Upgraded an old Kuwahara to a cruiser...
06-14-12, 12:51 AM
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Upgraded an old Kuwahara to a cruiser...
Found this old Kuwahara Parkway bike in sad shape at a garage sale ... ended up paying $10...
It's a decent old frame (4130 butted cromoly) though scratched and ugly, and it only had early 90's Shimano 200GS components on it... I can live with the derailleurs, but the huge resin brakes and nasty shift levers had to go...
So I stripped the old bar, 200gs shifters, painted the stem silver, added a new cruiser bar, new tektro levers and brakes (linear pull lever, so linear pull brakes) and a Shimano M310 3x7 speed rapidfire shift set... and then slid on some SWEET grips...
Don't those grips make the 7-year old in you go "OOOOooohhhhhhhh!!!"
Added some big whitewall balloon tires and went for a ride!
One day I think I'll strip it and repaint... but for now it's something enjoyable to ride around town with the wife.
It's a decent old frame (4130 butted cromoly) though scratched and ugly, and it only had early 90's Shimano 200GS components on it... I can live with the derailleurs, but the huge resin brakes and nasty shift levers had to go...
So I stripped the old bar, 200gs shifters, painted the stem silver, added a new cruiser bar, new tektro levers and brakes (linear pull lever, so linear pull brakes) and a Shimano M310 3x7 speed rapidfire shift set... and then slid on some SWEET grips...
Don't those grips make the 7-year old in you go "OOOOooohhhhhhhh!!!"
Added some big whitewall balloon tires and went for a ride!
One day I think I'll strip it and repaint... but for now it's something enjoyable to ride around town with the wife.
07-12-12, 07:06 PM
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Looks cool. Nice job! I have an old Giant road bike that my dad had. I think I'm going to start my own project bike.
07-13-12, 04:09 PM
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nice... I like converting old crap mtn bikes to cruisers...
black out the bars and wheels and it would look pretty sweet...
black out the bars and wheels and it would look pretty sweet...
07-18-12, 10:30 AM
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Looks great! When i made mine someone here suggested i add a cup holder. It's the only bike i take for coffee now.
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