I pretty much ventured into all catagories of bikes.
Here is my latest ebay win.
It's a SUPER RARE 1978 Schwinn Klunker 5. It was their 1st "mountain" bike attempt ever from Schwinn and was referred to in adds as a great heavy duty beach and off road bike.
Whats really cool is the name and history of it. Schwinn only had that name for 2 years at most because it was too close to what another company was using and they were going to get sued so Schwinnthe name and the bike then turned in to simply just a "Cruiser".
Some guys thought someone changed the name on the chain guard and could not believe Schwinn would name a bike a KLUNKER! I wondered myself when I 1st saw it and had to ask on a Schwinn website I go on.
This is after I detailed it somewhat (still have a ways to go yet). Value of it ......... hard to say but it's priceless to me. I paid $45 for it. With how rare it is and the history that goes along with it $500 would be an insult to me. Even a $1000 would as this one is quite nice for being 27 years old!!
Think a Stingray is hard to find, try finding one of these! It's all original too right down to the tires. Speedo says 444 miles and does work. I had it up to 30 MPHThat was going down hill though. The thing is an abosolute TANK ! Rides real nice though..........like my SX 250
Chek out the motorcycle type rear brake drum, now how cool is that!
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Originally Posted by bigredhead
