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1983 Kuwahara 24"

Kuwahara Cruiser to be rechromed and rebuild

Found this piece of rare 24 inch cruiser in the norhern part of the netherlands
its been totally stripped down naked to be rechromed
chrome is in a horrible condition
specs till so far
Kuwahara Cruiser frame
Kuwahara Cruiser bars
Kuwahara Cruiser forks (made by tange)
araya 7x 24x1.75 silver rims (gonna be rebuild whit nos spokes and highflang hubs)
Nos 24 inch Tioga tires rainbow label 24x1.75
Tuffneck powerdisc whit chainring

shivadread · 2008-10-01 5:39am

An absolute classic, how I'd love one of these, good luck sourcing parts

DannyD · 2008-10-01 5:43am

got the most parts now

its beeing rechromed as we speak now, in 3 or 4 weeks it should be done

gives me enough time to finish my other projects

thanks mate

ginge · 2008-11-10 1:17am

hi ive just started restoring that exact same 24' cruiser. about to re-chrome.

got any pointers to where i might find parts online?
Also, if you know anything else about the production run or if its much of a rarity

thanks

DannyD · 2008-11-10 1:31am

Parts are very hard to find

i whas lucky that the original fork and bars came whit it
they looked like crap but will be 10 out of 10

as reference i use the site of jamie
lots of info on all kuwi bikes
the dutch add that shows a variaty of models i use that as my guide to build

ginge · 2008-11-21 10:49pm

Thanks
Its so hard to find the high flange hub for the front, so ive decided to go all out and get some 24' skyways. im restoring the original mx1000 brake calipers and levers. rechroming forks, bars and frame (all are original). the frame is stamped T2E1567 so im thinking its actually a 1982 model As far i understand the T=Tange, 2=1982, E=May, and its the 1567 of the run.

hows the rebuild so far?

DannyD · 2008-11-22 4:16am

still the same
i told the chromer to take his time but i think he took that to serious

got no hurry whit it

ginge · 2008-11-25 3:48am

It has the original single piece crank which is rusted and im thinking about putting a 3 piece on, what do you think would be the best option keeping in mind originality?

DannyD · 2008-11-25 3:58am

redline 400 or 401 flight cranks would be the best option
the 401 in combination whit a kuwahara powerdisc is awsome

also the sugino ct cranks look awsome on this bike

ginge · 2008-12-01 9:25pm

cheers ill investigate... the skyways arrived today - they are awesome!

williwoods · 2008-12-01 9:58pm

I would use flights or profiles, bullseye would be cool too.

ginge · 2008-12-02 4:01am

yer i think ill run with the single piece og's until find some nice flights at the right price

DannyD · 2008-12-02 5:09am

i got some 401's laying here for the cruiser
now i am thinking should i use a powerdisc from kuwahara or a redline chainwheel

damn its hard

ginge · 2008-12-02 2:28pm

personally i'd go the chainwheel - made for each other!

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