats and Sissy Bars FTW!!

;D

 

[imtarnished]

If anyone is looking for any inspiration on building they're own bike, take a look at this. It would be Especially handy if you could weld, so you could get something looking similiar.
http://www.3gbikes.com/
~Bill

 

[warriorspeed350]

[quote:ys6kdldc]

i do like what i have and it just needs some tlc, and i bet if i painted it and took a pic you would be like "sick bike dude" you wouldent even know it was a mongoose, and back when i got it they were the ****

How old is the bike, I never really followed mongoose, but i know bikes like Schwinn have sold out to retail stores such as K-Mart and Target after they where really decent bikes. I used to follow and was starting to gettin into riding BMX but no one around here really rides.[/quote:ys6kdldc]

its about three years old now