Originally Posted by
cbrstar
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. You would never get your money back on a bike like this, but if you like it and you have the extra parts why not? What's important is you get out there and ride.
To switch to threadless forks won't be easy. First you will need a 1'' threadless head set and they are pretty hard to find, and when you do find one they are often pretty expensive. Some used cranks won't be hard to find. You will need a threadless stem as well.
Lots of 1" threadless headsets from the BMX racing companies, kids' racing bikes use them. If you're going to use the existing fork threadless though, I don't think you're gaining anything. Probably be pretty expensive - and it's still going to be the same bike. Any 3 piece crank and BB for American BB should work if you want to change that out.