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[thesuicideride]

ok so really getting into old cruisers and im pretty new to bikes and i dont know enough to know the value of vintage bikes. this guy in my town says he is $100 firm on this straight bar. he doesnt know a thing about it. i havent seen it yet so i dont have much input on it either. i really want a straight bar but dont know if its a good deal. im guessin it mite be but he doesnt know diddly about it so he didnt quite sell me yet. all he said was it says roadmaster. any info and input would be soooooooooooooooooooooooo greatly appreciated. thanks in advance guys.

 

[ratina]

 

[ratina]

I assume you want to know what it is?? Hard to see from small pic but guard looks like a 60's Hiawatha

 

[thesuicideride]

hah yeah sorry i accidentally pushed submit when trying to push preview to see if the pic worked.

 

[ratina]

hah yeah sorry i accidentally pushed submit when trying to push preview to see if the pic worked.

No problem, can you get some bigger pics though? Looks like a cool bike 8)

 

[deorman]

If all the moving parts work and the bike is unbent, I would say it's fair. A new dime store bike costs that much.

 

[deorman]

If all the moving parts work and the bike is unbent, I would say it's fair. A new dime store bike costs that much.

Mainly the unbent part. :wink:

 

[thesuicideride]

well i found him online and this was the picture he had on there awhile ago. i just saved it and looked at it every day. then decided to message him. it took like 2 week and 18 e-mails for him to remember what i was talking about and to finally give me his number so we could talk mula. id say askin him for a few more pics mite make his head explode. i wish they were bigger too. so maybe a 60's hiawatha huh? sounds cool! hahah. i figure it would be 50's to 60's but didnt know if it is missing the tank, light, ect. so didnt know if 100 would be high if that is the case. thanks you guys!

 

[sensor]

wish the pictures were better.........looks like its got a skip link but with the size and resolution of the pic its tough to say.......
but yeah id say $100 is fair(unless its damaged...but youll notice when you see it in person if it is)

 

[Rustinkerer]

Looks like a mid 50s Roadmaster to me. Most co.'s phased out straight bar frames by 1960. I'd say worth it! ~Adam

 

[thesuicideride]

awesome! thanks for the help guys. ill let ya know how it turns out. im checkin it out monday.

 

[thesuicideride]

whelp here she is. got it for $80. still a little more than i wanted to pay but its pretty cool. it needs a kickstand and i changed to tires and tubes to some walmart white walls for now. its a amf roadmaster. any ideas on what year it might be?

 

[JoeyMac]

looks awfully similar to the Roadmaster I am using in the buildoff, here is the before pic:

My best guess was that it was late 50's, I would assume yours is probably mid-late 50's well.
Looks good though, not a bad deal at all!

 

[thesuicideride]

wow yeah they do look alot alike. theyre pretty fun sturdy bikes to cruise around on. yours looks sharp too. i like chrome fenders! and the front rack looks awesome

 

[JoeyMac]

wow yeah they do look alot alike. theyre pretty fun sturdy bikes to cruise around on. yours looks sharp too. i like chrome fenders! and the front rack looks awesome

Thanks, but it no longer looks like that... rack is gone and fenders are mostly gone....
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[Rat Rod]

I think you got a heck of a deal for $80.

That's a sweet frame design.

 

[thesuicideride]

thanks! and joey your roadmaster is so frickin amazing i want it. thats my inspiration for this roadmaster! now i just need to find a tank.