I replaced the warped spoke wheels with some straight wheels I had painted aqua and put some new tires on them. For the controls I bought new throttle, clutch and brake cables and new bicycle levers. Got new pedals arms and some transparent/glow-in-the-dark BMX pedals. “I replaced the handle bars with some nice clip on bars and some comfy BMX grips. To get the bike sitting lower for my 5’1″ frame I replaced the stock forks with shorter Puch forks, replaced the rear shocks with 280mm Tomos shocks (stock size was 340mm) and had to snip off the rear fender tab (I don’t ride in the rain anymore, ha).” I went to a local hardware store (Tacoma Screw) and bought replacements for every bolt on the bike. The tank, headlight and trunk plastics all went off to get painted. “I tore it all apart and labeled everything.
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