Krate fakes

[Oldbikeguy1960]

Sorry, I misunderstood.

You were fine man. I understood you.


The responses to some members observations/comments pointed out something to me.
We have a Troll sighting here.

 

[Tubender]

I’m sorry, I’m being an a hole,
I withdraw

 

[Grey Ghost]

Now we return to our regularly scheduled program.

 

[razinhellcustomz]

This is why I build up my own bikes and not buy anything sight unseen.. Gm stuff is the same way, all if not most is all Fake junk...

 

[Sportyworty]

I bought myself a new 1998-1999 Schwinn reissue Orange Krate in the box for Christmas. This thread and others gave me the confidence to pony up the 400 ask quickly. I have an Orange Raptor and Orange 68 Cobra Jet Cougar so it had to happen and didn’t have time to bone up on all things genuine Krate. It’ll be a stand in until I replace with a viable restoration candidate. Great work on your first restoration Grey Ghost. The attention to detail has payed off in a big way, now enjoy as it has some of your DNA.
I can provide details or photos soon to compare to the genuine article and or other later issued bikes.

 

[kingsting]

This thread reminded me of some kind of dumb things we did in the early 90's. One was turning standard five speed Sting Rays into Krates. I sold a beautiful original 71 campus green five speed to a buddy that made it into a Pea. Since then I've had a lot of Pea Pickers come through my collection but that was the only green five speed. Original five speeds just don't come along as often as Krates.
There was a guy that used to take Manta Ray saddles apart to recover Krate saddles. They looked pretty good although the "S" was off a little. Nowadays nice Manta saddles are hen's teeth. Looking back, that may have not been the best idea...

 

[Grey Ghost]

I bought myself a new 1998-1999 Schwinn reissue Orange Krate in the box for Christmas. This thread and others gave me the confidence to pony up the 400 ask quickly. I have an Orange Raptor and Orange 68 Cobra Jet Cougar so it had to happen and didn’t have time to bone up on all things genuine Krate. It’ll be a stand in until I replace with a viable restoration candidate. Great work on your first restoration Grey Ghost. The attention to detail has payed off in a big way, now enjoy as it has some of your DNA.
I can provide details or photos soon to compare to the genuine article and or other later issued bikes.

I seriously considered buying one of those reissues and sticking a stick shifter on it just for the look.
When I found out how much shifters were going for I decided to skip that idea and just pony up for the real deal.

I still kind of wish I had bought one of those 98-99’s just to practice wheelies on.

Do post some pics of your new and old krates for comparison, that would be neat.

I will post photos of my Krate at the big Christmas morning surprise thread which is not yet posted because I don’t know what I’m getting for Christmas this year....wink, wink

It looks even better now. I cleaned it up more and added some personal touches.

Thanks for the complements and encouragement.

So, you have a nitty, gritty kitty eh? Wow, not many of those around!

 

[Sportyworty]

Still playing with my sweet 16 set and some larger versions too

I want to practice some big slides and wheelies as well. Look out neighbors !
Hope to find my bike as a kid too and restore it identically. We are big kids now and can do whatever we %#^*# please

 

[nick tures]

Still playing with my sweet 16 set and some larger versions too

I want to practice some big slides and wheelies as well. Look out neighbors !
Hope to find my bike as a kid too and restore it identically. We are big kids now and can do whatever we %#^*# please

nice car dont see cougars much !!

 

[Sportyworty]

4 hours of detailing and the bike looks pretty sharp ! They literally deteriorate in the box but you guys knew that. Going to assemble and roll it over to the Christmas tree.