Very cool!
I have 3 geese that I need to start restoring for my 3 nephews. 2 Californians and an M-1 mini. Lots of work, but I know it will be worth it in the end.

My nine yr old and I, have built a couple.( very rewarding.) a very few I dont ride, but for example.
I have an NOS Cyclepro Bonzai pro 24" that I built and ride almost daily.....
cant take them with ya, enjoy them now......
I could not afford to buy a good bike as a kid, so why buy one now and not ride it?
it would like putting candy in front of your kids and say dont touch or eat it??
Live and let ride!!!!

My daughters all helped with the tear down as well as the re-assemble of these 2.My son has no interest in our bikes, so it's usually me and the girls.
He'd rather sit and play games on the computer.



And yes, they do get to ride them as well.

[ August 03, 2007, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: Moosegoose Nick ]

When does the ramp making project begin?

Seriously, it must have been a very rewarding project, the amount of trust, fondness, confidence and affection developed is priceless. Way to be a great dad!
I have a 7 year old daughter and I know some day we will do an incredible Pink & Purple something or other.

There's plenty of geese to go around, cool deal.

My stepson started on a Mini Californian(I think that's what they're called, the gray one).

About 10 years ago I passed a kid on a cherry white Hutch with white tuffs(I have no love of Hutchs' but it was pre ebay and trading was the currency of the day). About halfway through chasing him down I thought "What could I possibly do with that bike that was better than a kid out riding it". Threw him a "nice bike" and drove away.

That rules, Mark.
I love wrenching with my son, he digs it too, usually because it involves some new part for his bike...

this is actually my nephew from Mexico who is just back for a summer stay.

I knew he was hooked last summer when we hit some dirt jumps on his cheapy garage sale 16in scrambler. he face planted pretty hard once he was getting confident, got up laughing. so i figured a real bmx bike would be just right.

no ramp building, my injury last fall got that type of thing nixed by my wife.....geeesh!

I restored an old schwinn for my nephew and he trashed it. But he had fun and rides it all the time and that's why I did it for him to start with.

Yeah - you've gotta ride some of them.

This is my 12 year old son on his 80/81 Redline MXII. He loves it.

Great pics guy, almost makes want to have kids.

Hmmmm I can' t put a finger on it but I like the color combo. I've never been a colored tire guy but the red tires pop off those black tuffs. I love tuffs on a goose. The white frame is a clean look. I,ve got a mongoose frame collecting dust, and I have often thought about buying a 80 dollar set of tuffs for it. Hmmmmmm red tires, I just might have to start on it. Nice bike, your nephew will never forget helping you build it.
Dan

Great story.

If there's one thing that I have stayed true to is that these bikes are meant to be ridden. I don't mean trash or thrash, but good riding is just so much fun. I restored it once.. I can do it again if it needs it at some later date. Now most of my parts are not NOS Hutch titanium hubs, or even close, so I can't speak to those. And certainly in some cases it could be seen as a museum pice, but not most of these bikes... Good to see that it has a second lease on life and that the new owner values it as much as the first owner likely did. Who knows.. in 20 more years, it might get pulled from the attic again and rebuilt for a grandson.

More smiles..

Love the Mongoose, I had a white one for a while BITD.

A couple project bikes getting used..

those are cool looking bikes those kids have! looks like theyre enjoying them!

Hey, is that your lil man on the db iv that was ripping it up at the Rockford show? If so, I saw him everywhere on the bike grounds. very cool.

nothing like the happiness of seeing your child enjoying a classic just as much as you did:



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