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« Last post by HUTCHMAN on September 21, 2026, 06:33 PM »
You know me.... anything Toyota.... old Corolla inc AE86 and Supra A80.... still got those 3 Real-x you brought over.. sat in full vision every day (y)
You staying in Poole or elsewhere? Decided what your doing with the Speed Unlimited yet?
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« Last post by Mikku on September 21, 2026, 08:36 AM »
Thanks guys!! They bloody well better let me in since I’ve just gone to the expense of renewing my passport!!  Yeah Dave, will try to head over at some point. No money required btw!  Regarding magazines, do you have any requests? I don’t think I have any Real-X models in my stash but will be listing others I’ve picked up over here. And talking of Fuji Speedway, I’ll be heading there next weekend for the WEC race, so can check out the die-cast model stands there if you are after anything specific?!? I also have fat, glossy WEC race programs from previous years’ races that I no longer need. Lmk if you’re interested and I’ll bring some over as a souvenir! 
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« Last post by Taipan on September 20, 2026, 10:46 PM »
welcome back home they might not let you back in the country fella?  unless you rock up in a dinghy? 
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« Last post by HUTCHMAN on September 20, 2026, 07:06 PM »
You going to pay a visit to the Trident?.... you more than welcome to. Oh... any Japanese car mags and Real-x cars that happen to follow you over too! I really need to finally pay you for the Fuji speedway you sent me ages ago. all the best bud
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« Last post by HUTCHMAN on September 20, 2026, 06:58 PM »
Close-ish i guess  your lil Trident sends it's regards
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« Last post by Mikku on September 20, 2026, 06:24 AM »
For the first time in 3 years, am heading back over to the Motherland next month, so if I can sort myself out with a bike, I’m hoping to hit up a race track, pump track or skate park!! Ideally all three but perhaps more realistically, just one or two!  In between that and stuffing my face full of all the British food I can’t eat in Japan, I’m going to sort through my storage. This will include BMX parts and other stuff too. Regarding the former, I have various old school parts and magazines to sell. I may possibly bring over my '83 Laserlite as well but haven't yet decided if it's worth the hassle! I will try listing things on here first BUT my time is fairly limited, so will list things on ebay thereafter. Non-BMX stuff will include boxes of car magazines including editions of Fast Car, Car and Car Conversions, Performance VW (I was mad into Golfs), Performance BMW and various rally car magazines. I also have lots of decent coffee table books (lots of car and motorsport ones) and a shedload of 1:43 scale die-cast models, especially Le Mans Group C race cars and rally cars from various eras but especially the 1980s/1990s. Continuing the car theme, I have some actual car parts including some Subaru WRX parts that I've bought but not used. The Scooby has gone, so the parts need to go too! Back to magazines, I have loads of Smash Hits music magazines from the 1980s. Going further back into my childhood, I have old Scalextric (track and cars from the 1970s) and I think some Hornby train stuff knocking around. I also have a box of Matchbox cars that I used to play with as a boy. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on the best way to sell this stuff then I'm all ears. I'm not looking for the best deal but do need to free up both space and cash. Thanks in advance! Mick 
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« Last post by Mikku on September 20, 2026, 06:09 AM »
Was supposed to be making my racing comeback today BUT... Japan is just about to be hit by a typhoon, so the race was cancelled.  It's a national holiday here at the moment, so the same track is scheduled to be open for the holiday period. If the weather clears up after the typhoon passes, I might still be able to get back on track, as it were. Maybe baby!
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« Last post by Mikku on September 16, 2026, 09:03 AM »
A good guess… but the wrong motorcycle manufacturer!! I was in Kawasaki before but am now in Tokyo!! Thankfully in the outer suburbs rather than in the heart of the metropolis - I’m too old for that madness now, especially after living in the countryside for 7 and a half years!! Was able to check out another new-to-me park on Monday – Fukuda Denshi Board Area. This is an all-pre-fab park with quarter-pipes, various hips and ramps plus the usual assortment of boxes, ledges and rails. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much, preferring concrete parks over pre-fab but surprised myself by having a really good time there. Perhaps it was the sunshine (we’ve been having crap weather recently) or because I had the place to myself but regardless, I enjoyed messing around on the quarter-pipes, ramps and hip jumps. The quarter-pipes especially were super fun, and I spent most of my time getting more and more confident on those. My aim is to air out of the pipe and I really feel that with more practice, I can do that. With that in mind, I’d like to head back to this park again soon. In the meantime, it's back to watching how-to vids on YouTube!
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« Last post by HUTCHMAN on September 10, 2026, 08:50 PM »
Summer... where on earth is this year going ??.. where you at now compared to before Fukui .... was it Suzuki ?
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« Last post by Mikku on September 03, 2026, 05:31 AM »
So where did that summer go? This year’s flying by ffs! Since my last post, I’ve now checked out two more skate parks on my hit-list. Well three, actually, though I only rode at two of them. The first of those was Urayasu Skateboard Park next to Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture. It’s basically a concrete street plaza style park with lots of steps, a few rails and various ledges. There’s also a large concrete berm and a pre-fab wooden halfpipe which I had a little play on. Overall the park was okay but didn’t offer enough for my type (and level) of riding to make it worthwhile going back. The second park was the oddly named Oripri Land in Ichihara, also in Chiba. This was a much bigger, more challenging park than Urayasu with a concrete bowl and huge pre-fab quarterpipes. I spent most of my time on some of the medium-sized quarterpipes, which were the perfect size for me. Plus, with Japanese kids now back at school, I had the place to myself, which was nice! All in all, I’d definitely go back there. Likewise the third park that I stopped by for a quick butcher’s at on the way home from a bmx track. This was Kasama Park in Ibaraki Prefecture which is one of a few parks owned and run by Murasaki Sports, the Japanese action sports brand. I only had enough time to walk around and take some pics but this was a serious, full-on facility that holds international events. It has a large concrete area with various bowls, quarterpipes and other features, plus an additional indoor/covered area with wooden ramps. I’d like to ride there at some point, though it’s a bit of mission to get to, so would be more of a full day trip rather than half a day. Getting to check out these new-to-me parks is super fun but man, I miss my old, local park in Fukui, which was just a 15-minute drive from home and had enough challenging features to keep me entertained. Anyways, I hope to check out another park later this month. Onwards and upwards!
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