TXSLEDS

Tom Del,please email some pictures of your bike to me at txsleds@hotmail.com I will identify it and send you a copy of the BRIDGESTONE Kabuki catalog it is in.
Many thanks,
Howard Ramsay
Bridgestone Owners Group

Kabuki77

I recently acquired an old kabuki ssk and it feels like a pretty nice bike. I want to clean it up and tune it and use it as my daily commuter. Would this be worth it? A guy at the bike shop said it would cost about $150 to get it into working order, but said it wouldn't be worth it. I feel like he could be wrong? I've never seen a kabuki before and don't really know much about bikes, although I've commuted on them my whole life

wrk101

Bike shop guy was right. Unless you do the work yourself, its not worth it. Around here, that is about a $50 bike. Not worth it even if you do the work yourself.

Plenty of Kabukis out there, almost all are entry level, which is what yours is. Entry level bikes that need work = can't pay someone to do it without being way under water spending wise. Shops around here charge $75 an hour for labor. It takes me 4 to 6 hours to completely strip down and then totally rebuild a bike. Then you have the cost of parts and consumables, and any surprises (problems) along the way. Cottered crank is more of a PITA.

Its very easy to lose money on a bike, even a free one, if you don't have the time/tools/aptitude/pile of parts to do all the work yourself (you can even lose money on one then). Picking a project worthy of your time and investment is critical.

Kabuki12

I have owned a few Kabuki's. The first racing style bike I bought was a Diamond Formula Kabuki , I bought new in 1976. It is like none of the others I have owned. I still ride it regularly, although the original components have been swapped out for Campy stuff. I rode it at the first Eroica and I didn't't see any others around. Again most of the Kabukis were entry level bikes , the Diamond Formulas were different. Joe

T-Mar

The Kabuki SSK is one of the late 1970s Super Speed variants. The Super Speed was the bottom the lightweight (i.e 27" wheel) line. They were relatively inexpensive and heavy. As suggested, it is almost certainly not worth the effort, if you're having an LBS do the work.