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Thanks guys....this is great. The one I have is all white even forks and back end. Previous owner had stated that he found it with no chrome. I saw the before pictures and it looked like he was correct. So I tyhink its one of those rare ones.

I always use www.ajkbikes.com for referance

Here is mine





Glenn

Kevin,  My wife is jealous of my Japanese frames!!!

i will get some photos up soon.

Go to Photobucket.com and create an acct. 

Upload photos from your desktop - then, in the little fields below each individual photo, go to the last field (bottom) and copy the gibberish in that field. 

Then, come back here and paste that.  Boom - photo.

This is clearly layman's parlance, but should do the trick.

The specs didn't change much from 85 to 86.  The 86 had Dia Compe Nippon brakes instead of the 880's that were on the 85's and the head set changed form the Hatta MX-II to the Hatta MX-10 but otherwise all the rest of the parts are the same.  Also the pedals on the 86 were MKS Grafight 2000's.


Here's a close up of the 85 RL20II frames from the RL20II Combo ad posted above. 

Last edited by crowe-t (2008-11-08 10:57pm)

Okay...here are some before and after pictures.













let me know your thoughts. tahnks

micc0246 -

Looks really nice. 

Now: get that thing off the concrete (lol)!

Curious, did anyone's original 85 RL-20II come with the pinstrip decals where the paint ends and the chrome begins?   I have seen them on restorations and in magazine ads, but all the RL-20II's that I have seen in person, that were original 85 models never had them.

XJguy wrote:

Curious, did anyone's original 85 RL-20II come with the pinstrip decals where the paint ends and the chrome begins?   I have seen them on restorations and in magazine ads, but all the RL-20II's that I have seen in person, that were original 85 models never had them.

I bought mine second hand but when I purchased it during the mid-80s the frame did not have any of the pinstripes you reference.

XJguy wrote:

crowe-t wrote:

The specs didn't change much from 85 to 86.  The 86 had Dia Compe Nippon brakes instead of the 880's that were on the 85's and the head set changed form the Hatta MX-II to the Hatta MX-10 but otherwise all the rest of the parts are the same.  Also the pedals on the 86 were MKS Grafight 2000's.

Here's a close up of the 85 RL20II frames from the RL20II Combo ad posted above. 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa23 … mbos-1.jpg

I know my comment is years too late, but this info is incorrect.

The RL-20II was not available as a complete bike in 1985, only as a combo (FF, stem, bars, brakes with pads, levers, cables) so there was no headset, and no pedals.

As an additional note, from what I understand, the first 250 RL 20-IIs, which were generally all white with no chrome, only came as a frame and fork option.

Then the 85 models, as noted above, were offered as the combo package.