ironmirage

hi everyone ive come upon a bike with a serial number that reads j496848 from that im guessing the frame is miyata made. The bike also came with all the shimano 600 arabesque components and the stem and bar is nitto. any input will be greatly appreciated thank you guys

randyjawa 

Identifying a bicycle by serial number alone might work sometimes but not always. Your best bet to glean information is to supply good, clear pictures of the complete bicycle and of frame set details (lugs, braze-ons, drops etc). Doing this will dramatically increase your chances of getting useful feedback.

Hope this is a help.l

Bianchigirll 

+ 1 Pics are a must for identification plus we just love looking at old and hopefully unusual bikes. I will take a guess and say early '80s made in Japan and it has two wheels

5cagm

+1 to everthing BG and randy said. Based on the 600 components I'm going to hazard a guess that it could be a Miyata 912 from the early 80's. I know, from velobase, that the Arabesque versions of 600EX components were made from 1978-1984. You can check Miyata Catalogs at https://www.miyatacatalogs.com/ to see if you can find any more information or a bike that looks the same. If it is a 912 it is from the top of Miyata's 'Semi-Pro' lineup which translates into an excellent bike, usually only third in their road bike line up behind the Pro and Team (tourers not included). Cheers!

ironmirage

i got some pics for you guys and thanks again for the input. It is very helpful and i as well think that this might be a miyata 912 .







hope these help you out

ironmirage

it also has the tange logo stamped into the metal of the fork steerer tube

5cagm

Can you post a picture of the entire bike please. Up against a neutral background like white garage door is always best, and please take it so the right (drive) side is facing the camera. Cheers!

ironmirage

heres his pic and ill get one like the one you asked for

ironmirage

the wheels have been changed out from some rusty arayas that might have not been original to the bike because they didn't fit right. and its been re-sprayed due to it being previously painted with house paint by some tard

5cagm

Thank you and from the photos that are up I am going to say that the lug work looks strikingly similar to a Miyata 710 I had. Mine was a 1984. Does it say Miyata on the fork crowns? The even funnier thing is that I actually rattle canned mine in the exact same colour because someone had really fudged up the paint/most of it was missing.

ironmirage

sadly no it doesnt

ironmirage

i sent tbar a message and hopefully he responds i hear he is an expert on miyatas

ironmirage

illwafer

J = 1981