vomitron

So I bought this bike complete on CL for (are you sitting down?) $100.

I can't find any info online, it weighs a ton, but it's pretty fun. Def can't be beat for $100. It's drilled front and back, and has a sticker that says "4130 cro-mo."

I changed the saddle, stem, ripped off the brake, and stripped the bars. The bars are unlabeled, smaller than 26.0 (shimmed), but a good shape. Cranks are Sugino GP track cranks (144bcd, 48t ring). Front is some 105 road crap, and the rear is some cheapy suzue flip-flop.

So yeah, anyone have any info on the frame?

Pictures!

onetwentyeight 

Yokota is (was?) a japanese bicycle manufacturer but thats about all I know off hand about them. have any details of the lugs/seat cluster/track ends? any thing marked on the bottom bracket?

baxtefer

i hate you

Retem

lookes like the nishiki/miyata/raliegh by kawamura type bikes killer lookin deal

vomitron

Well, I figured Yokota is Japanese, but the bike is made in Taiwan (according to the sticker on the HT).

This is the DT imprint:







(sorry for the poor quality, these pictures are all with my cell phone)

Retem

interesting I will compare this to my wifes azuki made in taiwan as well out of femco cromo tube heavy like a tank

pinkrobe

I used to sell Yokota mtn bikes way back in the day. They didn't have much of a presence in NorAm. According to teh Intarwhebs, they date back to 1991 at least. Generic [but durable] Japanese [MIT] cr-mo FTW!

muftek

whats in that matchless? celestions?

BostonFixed

It looks like that frame was fished out from the harbor.

Retem

dude that es is screaming broken headstock yikes remember man their a two or three peice neck and the come apart real easy
nice black face though what year and circuit number mines a ab165 from 67'and yes its a black face circuit in a silverface box oh well

I will look at my wifes bike and see how these match up

oh btw celestions are horrible with a fender head its all about old crusty blue back jensons son imo

vomitron

Very little of that is actually rust. There's a little surface rust on the fork, and a little on the stays, but that's just the paint (which is already almost a rust-champagne color). There's no primer or anything (expected), so it looks like rust.

Yeah, custom matchless celestion m (4x10). I'm guessing they're either the g10 or the v10? The cab is 3/4 open.

mugatu

did you consider the fact that in addition to being a steal, the bike may actually have been stolen?
seriously, that's a ridiculous price for a complete track bike that isn't hot

vomitron

Actually, I don't think so. The guy I bought it from was clearly a cyclist (road), and said he had raced it at 7-11 a while ago. If anything I'm pretty sure he didn't steal it. Apparently, he's had the bike for years and used it as a beater/commuter.

I mean, you have to consider what the road equivalent of a bike like this would cost: hodgepodge of parts, old, heavy, rusty frame, and terrible paintjob? Probably around a hundred bucks. It's very likely that this guy wasn't aware of the equilibrium price of track bikes, which is clearly skewed by ridiculous demand, and a fixed supply.

According to the date code, August 1967, circuit AB673 Bandmaster. The guitar is (I believe) an es335, or maybe a copy. The body is solid AAA flamed maple (front back and sides!) NOT laminated like cheap copies. The neck is clearly non-original and appears to have been glued on (probably broke off, and the guy tried to fix it). The best part? Both pickups are PAFs.

Get ready to crap yourself in envy: I got the guitar for free.

Retem

not bad now get a proper stand for the thing I will crap myself even more if you drop it outta that chair and break it

oh btw my bassman
67 ab 165 one of the very few in a silver box atop a 75 bassman 100 4x12 sounds beatiful

br995

Ba-dum cha

veggiemafia

Nice amps, guys.

My JC-120 and I are jealous.

The_B.O.C.

meh, put a budda phatman/zenman in front of your jazz chorus and you wont be so jealous anymore.
but yeah, nice amps for sure.
and sweet deal on that bike!

jinx4

I dont know if it's relevant or not, but i had a yokota MTB that i picked up new in 1989 that had the same exact decals on it. Maybe a ballpark date?

Cool none the less.

jzadak

you should probably get an HIV test.

the pope

gack!

marqueemoon

I bought my 1966 Bassman head for $150 - right around the time I traded my beat to **** Yokota mountain bike for some guitar work because I didn't want to move halfway across the country with it. I think it needs a new output transformer now

I came very close to buying a Matchless 2x12 cabinet right around the same time. It was pretty cheap in hindsight but a lot of money to me then and the sound wasn't quite what I was looking for.

Master volumes are to amps as gears are to bikes.