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Old 09-08-21 | 08:09 PM
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jtyr71
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Bikes: ROAD: 1972 Nishiki Professional, 1972 Nishiki Road Compe, 1974 Kabuki Diamond Tourer, 1978 Kabuki DT, 1981 Kabuki DFD CP, 1988 Cannondale SR2000, 1993 Bridgestone RB-1/8


1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Suntour V-Luxe

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Sugino Mighty Compe

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer downtube and Chrome Molybdenum CrMO forks and crown
1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Gran Compe brakes

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer SR Sakae Royal RY-90 milled stem and Custom Road Champion World Randonner handlebar

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Elina Super-Pro saddle

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer C Itoh Japan

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Drive Side

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer

It's in pristine shape, by the chain and the look of the still-golden freewheel, it saw very few miles. A rare bike by any standard in a color never sighted before.

Most everything jives with this 1974 US catalog: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...64376fc350.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...877140ebed.jpg
--though interestingly the fork crown with two points does NOT match the three point crown shown in the US catalog. (Though that is true of all 1974 Diamond Tourers I've seen in the US.)

Even more interesting the color and fork crown match this DF Diamond model in the 1974 Japanese catalog: The catalogs of Japanese vintage bicycle
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