Not such a motorcycle, but a cycle!

NickMerrone · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-2009, 06:06 PM

Well as most people know i dont drive yet. So i'm working with what i can have ahaha. I've got a kink gap 2009.

I picked up the bike on sale for 300, it should have been 350..

Looked like this..

then i was riding in philly, and my chain popped and i was far from home, so i went to a local bike store to get it tightened, turns out, the chain actually broke at 3 places. haha. so i got a good chain. it was 44.99, got the pedals for 25.00, and the seat for 70.00 cause its limited edition, got a seat post for 25.

Shes a beauty. haha.

apolloGT · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-2009, 11:31 PM

I know nothing about bikes, but I like the paintjob! Overall, I think it's a great idea to get your hands into something mechanical until you get your own car. I used to work on little electric rc cars.. they were tons of fun, and you feel the satisfaction of getting to see your work come to life.

kendallcschm · #3 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 07:47 AM

nice bike... it would be cooler if it had disk brakes :-D ... my bike has disk breaks

NickMerrone · #4 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kendallcschm

nice bike... it would be cooler if it had disk brakes :-D ... my bike has disk breaks

thats too much weight hahaha.

NickMerrone · #5 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by apolloGT

I know nothing about bikes, but I like the paintjob! Overall, I think it's a great idea to get your hands into something mechanical until you get your own car. I used to work on little electric rc cars.. they were tons of fun, and you feel the satisfaction of getting to see your work come to life.

Yeah thats exactly what im doing, i've also been buying tools and stuff cause my dad owns a shop and he said once im like 17 or 18 hes gonna set up my own little section in there, i already do alot to cars there, the hardest i've done, well the most time consuming was doing a headgasket and powersteering pump in a oldsmobile alero, Then it came back like a week later and alot more went bad on it. haha. But yeah. that was a pain. But like i said I love working on cars, its awesome.

dmc91 · #6 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 12:26 PM

I had a bike like that it was a BMX Rhino

it was Cerulean (awesome blue color)

now I have a cerulean harley Davidson Mountain Bike with disk brakes and duel suspension

but what I want to do is take a rotary sander and all the paint of so you see the steel and then get a stencil and pant the DMC logo on it so insteade of a harley I have a DeLorean Bike

NickMerrone · #7 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dmc91

I had a bike like that it was a BMX Rhino

it was Cerulean (awesome blue color)

now I have a cerulean harley Davidson Mountain Bike with disk brakes and duel suspension

but what I want to do is take a rotary sander and all the paint of so you see the steel and then get a stencil and pant the DMC logo on it so insteade of a harley I have a DeLorean Bike

You really like Delorean don't you?

dmc91 · #8 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NickMerrone

You really like Delorean don't you?

no

I LOVE them

NickMerrone · #9 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dmc91

no

I LOVE them

hahaha

kendallcschm · #10 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dmc91

no

I LOVE them

obsessed *cough cough* excuse me.. umm well back on topic... i mess around with RC cars too.. and computers.. and DVD players.. and VHS and beta players and anything else mechanical.. but my mom won't let me touch her engine.. :-( neither will my dad...i used to mess with my bike.. and disk brakes that come on bikes actually don't weigh alot... i like disk breaks better.. they actually stop you faster...

NickMerrone · #11 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kendallcschm

obsessed *cough cough* excuse me.. umm well back on topic... i mess around with RC cars too.. and computers.. and DVD players.. and VHS and beta players and anything else mechanical.. but my mom won't let me touch her engine.. :-( neither will my dad...i used to mess with my bike.. and disk brakes that come on bikes actually don't weigh alot... i like disk breaks better.. they actually stop you faster...

i honestly think their homosexual for a bike. haha but yeah dude i lovee tools and stuff already. I got alot. So i cant wait to drive..

Johnnyboy · #12 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 02:33 PM

I have my doubts about disk brakes being better on a bicycle. I think people just assume they are because it's more complicated technology... but disk brakes unless they are the size of the wheel, don't have near the leverage of a standard wheel brake.

NickMerrone · #13 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 03:49 PM

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I have my doubts about disk brakes being better on a bicycle. I think people just assume they are because it's more complicated technology... but disk brakes unless they are the size of the wheel, don't have near the leverage of a standard wheel brake.

Yeah the U brake is so much more better.

kendallcschm · #14 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 04:13 PM

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i honestly think their homosexual for a bike. haha but yeah dude i lovee tools and stuff already. I got alot. So i cant wait to drive..

they aren't living so they can't be homo... lol and im sure homos don't like being made fun of :P and i only say this because i know my lesbian friends don't like it..

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Yeah the U brake is so much more better.

... "so much more better" ok then.. i still think the disk brake is better (this is from negative experiences with the U - brake) one time i was riding my bike but my bike kicked up some dirt and it got stuck in my U - brake and well.. i crashed into my neighbors boat's propellor.. i had a huge gash on my thigh... it hurt... (and yes the brake was out of the water) less stuff can get caught in disk brakes and they last longer...

NickMerrone · #15 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kendallcschm

they aren't living so they can't be homo... lol and im sure homos don't like being made fun of :P and i only say this because i know my lesbian friends don't like it..

... "so much more better" ok then.. i still think the disk brake is better (this is from negative experiences with the U - brake) one time i was riding my bike but my bike kicked up some dirt and it got stuck in my U - brake and well.. i crashed into my neighbors boat's propellor.. i had a huge gash on my thigh... it hurt... (and yes the brake was out of the water) less stuff can get caught in disk brakes and they last longer...

ahha. I said homosexual not gay, so incase there is any of those that are car enthusiasts, wouldnt get offended. haha.

And yeah i just dont like the disk brakes on bikes.