ok, i'm starting to think i should leave my bikes here (in the states) and pick something up in tokyo when i arrive. Seems like it's going to cost at least a few hundred (a friend said 80-100 bucks a leg) to get on the plane, and a decent travel case will run me another couple/few hundred. i've also heard a couple of horror stories of destroyed frames and ****ed wheels when shipping in regular boxes, so i don't think i want to go that route.
How difficult/costly/time consuming will it be to track down a decent-ish already built up FG or get a keirin frame and parts (i don't think i'll have space to do the build myself- so factor in labor costs).
also, if it's not some crazy dream bike i'll probably want to sell it before coming back to the states. how difficult would that be?