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Title: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: Muffski on January 16, 2007, 04:43 PM

Looking for some help please in confirming which headset i can use :LolLolLolLol:


cheers :-\

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: MartyC on January 16, 2007, 05:04 PM

Not an ET expert at all but a Tange/Tioga Beartrap would probably be OK.  I'm sure that someone once posted up a magazine review of the bike and that details what all the components were, might be worth a search  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: harris on January 16, 2007, 05:09 PM

ask ET hes at home   ring him   :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: bodamus on January 16, 2007, 05:18 PM

According to the list of the original spec it was a Hatta.


From bodamus.

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: MartyC on January 16, 2007, 05:22 PM

Try this site for information ... http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/kuwahara/  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: kdw712 on January 16, 2007, 05:26 PM

Heres a old 1982 review
might help

click thumbnail for larger view

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP12T.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP12T.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP12B.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP12B.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP13T.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP13T.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP13B.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP13B.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP14T.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP14T.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP14B.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP14B.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP15T.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP15T.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/th_SMLP15B.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/1982%20ET%20BMX%20WEEKLY/SMLP15B.jpg)

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: Muffski on January 16, 2007, 05:51 PM

Cheers guys..much appreciated :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: bodamus on January 16, 2007, 06:40 PM

Although it says Hatta on the original spec it's not like a Hatta your likely to see come up for sale. I would perhaps use something like a Tange or Tioga Beartrap instead.

From bodamus ;)

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: Muffski on January 17, 2007, 07:36 AM

So would the hatta headset's up for sale now fit it,like the one's on Ebay??? :-\ :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: Frosty on January 17, 2007, 11:00 AM

The hatta's mx10 steel and mx 100 alloy will fit, but the likely original spec is the very rare MXII. Here's a pic, this is what Bodamus is on about - these are rare as hens teeth!!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/HattaMXII.jpg)

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: Muffski on January 17, 2007, 12:32 PM

MMMmmm Looks lovely,and it would go with the Colour scheme i'm doing  :coolsmiley:

thanks for info Frosty :LolLolLolLol:


cheers

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: burnaliser on January 17, 2007, 02:51 PM

I got the hatta mx 2 in for my et, but it's lavender.  might get it rechromed at some point and use it, but for now I'm planning on using a Tange mx2, it looks pretty much the same as the hatta one.  The other hatta ones are quite different though.

Title: Re: Which headset do i use for a Kuwahara E.T please guys?
Post by: theRuler on January 17, 2007, 02:59 PM

Quote from: harris on January 16, 2007, 05:09 PM

ask ET hes at home   ring him   :LolLolLolLol:

LOL