My new house

K · Post by K » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:28 pm

Great!
Just moved into a new place on the east side.
I just found out we are living like a block from a big crack and prostitution area.
One of my roommates talked to some crack head at the corner store today.
Lucky for us there is a church across the street from our house who regulates on crack heads walking on this street. Still i am nervous. I have been robbed twice in houses i have lived in before. It is the worst feeling ever. I hope we dont get robed here.
Walking outside at night is another story.

Post by **Hermskii** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:14 am

Bummer. Sorry to hear it Kort. Stay safe eh.

K · Post by K » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:45 am

I think i have been making my self sick worrying about it since i have been here. I just have to remember this is Austin. This is hardly a rough town. But allot of my friends have gotten jumped and beat up , who knows what will happen to me if i get cornered. I think if i am on my bike i am safe if i don't stop.

Post by **Hermskii** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:33 pm

Bike? What kind of bike?

K · Post by K » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:07 pm

I do believe it is an 80s Schwinn. I built it from the frame i found in my friends yard. I made it a 5 speed.

I really have been thinking about buying a Honda Shadow though. Next best thing to a Harley but cheaper.

matrix · Post by **matrix** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:21 pm

AHHH, I thought you were talking about pedal bikes like the one I would own.

Sorry, excuse my blondeness. 8)

Post by **Hermskii** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:25 pm

She is speaking of a bicycle being the Schwinn. They were great bikes back then. The Honda Shadow is sweet too but I'd never own one since it is a total Harley knock-off and everybody knows it. They are great bikes though. I am a Honda Interceptor man myself. Love those jap-crap crotch rockets. My next one will be the Suzuki Hayabusa.

-SuPreMe- · Post by **-SuPreMe-** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:53 am

my uncle in C.A has a few nice bikes,

i kno hes got a harly chopper of some kind and a honda goldwing 2000cc and damn its lound,
he took me on a ride once the acceleration is mad

hes had loads of bikes cant keep up but i kno they've all been huge things lol

K · Post by K » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:46 pm

My last bike was a Kawasaki NinjaZX600R
It was a rocket. But i had to get rid of it.

For the last 4 yrs i have just rode various bicycles around. I currently have the Schwinn , a DK Cleveland 20" and a chopper lowrider bike. All of these i put together. I'm kind of a bike nerd.

a nameless entity · Post by **a nameless entity** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:20 pm

The Schwinn bicycle company got into making motorcycles at one time. By the 1920's their Excelsior V-twin motorcycles were the ones to beat. They were fast and reliable for their day. Excelsior bought out another motorcycle company you may have heard of, called Henderson. Henderson made longitudinal inline fours. The combined company was called Excelsior-Henderson. They closed down in 1931 due to the depression. Schwinn carried on in their core business. Interestingly, I found this link:

http://www.schwinnscooters.com/

You mentioned the name of "Cleveland" as a brand of bicycle? There once was a Cleveland manufacturing company that made sewing machines, and perhaps bicycles also. I do know they made a motorcycle of the same type as the Henderson for a short time. Someone found an old Cleveland four and was able to fully restore it. It's probably the only one left in the world.

I hope you're ok where you are Kortnie. If you continue to feel unsafe, move.