Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Based on the serial number, it does appear to have been manufactured in 1981 and therefore should be a 1981 or 1982 model. Given the format of the serial number, I suspect it's from May and would therefore be leaning towards a 1981 model. Pictures of the bicycle and literature may help.
I posted in an old thread this morning a picture of the bike. This is a scan of an early 80s Takara brochure that came with the bike. The original dealer sticker on the seat tube was from Fay’s Bicycle Shop in Tulsa. The brochure came from Independence Bicycle Shop which would have been 85 miles away. I don’t know if this was a stock transfer or if it was purchased at Fay’s and traded in in Independence and resold in ‘82. It would have been cooler had the owners manual been with it but the brochure is cool too.
Show us your Takara!
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