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My 1983 Kuwahara Laser Lite build - more new bits and started build!
Glynnyboy:
Some interesting parts differences there mate. I love hearing bits of info like this pop up. :coolsmiley:
B-Boyblue:
--- Quote from: hall54 on February 07, 2011, 09:35 AM ---Im just starting to restore my Laserlite, ive owned it from new 1983/84, brought from Surrey BMX with my best mate at the time Jaye Mackenzie. Its still in excellent nick (original tyres with Kuwahara printed on the side, shame the side walls have blown out!), but missing stickers, pads and front brake caliper, if i put one on! My bike didnt come with Redline cranks (different spec all over the world, im told) but with Sugino CT 175 ( very slim, like a knife edge) with DX pedals, the wheels are black Araya with polished sides. Think i changed the grips as soon a buying it to Ame Tri's and fitted an SS Dirtskirt and removed the pads when riding road. I think i chose this bike after watching Stu Diggins ( with 'HOT or WOT' sewn on the back of his race strip) win so many times at Hayes, plus the first BMX I rode was a Black Kuwahara Nova with Green sleeves brake cables, very cool! belonging to racer Ashley Bishop. If you need any help on UK spec PM me
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Wow! Still got your original bike :daumenhoch:! Wish I still had my KZ1! :'(
Yeah, I heard that the specs of the bikes differed depending on which country they were bought in. Its a bit of a minefield really knowing whats factory spec and whats not so thats why i'm using Jamies Kuwahara site as a reference and just going with that so theres bound to be a difference from a bike thats been bought elsewhere! I really like the Sugino CT cranks. lovely looking things.
Really looking forward to seeing yours restored! And thanks for the offer of help! Much appreciated!
B-Boyblue:
Hey all :)
I seem to have gone a little bit crazy over the last week or so! I was going to hold off buying a set of 180 Redline 400s until after I sold my spare frame but saw a set on ebay and added them to my ever increasing watch list ::)
Thats a dangerous thing to do I've discovered and after about a week of seeing them everytime i logged in, my willpower broke and I emailed the guy, made an offer an they were mine! :)
They've actually got quite an intresting story which may or may not be totally untrue but they were listed as apparantly being off Stu Thomsens personal Carrera race bike back in the day. I've got absolutely no proof of that whatsoever but I didnt pay stupid money so it doesnt really matter whether its true or not but it would be pretty cool if it were true! They have a titanium spindle set up and are generally in great shape with only a few light rub marks so generally well chuffed!
Right..now this is where i got really stupid and did what you should never do and ended up watching another set of 175 400s in equally if not slighly better condition with a NOS 44t sugino chain ring and a few other NOS bits and pieces and they were only 15mins drive from my house! Why I did this...i don't know. Maybe if it was to see if I overpaid for the first set...anyway, with 30mins left they were still really quite cheap so i thought I'd have one bid thinking i'd get outbid immediatly...well, i didn't much to the wifes annoyance! ::) and my surprise! The word 'idiot' has been mentioned in my house a few times over the last couple of weeks! :idiot2:
So basically I have two sets of 400s and I really dont know which set i'm going to be using on my laserlite and which set will be going, but i'll be having a think over the next few weeks about that!
Anyways, this is them!
The Titanium Spindled 180mm 400s!
And the 175mm 400s
Needless, to sy, I am now skint for the rest of the month so the wife will have to go without a valentines day present and i reckon i'll be making her a card!
Glynnyboy:
--- Quote from: rhino_mac on February 03, 2011, 09:14 PM ---Start saving up to complete the build. My Laserlite is in the Kuwie section on here and I think it cost £2100 fully built in the end.
Things you must try to holdout for if you want a genuine show room build are:
Redline 400 cranks (take the Redline decals off though, Laserlites didn't have them)
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The reason the Kuwie didn't have Redlline decals on was because it didn't come with a Redline 400.
Redline 400 made by sugino for redlline and stamped redline.
Sugino 400 made by sugino for sugino and stamped sugino.
same crank though apart from the stamping.
B-Boyblue:
--- Quote from: glynnyboy on February 11, 2011, 10:45 AM ---
--- Quote from: rhino_mac on February 03, 2011, 09:14 PM ---Start saving up to complete the build. My Laserlite is in the Kuwie section on here and I think it cost £2100 fully built in the end.
Things you must try to holdout for if you want a genuine show room build are:
Redline 400 cranks (take the Redline decals off though, Laserlites didn't have them)
--- End quote ---
The reason the Kuwie didn't have Redlline decals on was because it didn't come with a Redline 400.
Redline 400 made by sugino for redlline and stamped redline.
Sugino 400 made by sugino for sugino and stamped sugino.
same crank though apart from the stamping.
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Never knew that sugino did a sugino stamped 400. You learn something new everyday! :) Thanks! :daumenhoch:
I think I can live with that minor discrepancy if that is the case. Especially as the advert for the LaserLite specifically mentions Redline Engineered Cranks. Surely if they go to the trouble of mentioning Redline in the full page advert, they would put Redline stamped cranks on them? Just an assumption obviouslt but makes sense to my tiny pea brain.
Anyone know this for a fact though?
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