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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: darren on June 24, 2006, 07:32 PM

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Post by: darren on June 24, 2006, 07:32 PM

kuwie kz1 i believe,alloy hubbed tuffs,jam buttie stem lifter thingy,tagaki 180mm cranks,tuff neck chainwheel, renthal bars, suntour stem/seatclamp,shimano dxs, tange sealed headset, mx 1000. and the first 30 copies of bmx action bike.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v227/hemiracer/kuwie.jpg)
can anyone id frame no and tell me what year it is???
k1 j0748

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Post by: showtime on June 24, 2006, 07:46 PM

the K means its a Kuwahara made frame (T denotes Tange made)
the 1 means 1981
the J means October
the last few digits are the number of frames made that month  ;)

mine is K1J0711 so is only a few numbers away from yours  :daumenhoch:

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Post by: darren on June 24, 2006, 07:49 PM

cheers for that mr showtime, think i may freshen it up and use it at mk. them skyways have gotta go though!

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Post by: showtime on June 24, 2006, 07:54 PM

well you know who to contact if you don't want to keep it  ;)
 :)

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Post by: sawzall on June 24, 2006, 10:10 PM

how do you do it darren you, lucky bug*er  >:(

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Post by: HUTCHMAN on June 24, 2006, 10:18 PM

hi Darren,hows tricks?if you dont want the skyways let me know!

Regards Dave.

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Post by: retrogeezer on June 24, 2006, 11:27 PM

nice find Darren!  :daumenhoch:

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Post by: harris on June 25, 2006, 09:03 AM

well done good find ,i had a little tickle me self this week must be the planets aligning :daumenhoch:

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Post by: silentpartner on June 25, 2006, 03:17 PM

nice bike  :smitten: . i'm gonna myself one of these, one day.

alan  ;)

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Post by: jonpaul11 on June 25, 2006, 05:20 PM

you may have seen this site already - top quality info for Kuwi's

http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/kuwahara/

link direct to KZ info:
http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/kuwahara/history/kz1.html

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Post by: bodamus on June 25, 2006, 07:07 PM

Nice bike my friend. I love the Kuwahara's.

My Kuwahara KZ 1 Frame number is K1J0217.

From bodamus :daumenhoch: