Originally Posted by
sheddle
Could be something like a JDM Panasonic. You often see bikes differing significantly from the US/European/Japanese markets from Panasonic. Not saying it's not fake, but if it is fake, a Panasonic MTB is a very strange bike to choose to make a fake of.
True, a Panasonic is a strange choice but it was the use of the (odd) Tom Ritchey ("TR") decal on a Panasonic that made me doubt about the genuiness of this "Panasonic". ;-)