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1982 Kuwahara Laserlite

rebuild Laserlite

bought this bike of a dutch auction site
frame was in godo shape but the rest did not match ,how it was in the shops in the 80's
so i stripped the bike down and rebuild it
these are the first laserlites ever build december 1982
Specs till so far
Kuwahara Laserlite oval tubed frame.
Kuwahara oval fork
kuwahara laserbars Unstamped
Kuwahara laserpost Nos
Kuwahara Padset Nos
Ame black round Nos
Elina peregrine seat Nos
Sugino ct 175 3 piece crank Nos (best replacement for the 400 serie's)
Tioga competition 3 Rainbow label tyres 20x1.50 Nos
Tange tl125 headset
Araya 7x black 20x1.75
Suntour hubs gonna be replaced whit Nos high flang hubs and spokes
suntour seatclamp refurbished
Mx1000 whit weinman adjuster front and rear
Suntour xc2 pedals refurbished at the moment
more pics to come

smannee · 2008-09-30 11:17pm

thats a time machine...it looks great and really
like the cranks you got there!

definetly bike of the month in my opinion...

TxFireman · 2008-09-30 11:56pm

Nice, I'm working on a Laserlite (83) myself. Not trying to put it back to orig specs though, but very close with the same, or as good/nearly as good parts. I did get too many NOS parts, seeing as how it's going to be a rider, but nothing wrong with it looking good too. I can't wait to get mine done. Should be very soon. I only bought the frame/forks about a month ago, so it's been going pretty quick already, just need to get spokes & nipples, and lace up the hoops, and it's go time.

Good job!

DannyD · 2008-10-01 2:14am

thanks , as you can see in my bike section iam a bit of a kuwi lover

cant help it ,never had the money for it back in the days ,so now i collect them

men i love it hahahaha

shivadread · 2008-10-01 6:06am

Very nice Kuwi

TxFireman · 2008-10-01 8:46am

DannyD wrote:
thanks , as you can see in my bike section iam a bit of a kuwi lover

cant help it ,never had the money for it back in the days ,so now i collect them

That was my inspiration as well, pretty much. I used to drool over the Kuwi's and the Kuwi Ad's in the mags BITD. I wanted one pretty bad, but was saving for a dirt bike. So, I made due with what I had. Once I got the dirt bike, and also started driving.. then sadly I pretty much never looked back at BMX bikes.

Jorg · 2008-10-03 4:05pm

Dude, that looks almost identical to my Kuwi! Pads and everything. One difference is the cranks - when my 3-piece broke, I replaced them a set of one-piece CR-MO Kuwahara cranks. Seems a little like going backwards, but they never creaked and they never broke. I got my Kuwi down out of the attic the other day and have decided to go ahead and restore it. All the bearings have seized up, but other than that, it's in good shape. Thanks for the inspiration. Also, if you ever decide to sell yours, let me know. I have a buddy who bought one the same time I did and his ended up getting stolen. He might be interested...

Mike

markyp · 2008-12-03 12:53pm

she looks amazing!

nzcollector · 2009-06-07 1:46am

Hey mate,can you tell me the top tube length on the laserlite? im on the lookout for one as a rider. thanks

daleyRANGER · 2009-08-29 12:02pm

Dude,,,,this is so sweet I want one

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/kuwahara/29754

krossrider82 · 2009-09-23 1:03am

It's a shame that bike was destroyed by the freight company Danny, was looking forward to receiving it as a trade for the '07 Laserlite that I sent you. However it's been 3 months now, when are you going to pay me for it?????????????????

krossrider82 · 2009-10-14 4:31am

krossrider82 wrote:
It's a shame that bike was destroyed by the freight company Danny, was looking forward to receiving it as a trade for the '07 Laserlite that I sent you. However it's been 3 months now, when are you going to pay me for it?????????????????

Sorry for that post Danny, I know whats happened now and glad it's all sorted. All the best.

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