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Old 05-27-12 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake
This is not entirely accurate. Koga Miyata is not a Euro branded Miyata, it's a different company. It's a partnership between Dutch interests and miyata...they had, and have, unique frames. They aren't miyatas with different decals, though they at times share frames with Miyata. Generally k-m is a little more money and has extras, for instance the 1000 is NOT the same as the traveler series. This looks like one of their sport touring models from the late 80s, I forget the name, but Mel will know. I could be wrong, but this looks earlier than 91' to me.

I want to say gents series.

http://www.koga.com/koga_uk/my-koga/...chures//#older

This might help.
Cool, didn't know about the corporate differences between KM and M. I've owned both and rode a KM touring model pretty extensively in Europe. The bike certainly looks like a Miyata to me and the restoration job appears first rate from the pics.
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