1981 Nishiki 
#1 2010-12-03 11:36am
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1981 Nishiki
1981 Nishiki
Very rare race bike from the early 80's. Made by Norco / Redline i believe.
Found hanging in a garage late 2009 and purchased in January 2010.
Information is very scarce on these but i'm led to believe they were made by Norco/ Nishiki for Redline as they're virtually an exact copy of one of their bikes. There is small bits of info on various BMX sites but nothing is concrete about the info.
Anyhow, this is virtually 100% original parts.
It's pretty well loaded with nice parts aswell.
Ukai rims
Suntour hubs
Suntour Power stem
Maxy Cross crank
KKT Lightening pedals
Elina saddle
Dia Compe F+R 890's
Redline stamped V bars
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#2 2010-12-03 11:43am
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
Absolutely awesome! Instant fave. 
★Still searching for my missing bikes from BITD. 1979 Blue Max serial: CI9 221346 and 1977 Webco serial: W42667. Both were sold used at Spoke and Sport Bicycles in Spokane, WA around 1984. Reward if found!!★
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#3 2010-12-03 12:42pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
andy those killer parts really should be on something decent!!seriously tho that ride is sick!!do you like my termenology,im trying to fit in!!
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#4 2010-12-03 10:56pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
Time Warp! That is killer for an off brand. I like that one a lot. Nice clean up work. Any before pics?
Cool, a new bike. Wait a minute.......where am I going to hide this one. She's going to catch me for sure!!!
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#5 2010-12-04 2:18am
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
That's a pretty amazing bike.
Last edited by nycet3 (2012-06-21 6:42am)
"Ride it like you're riding after the dude who stole it."
Looking for pre 1981 Redline MXII f/f with original black paint and decals.
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#6 2010-12-04 4:28am
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
freestyle4me wrote:
Time Warp! That is killer for an off brand. I like that one a lot. Nice clean up work. Any before pics?
Here's a few mate.
Glad you guys are liking it, especially Joe. 
As Mark above will tell you. i love the rare bikes.
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#7 2010-12-15 12:15pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
Sleeeeeek and sexy! The way all should look!
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#8 2011-02-15 12:03pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
This bike is from the same company as cycle pro check it out..not a bad read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_(bicycle)
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#9 2011-05-06 3:20pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
I sold these at the LBS I worked at BITD from Norco. We did not have Redlines yet and it was hard trying to convince a customer that these were the same as a Redline. Every kid that came in wanted a Redline because Stu was in all the magazines. We didn't sell many so I guess these Nishikis are very rare.
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#10 2011-09-17 10:19am
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
i have a early 80's nishiki ive owned it from new it looks exactually like one above but without pads i have california lites!!!
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#11 2012-04-09 4:39am
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
Sick keep it originol, nice job on the clean up:D
catalog bikes bore me....mash it up mon
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#12 2013-02-12 9:44pm
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Re: 1981 Nishiki
TOTALLY KILLER RIDE!
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