I want to buy a new bike, and was thinking about a bmx or a klunker. Not sure about the differences between the 2, but I like the looks of the klunkers better. Any help is appreciated, Dave.
By "new" do you mean a MY2014 bike, or an older bike that's new-to-you?
FWIW, a lot of these bikes sort of blur the line, and they have had much in common for as long as I've been alive. WBITD, a klunker was a heavyweight cruiser adapted to offroad use using moto, tandem, and
some bmx bits. As the 26" cruiser class of BMX took off, and new-production 26" bikes were made to do more in the ways of riding trails rather than bmx tracks, you got things like the GLJ Fireroad Cruiser:
--- like I said, the lines get blurry. I think of a "klunker" as a pre-1970 frame with all pre-1980 parts on it, mostly cruiser/moto/tandem stuff on it.... but i like neo-klunks or "krunx" bikes with a lot of modern BMX on just about whatever frame you want.... I personally like to adapt late-model industrial bikes to offroad riding/abuse, and a lot of the parts I use for that are from the BMX and MTB world.... but moto bars are cool, too. My point (if I have one): The nomenclature is more about personal preference than cut-n-dry definitions.
Food for thought:
You can get frames like the ones in the video for between $60 and $80 from RRB member Ind-Chuckz; get the rest from your parts bin, porkchop, dans, or the FS forum here, or wherever you usually go for battle-ready bike parts....