Originally Posted by
oozy
Thanks for greetings, and for quick reply.
If assumed W means for US market, N could mean '94 year, which is quite possible( canti, welded front fork)
I will dig for more info about the bike and than report here( to put a litle brick in statistic)
The W = USA market identifier was restricted to the Japanese frames built by Kawamura. Even by the very late 1970s , the entry level models had been offloaded to Taiwan. Also, the Kawamura format only used A through J as year identifiers, which corresponded to the ten numbers. The presence of the W is probably just coincidence. I wouldn't surprised if your frame has a Made in Taiwan decal. Regardless, I'd appreciate another brick. Hopefully, it's one we can cement in place. TIA.