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Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby LegsofFury » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:45 pm
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby munga » Fri Feb 15, 2013 7:23 am
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby familyguy » Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:53 am
Gotta be Japanese with those Shimano and Tange ends. Race number plate holder and double-crimped chain stays. Looks like its built for nutted brakes, so pre-88-ish?
How about a pic of the whole thing?
Jim
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby cotterpin » Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:55 am
serial number. I'm thinking mid to high range sports bike, 80's Japanese factory built.
Forks, with non matching Tange ends might not be original, and race number bracket
under the top tube is a bit of a mystery.
here's a Kuwahara with similar serial number
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby LegsofFury » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:12 am
do you mean Tange v Shimano [rear]?Forks, with non matching Tange ends might not be original
I will post a pic of the full frame tonight, Jim
thanks for the clues so far guys
I haven't seen anything with the same sort of treatment at the top of the seat stays so far, so they seem fairly unique.
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby im_no_pro » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:21 am
On an unrelated point.... how wide was your aperture to get such a shallow depth of field?
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby Wal42 » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:28 am
Just pick a colour scheme you really like, paint it (or chrome & paint it), build it up, don't sticker it & just enjoy riding it.
If you're interested just to try to make as many bucks, because you'll never conclusively identify the bike, you'll be trying to attract the collectors, they don't buy anything that can't be definitely identified, so you'll be up against the $100 local frames in the market, so at the end of the day, you'd be lucky to make $100 for it.
Sorry that's life, the truth hurts at times, but it's better that someone tells you now rather than asking a stupid figure (like a certain Mexican bike we saw through this forum recently) & not attracting any interest.
If you want to dispose of it, I would put my hand up at $100, I'd do exactly what I described to you to do, even pretty much have the paint scheme already worked out (yep it involves chrome then paint over the top).
As the others have said, good luck, build the damn thing & enjoy it.
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby cotterpin » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:45 am
LegsofFury wrote:do you mean Tange v Shimano [rear]?Forks, with non matching Tange ends might not be original
I might be wrong but usually frames are built with matching front and rear drop outs.
Check the steerer for a factory ID stamp i.e Tange etc.
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby sunho » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:49 am
XX-XX-XXXXX
first 2 signify the year, 3rd and 4th the month and XXXXX model number.
Good luck!
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby funnybike » Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:11 pm
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby morini » Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:25 pm
How much does it weigh and what size is the seat post?
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Re: Seeking help Identifying frame
Postby LegsofFury » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:58 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OLD-VINTAGE-RETRO-APOLLO-KUWAHARA-SHIMANO-600-ARAYA-RIMS-ROAD-BIKE-/321072894325?_trksid=m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5672006670036900413&_qi=RTM839189#ht_795wt_1139
many thanks for all of the help, time to paint it , reconstruct it and enjoy riding it
cheers
Peter
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