went out and bout another bike. this time i bought a NEXT cruiser. i looked at a couple different ones that walmart had in stock but i didnt like the quality. the huffy cranbrook they had there was a mess. the welds were awful and the bottom bar where it was bent had ripples in it. the Schwinn they had was ok but to heavy. so i went with the next.
heres what i started with fresh from the store:
took off th e stock fork and put on a springer i had. fit perfect, no cutting or spacers needed.
i then took a set of apes and black neck i had on the OP and put them on the next. the bars are wrapped in hockey tape.
i didnt like the seat or the chrome seat post on the next so i put a black post and a bell brown vinyl seat on. the factory seat was a "sprung" seat but instead of springs used rubber grommets.
now i had to get rid of the stickers.
some random pics of it...
the bike rides nice. it fits me better then the OP bike did. i still want to do more but im not sure what.
heres what i started with fresh from the store:
![newbike001.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/307/307b6f268905614b51b8109070831adb.jpg)
took off th e stock fork and put on a springer i had. fit perfect, no cutting or spacers needed.
![newbike003.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a95/a9597a07c4ef35f798aa4ee25171adc4.jpg)
![newbike004.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b42/b42e3306318323cb73186ec2ec4eb96a.jpg)
i then took a set of apes and black neck i had on the OP and put them on the next. the bars are wrapped in hockey tape.
![newbike005.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/51d/51d424cca251abce6b12e26145a3f7ef.jpg)
i didnt like the seat or the chrome seat post on the next so i put a black post and a bell brown vinyl seat on. the factory seat was a "sprung" seat but instead of springs used rubber grommets.
![newbike008.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ae0/ae02d6e5365e2ceabf55720a07f54197.jpg)
now i had to get rid of the stickers.
![newbike011.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a34/a34ca174a0f9d8d161bd8f0f8bac0361.jpg)
some random pics of it...
![newbike012.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ff6/ff63813f599f766c8df6b09c18816159.jpg)
![newbike013.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/22c/22cc84a0fd3fa8b2f7164930211d8145.jpg)
![newbike014.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/351/3519235f7733d3e9fa7adefd31edd344.jpg)
the bike rides nice. it fits me better then the OP bike did. i still want to do more but im not sure what.